The Hogwarts Legacy winning streak is still going strong. The time has arrived to start making digital sales, which comes after some extremely encouraging reports regarding the progress of sales through physical distribution. The production by Avalanche Software outperformed the hit from the previous year and was included in the list of the most popular IPs.
Players are always attempting to get their hands on Hogwarts Legacy. While the initial results from the UK confirmed that Avalanche Software and WB Games would be able to celebrate, we then learned the first statistics on the interest in boxes. The adventure, which takes place in a vast, magical world, enjoyed a great deal of popularity prior to its release and led the preorder sales rankings.
Let’s concentrate our attention for the time being on the basic data coming from digital distribution. According to research by Christopher Dring of gameindustry.biz, sales of Hogwarts Legacy in Europe during the launch week exceeded sales of Elden Ring by a factor of 56%. This is the most significant release to come out since Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018, which is saying something considering the popularity of series like Call of Duty and FIFA.
The digital data is in. Hogwarts Legacy’s opening week was 56% bigger across Europe than Elden Ring. It’s the biggest game launch outside of FIFA & Call of Duty since Red Dead Redemption 2.
It backs up the theory that gamers are gravitating towards the big brands at the moment
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) February 16, 2023
Less than three weeks after its release, Bandai Namco reported that as many as 12 million copies of Elden Ring had been sold globally; as we know, the actual number of copies sold was significantly greater in the months that followed. Warner Bros. is not yet able to reveal the first results, but one thing is for certain: Hogwarts Legacy continues to be popular.