Hogwarts Legacy Addresses Microtransaction Concerns

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Hogwarts Legacy was first revealed at the PlayStation Future of Gaming Showcase in 2020 with a spectacular CG trailer that generated a significant amount of hype. After that initial reveal, news on Hogwarts Legacy slowed to a crawl, and eventually the highly-anticipated action-RPG set in the Harry Potter universe was hit with a big delay, pushing its planned release date from 2021 to an undetermined point in 2022.

Rumors and leakers seemed to think Hogwarts Legacy would be at every big gaming event in the subsequent months, only for those to come and go with no sign of the game. Finally, Sony announced a special Hogwarts Legacy State of Play presentation that featured a deep-dive into what fans can expect from the game once it arrives this holiday season. However, there was one element shown during the State of Play that had some fans worried about microtransactions.

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During the Hogwarts Legacy State of Play presentation, fans got to see the player character participate in all kinds of magical Hogwarts activities. This included potion brewing, though the potions will be governed by timers. Timers like these are common in mobile games, which often let users spend real-world money to speed things up. Understandably, this led many to assume that Hogwarts Legacy would have microtransactions, but it's now been clarified that the game will not have microtransactions of any kind.

This was explained by Avalanche Software community manager Chandler Wood, taking to Twitter to address concerns about the possibility of Hogwarts Legacy having microtransactions. When pressed by a Twitter user as to why the timers exist in the game at all if there are no microtransactions, Wood