Hogwarts Legacy Sells 22 Million Copies, "Series" Of Other Harry Potter Games In The Works
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Hogwarts Legacy could finish 2023 as the No. 1 best-selling game in the US.
By Eddie Makuch on
Warner Bros. Games has announced that Hogwarts Legacy sold 22 million copies in 2023, including around 2 million in December alone, according to numbers supplied to Variety. The game achieved these results despite controversy surrounding author J.K. Rowling (who was not involved with the development of Hogwarts Legacy but stands to financially benefit from its success).
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment boss David Haddad said Hogwarts Legacy «brought Harry Potter to life in a new way for gamers where they could be themselves in this world, in this story.»
Released in February, Hogwarts Legacy reached 12 million copies sold and $850 million in revenue over the game's first two weeks. It didn't take much longer for the game to cross 15 million copies sold and $1 billion in revenue to become the biggest game release of all time from Warner Bros.
Hogwarts Legacy was the No. 1 best-selling game in the US through November 2023, and December's numbers will be announced next week. If Hogwarts Legacy finishes No. 1 for the year, it will be the first time in about 15 years that a game other than a Call of Duty title or a Rockstar Games release topped the annual sales charts in the US.
Haddad said Hogwarts Legacy currently sitting at No. 1 is notable in part because Call of Duty and Rockstar titles normally dominate the charts. «That's a position that typically is held by one of these incumbent's sequel games and we're so proud that we've been able to break into the top ranks,» he said.
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