Warner Bros. Games, with its open-world action role-playing game Hogwarts Legacy, surpassed all of their previous game releases. The acclaimed title has sold out more than 12 million units and achieved $850 million in sales worldwide in its first two weeks of launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It thus surpasses all previous versions of the company. The game also broke streaming records, being the most-watched single-player game on Twitch, peaking at over 1.28 million concurrent viewers
Hogwarts Legacy also breaks records involving players, with 280 million hours played till date. Additionally, there has been a growth in fan interest in the franchise in general with a 300% growth in traffic to Wizarding World web domains compared to the monthly average of unique visitors for the first 10 days of FEBRUARY.
“We are very excited and proud to see the response Hogwarts Legacy has received from players and critics from all corners of the world”said David Haddad, chairman of Warner Bros. Games. “Our development team at Avalanche created an incredible Wizarding World experience that far exceeds the fantasy of living at Hogwarts, and our publishing teams delivered a high-impact global campaign”
I’ve traveled to worlds you’d never believe, only to end up with enemies that defy mysticism. I felt my pulse quicken with each battle, and the sigh of someone who knows they will have to get back up. There’s always a villain waiting and an adventure around the corner.
