Hogwarts Legacy could become the first non-Call of Duty or Rockstar game to top USA’s yearly sales charts in 15 years. GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 broke the first-person shooter’s streak in 2013 and 2018 respectively, but other than that, Call of Duty has ranked number one every single year since Wii Play was popular all the way back in 2008.
But current Circana data, accurate as of the end of November, puts Hogwarts Legacy in the lead. It’s worth noting that, despite poor reviews, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is already the second best-selling game of the year – and will likely perform extremely well through December. Warner Bros will need a touch of magic to hold onto the lead, then.
One factor that’s working in the Harry Potter spin-off’s favour is that it just launched on Nintendo Switch, which has helped boost its sales all over again. If we had to place a bet, we reckon Modern Warfare 3 will just about pip it at the post – but this data at least demonstrates how wildly successful Hogwarts Legacy has been overall.
[source twitter.com]
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Come on hogwarts you can do it 👍
The game that a lot of media outlets refused to review has the last laugh 👏👏
@Nightcrawler71 "The game that a lot of media outlets refused to review has the last laugh"
Quite ironic then thats it could dethrone the game thats the biggest joke.
I am a huge Harry Potter fan but for the life of me couldn’t get into Hogwarts Legacy. Still bought and supported it. But I felt really overwhelmed with the Hogwarts map right off the bat. Probably just a me thing. I’ll eventually go back to it and I’m sure I’ll love it
@Nightcrawler71 Its worse than that. A lot of outlets that did review the game deliberately gave it a lowballed score. They were proud of it when confronted too.
Next year they will release Black Op’s Gulf war and it will blow the doors off sales wise and review well. Black Op games always do huge numbers. We really only have one more year to compare sales of games anyway, cause in 2025 GTA 6 will likely outsell the top 10 games combined. Outside of COD if you release a game near GTA 6 you will be in the bargain bin 3 months later. ( Half sarcasm, half being serious)
@HonestHick GTA5 is one of the best selling pieces of media of all time and is still making massive bank to this day. Anyone who tries to compete with GTA 6 is going to be ground into the dirt.
If they ever release it physically, I'll happily buy a copy too.
Wasn’t expecting to like Hogwarts as much as I did (not a Harry Potter fan), but I loved it. Gets my vote
It was such a joyful game, I'm glad it does well. Good to see a single player game could take a shot at multiplayer crap.
Man, I think back on my time playing Hogwarts Legacy and what a fun time that was. I’m rooting for it. It sure would be great for a solid title to beat CoD for once.
Happy for the thousands of devs who worked really hard for years, who had to deal with a giant leak a few years before release and then the media throwing a misdirected hissy fit down the wrong avenue around when it launched through no fault of their own.
That said it's just a good game, it's really only the IP that elevates it so much. Not close to GOTY but I hope it wins sales over COD.
@johncalmc LOLs
I'm really happy that the online bullies didn't win. It's a pretty solid game. You can tell they care about the IP unlike what is happening with Lord of the Rings.
This gotta be the only time I'm rooting for the Call of Duty game. 🏳️🌈
@LifeGirl i agree, it’s going to sell like crazy. I think i will pre order it digitally on PS5 Pro and hope to get a good connection to the server to download it. I do have 1000mbps fiber internet but sometimes the connection to the store site is slow. Can’t wait to hear more about PS5 Pro and GTA 6. That is going to be news i am glued too.
@PixelDragon With a required download on all platforms, otherwise it's just a coaster. So I don't count that.
@themightyant The lady is a piece of work and i would not support her work aswell I can understand that a lot of people rallied up again her. I could see why people had a issue to let someone like her gain profits with her deplorable behaviors and who she supports.
Just as much as people rally up against two girls kissing in the Last of us 2 going as far as ruining the story on this site by spoiling the ending and story. Only with the Last of us 2 it was a attack towards people who were lesbian.
Don't know if you were defending the developers from the Last of Us or only if its fits your personal preference which I don't know. Because freedom of speech goes both ways but thats difficult for some people to understand in the left or right wing.
