Hogwarts Legacy for Nintendo Switch has been delayed to November
Warner Bros. Games has delayed the Nintendo Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy again.
Following several delays, the game was due to hit Switch on July 25, but it now won’t be released until November 14.
“We know fans are looking forward to playing on Switch, therefore creating the best possible experience is our top priority,” the company said on Friday. “Thank you for your patience.”
The open-world action RPG sold over 12 million copies and raked in $850 million in sales in the first two weeks following its PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC release on February 10, making it Warner’s biggest game launch ever.
Hogwarts Legacy was released for PS4 and Xbox One on May 5, when Warner announced that the game had topped $1 billion in retail sales and sold over 15 million copies.
During Warner Bros. Discovery’s first quarter earnings call last week, JB Perrette, CEO of global streaming and games, called Hogwarts Legacy’s PS4 and Xbox One release “important”, but said the company has significantly higher hopes for the Switch version.
“We see that as probably a much bigger install base and a fan base that, as relates to the franchise of Harry Potter, which obviously appeals to a very big audience globally, and in markets like Japan where Nintendo has a big footprint and Harry Potter skews very strongly in terms of popularity, we see a much bigger upside probably from that release, certainly than the Gen 8 [release],” he said.
Last week, developer Avalanche Software released Hogwarts Legacy’s first major patch for almost two months, introducing an arachnophobia mode and over 500 fixes.
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