Hogwarts Legacy Reaches Incredible New Sales Milestone

As a follow-up to Hogwarts Legacy selling more than 24 million copies back in January this year, a new milestone has now been reached by the Wizarding World-inspired mega-hit RPG. David Haddad, the president of Warner Bros. Interactive has confirmed that the game’s current sales figures have gone beyond the 30-million mark (h/t Variety).

This, of course, comes without surprise, gauging the popularity of the RPG and how much of a dent it’s been able to make in the open-world action-adventure space, despite its shortcomings. You could say that nostalgia has had much to do with Hogwarts Legacy’s success, given the fame and glory of the Harry Potter franchise, but there’s no questioning how attractive the game is in its own right as well.

David Haddad realizes the potential of the IP on display here and talks about it at length in his interview with Variety. The way Hogwarts Legacy has sold, it’s imperative that WB looks into further iterations of the franchise. 

We have known for some time that fans are looking for more things in this world, and so we’re spending a lot of time thinking about that. Our insights tell us that there are not huge distinctions between a younger version of a fan and an older version of a fan. They’re just deep ‘Harry Potter’ fans, and we try to build authentic experiences to delight them.”

A Hogwarts Legacy Sequel Is On The Cards

Previously, the CFO of Warner Bros. Games emphasized the importance of a Hogwarts Legacy sequel in another interview with the publication, saying, 

Obviously, a successor to ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is one of the biggest priorities in a couple of years down the road. So there is certainly a significant growth contribution from that business in our strategic outlook here,” said Gunnar Wiedenfels.

In other news, it is possible that Hogwarts Legacy gets a Director’s Cut version before we observe the news of a sequel seeing the light of day. Regardless, job listings have already suggested that Hogwarts Legacy 2 is in the works, and it may very well be built on Unreal Engine 5.

Hogwarts Legacy was released on February 10, 2023, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. eXputer reviewed the RPG, rating it 4.5/5.0 and calling it “one of the best Harry Potter games to date.”