Hogwarts Legacy has now bought 15 million copies and revamped $1 billion, and that quantity is predicted to notably improve as the sport turns into accessible on previous-generation platforms.
Speaking as a part of the corporate’s earnings name earlier at the moment, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stated: “Hogwarts Legacy has amassed greater than $1 billion in retail gross sales and over 15 million items bought worldwide to this point, and at the moment the group is launching the sport on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms.”
The gross sales numbers make Hogwarts Legacy WB’s fifth $1 billion-plus gaming franchise, placing it in a steady with LEGO, DC, Mortal Kombat, and Sport of Thrones.
However gross sales are anticipated to continue to grow. Not solely does Hogwarts Legacy launch on PS4 and Xbox One at the moment, however a Change model will arrive in July. JB Perrette, CEO of worldwide streaming and video games at WB Discovery, famous through the earnings name that that the Change model was essential for gross sales.
“We see that as most likely a a lot greater set up base and a fan base,” he stated, noting that Nintendo has an enormous set up base in Japan, the place Harry Potter “skews very strongly by way of recognition”.
“We see a a lot greater upside most likely from that launch, actually than the [PS5 and Xbox Series release]” he predicted.
Hogwarts Legacy was beforehand the best-selling sport of February 2023, and stays the very best vendor of the yr to date. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will doubtless give it stiff competitors, however with the current-gen and Change releases it appears doubtless that Hogwarts Legacy will find yourself because the yr’s greatest sport. In fact, that recognition has been in direct opposition to the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy and the writer of the unique Harry Potter books, J.Okay Rowling.
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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK Information and Options Editor.
