According to the LinkedIn profile for WB Games’ Senior Brand and Marketing Manager, Arien Darby, Hogwarts Legacy‘s launches sales were 256% higher than internal estimates at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
Achieved 256% to plan sell-thru at launch and exceeded 12M units in sales in first two weeks earning $850M+, secured additional 1.8B impressions through a WBD gaming 1st of its kind Fusion program, and broke all-time Twitch record for most peak concurrent viewers ever for a single player game with 1.3M views.
The Wizarding World RPG has achieved huge success so far, with the game surpassing UK sales of Elden Ring by mid-March. If that wasn’t enough, last month it was also reported that the game had become the best-selling title in the US of 2023 so far.
Hogwarts Legacy was released in February 2023 for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S, with a PS4 and Xbox One version turning up next month. You can read our full Hogwarts Legacy review here.
[Source – LinkedIn via Timur22 on Twitter]