The game became very successful
The game Hogwarts Legacy turned out to be one of the most successful and best-selling games in 2023. As Warner Bros. now reports. Interactive Entertainment, has sold over 22 million copies since release.
More precisely, this is the result of sales at the end of 2023, excluding the first week of 2024. In addition, an additional 2 million were sold in just December, which is likely due to winter sales in many game stores.
Hogwarts Legacy was released in early February 2023, so it had almost a whole year to achieve such a serious result. In addition, the game was initially available on all major platforms, and later even came out on the Nintendo Switch, which some called a miracle, given the demanding nature of the game and the low performance of the Japanese console.
The President of Warner Bros also stated that Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game overall in 2023, likely implying in quantitative terms. True, it’s worth waiting for third-party data regarding these indicators, because the game had very worthy competitors. For example, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, despite being present on only one platform, had already sold 19.5 million copies by the end of September, so it could well have surpassed Hogwarts Legacy.
It is also reported that in total during the year, gamers spent more than 707 million hours in the game, brewing 819 million potions, collecting 1.3 billion magical plants, saving 593 million magical animals and defeating 4.9 billion dark wizards.
The success of the game led to Warner Bros announcing last year that they intended to actively expand the franchise, including in the video game market.