Hogwarts Legacy’s Launch Was Bigger Than Elden Ring, Closer To Red Dead Redemption 2
Hogwarts Legacy is the biggest game launch of the year so far, already outdoing the numbers touted by Elden Ring.
As reported by GamesRadar, sales data in Europe show that Hogwarts Legacy’s digital sales on the first week were higher than that of Elden Ring’s by 56 %. It is believed to be one of the biggest game launches since Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018.
To put this in context, games like Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are nowhere close to the sales numbers that the big annualized franchises have. That includes Call of Duty, but also EA’s sports games, like Madden and FIFA, now to be called EA Sports FC.
So, there is no question that Hogwarts Legacy has been a successful game, in spite of the firestorm of controversy surrounding it. It likely has had a huge outpouring of support from Harry Potter fans, in spite of the toxic association to that IP. That toxicity does not just come from JK Rowling’s questionable politics, which itself isn’t limited to her views on transgender folks, but also includes her rejection of Scottish independence.
The book series Rowling has written has come under fire multiple times for instances of racial insensitivity; this mainly involves the long accusation that her characterization of goblins is anti-semitic, but also includes her appropriation of Native American religion in her writing on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Finally, the movie franchise Fantastic Beasts has surprisingly been a firestorm of controversy all on its own, for having cast actors like Ezra Miller and Johnny Depp.
Hogwarts Legacy itself is counterproductive to its own success. Days after launch, Avalanche Software is still patching the game up to work on its performance issues. It
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