For me personally I don't believe in saying whatever you want if you go out of your way to be racist, homophonic.
@DarthOreo To be fair I can understand her standpoint the lady is quite nasty. And she really backs up horrible people. I won't be getting the game for that reason. It looked great but sometimes I feel personally that really don't want nasty/bad people
to make money.
@Flaming_Kaiser you missed my point mate. I wasn’t supporting JK Rowling or her views. I was saying it was misguided for the media to boycott a game made by thousands of other human beings who worked tirelessly for years and did their best not only to distance themselves from her views but make the game trans-inclusive.
If you want to have a go at JK Rowling have a go at HER directly not Avalanche Software’s game. They aimed their anger at the wrong people and attempted to punish the wrong people for someone else’s views. THAT is what was misguided, and that is why I am thrilled their clumsy attempts failed.
(Edit) FYI i’m pro trans, pro gay, pro anyone being whatever they want to be - love who you love, be who you are. I also liked Hogwarts Legacy, these things aren't mutually exclusive.
Honestly if HP's censored on the grounds that its creator has made remarks that can be (quite correctly) interpreted as transphobic, then honestly I think CoD should have been cancelled much harder for promoting wars and militarism that kill many times more people irl.
Is there ever going to be a time where hogwarts legacy can ever be discussed without the Rowling haters hijacking the comments thread? The discussion should center around the games quality and whether you think its great or poor and not about the personal views of somebody who had nothing to do with the game. I think both sides have had more than their 15 minutes here so maybe move on as it's clear as day nobody can agree to disagree.
This is getting boring now from the haters. This is a fantastic game and the dev's deserve the credit and hopefully a nice Christmas bonus. I hope the haters have learned that their negative campaign against their bogeyman did not help their ideological driven agenda. It made me pre-order the game and I never do that. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas whatever your beliefs.
Makes it even more bizarre that it wasn't even nominated at the Game Awards.
Brilliant game and thoroughly deserved success.
@PixelDragon Hard disagree on this one mate, they've always been rational and decent in the past, i'm not going to let one difference of opinion, one mischaracterisation of my post, whether accidental or not, ruin that. We all get it wrong sometimes.
I do block people here, but only the most nauseating fanboys or truly toxic voices, I don't typically block people for having a different opinion to me, or for one tame insult. That would be an unhealthy thing to do and just make discourse an echo chamber. I actively want to hear people with a different opinion to my own.
Honestly I'll say it as I see it, and I hope you will do the same, I think you have overreacted on this one just a little, just as they did.
@PixelDragon Oh wow, okay. If you've decided that's the end of the debate then you must be right. I think a game that requires a download to play, isn't a proper physical release. It cannot be played without internet. But I guess I must be wrong, as the debate has ended.
@LifeGirl They will look real idiots when Hogwarts take home awards at the BAFTAs, it up for 9
@RainbowGazelle If it's as bad as a COD game that is a glorified launcher I agree completely but I don't know. Also if the has a massive day one patch I agree completely.
I just looked it up it's not real physical release.
-You can only play as far as the end of the tutorial section, before you get to Hogwarts and you need to download a 60 GB "patch".
@Flaming_Kaiser that's not quite correct though. If you install off the disc you can only play the tutorial until the rest of the game installs from the disc. If you put your ps5 in rest mode the rest of the update will download but the actual game will not resume installing until you turn your ps5 on again. The same applies to immortals fenix rising,Gotham knights and assassins creed valhalla oh and the latest battlefield game.
@Flaming_Kaiser actually in this instance you were correct and I take back my previous reply to you on this. I stand corrected 👍
@Northern_munkey I just looked it up and you know what the worst thing they use a Ultra HD with 100GB... 😑
Almost as if the boycott campaign failed miserably and quite possibly had the opposite effect.
Wonderful news. This game deserves better recognition while COD deserves to be buried in the sand
@PixelDragon That's okay, thanks! I really like reading your comments on here. It's great to find someone else against all digital and wanting to keep physical going. I feel we're on the same side! I really wanted to get the Harry Potter game too, but was gutted to learn it requires internet, so when the servers go down, it's a coaster.
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