Hogwarts Legacy gross sales proceed to astound as artwork e-book and sport information go on sale

All of us knew that Hogwarts Legacy was sure to be a giant success. Though the sport has been mired in controversy because of its affiliation with creator J.Okay. Rowling—and extra particularly, her views on trans folks—the promise of a grand open-world journey set inside the “wizarding world” of the Harry Potter books has confirmed simply as well-liked as one would guess. After which some, apparently.

We reported final month that the sport had offered over 12 million copies in its first two weeks. And as reported by Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz, these launch gross sales have been 100% larger than these of Elden Ring, which was nearly undisputedly the largest sport launch of 2022. Actually, in response to Dring’s Twitter publish Hogwarts Legacy is already about to overhaul Elden Ring’s lifetime gross sales.

Final month, UK sport gross sales (digital & bodily) are 11% up over final February, and that is because of Hogwarts Legacy. The sport’s launch week gross sales have been 100% larger than final yr’s large title: Elden Ring. It is already getting ready to over-taking Elden Ring’s lifetime gross sales

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 6, 2023

As we additionally reported final month, Elden Ring crossed the 20 million items offered threshold only a few days earlier than the one-year anniversary of its launch. So going by Dring’s info we will assume the Hogwarts Legacy can also be approaching that spectacular determine. After all, within the case of Hogwarts Legacy that determine can be all of the extra spectacular on condition that the sport has solely been out for lower than one month at current (the previous-gen entries have been pushed again to Could).

Actually, Hogwarts Legacy has turn into the largest non-FIFA sport launch ever in Europe, as GamesIndustry.biz additionally reported. This comes as sport gross sales general are down from this time final yr throughout the board.

All of this makes it clear that Hogwarts Legacy is a gross sales drive to be reckoned with. A TV sequence over at HBO can also be within the works, and a Hogwarts Legacy artwork e-book and sport information additionally simply went on sale.

Hogwarts Legacy is offered for Home windows PC and current-gen techniques Xbox Sequence X|S and PlayStation 5.

Featured picture through Digital Developments.