Hogwarts Legacy is 2023’s best-selling game, and Warner has even more for this year

It’s not magic, it’s the public’s response to one of the most anticipated titles in recent years. Hogwarts Legacy has sold 22 million units (2 million of those just during the holidays), which makes it the best-selling title of 2023. This was stated by David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Games, in an interview with Variety. The manager has also revealed that the company is preparing new projects that have not yet been announced, something that teases more games set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

“But it’s not just the unit sold that I’m so proud of, it’s just that it delighted the fans so much,” he declared. “It has brought Harry Potter to life in a different way for players, who have been able to be themselves in this world, in this story. “It brought Harry Potter to life in a new way for gamers where they could be themselves in this world, in this story. And that’s what the team at Avalanche set out to do when they were developing the game and I think that’s really why it resonated so well and remains the best-selling game of the year in the entire industry worldwide.” Haddad explained that the leading position is usually occupied by sequels, so he is happy to have been able to reach the top with a new product, even if it belongs to one of the best-known contemporary fantasy sagas.

In addition to Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, which is currently in closed beta, Warner Bros. Games is working on “a number of things” that have not yet been announced and that “will let the fans be part of this world and stories and characters in deeper and deeper ways.” New games? Expansions or downloadable content for Hogwarts Legacy? For now, we will have to wait.

How many hours have been played in Hogwarts Legacy? The game in data

More than 707 million hours have been played and many fans have replayed it again, according to Haddad, choosing another House and experiencing other plot lines. 819 million potions have been prepared, 1.3 billion plants have been grown. As if that weren’t enough, players have rescued 593 million fantastical beasts and defeated 4,900 dark wizards. Almost nothing, and there were still secrets left to discover.

Hogwarts Legacy is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Nintendo Switch. As for Quidditch Champions, the president of Warner Bros. Games has said that they are not going to announce the date yet but has guaranteed that it is being designed ”in a way just to delight fans.”