Hogwarts Legacy has now offered 15 million copies and revamped $1 billion, and that quantity is predicted to significantly building up as the sport turns into to be had on previous-generation platforms.
Speaking as a part of the corporate’s income name previous lately, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stated: “Hogwarts Legacy has collected greater than $1 billion in retail gross sales and over 15 million devices offered international up to now, and lately the staff is launching the sport at the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms.”
The gross sales numbers make Hogwarts Legacy WB’s 5th $1 billion-plus gaming franchise, striking it in a strong with LEGO, DC, Mortal Kombat, and Recreation of Thrones.
However gross sales are anticipated to continue to grow. No longer most effective does Hogwarts Legacy release on PS4 and Xbox One lately, however a Transfer model will arrive in July. JB Perrette, CEO of world streaming and video games at WB Discovery, famous all the way through the income name that that the Transfer model used to be necessary for gross sales.
“We see that as most definitely a miles larger 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 with regards to reputation”.
“We see a miles larger upside most definitely from that free up, without a doubt than the [PS5 and Xbox Series release]” he predicted.
Hogwarts Legacy used to be in the past the best-selling game of February 2023, and stays the perfect dealer of the 12 months up to now. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will most probably give it stiff festival, however with the current-gen and Transfer releases it sort of feels most probably that Hogwarts Legacy will finally end up because the 12 months’s greatest recreation. In fact, that reputation has been in direct opposition to the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy and the creator of the unique Harry Potter books, J.Ok Rowling.
For the ones enjoying lately, a brand new patch that features a new arachnophobia mode and numerous worm fixes is now to be had.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK Information and Options Editor.
