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[deriks]

What game will sell more? Hogwarts Legacy or Tears of the Kingdom? (Up: Hogwarts finishes almost 2 million ahead up to Feb '24)

Hogwarts because its multi platform. Zelda Breath of the Wild 28 m copies on nintendo alone Not many game these days can reach that number ( even being a multiplatform titles) Zelda is a behemoth ip

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Not a fair comparison, bruh

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So how many on Resetera shame-bought it?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I'm ready for the sequel, let's hope it doesn't take too long

 

[EviLore]

879k CCU -------> 30m sold

89k CCU --------> Will it sale 3m?

Hogwarts had massive legs due to word of mouth. The press refused to even review it in many instances.

Veilguard is the opposite scenario, artificially propped up by the press with increasingly negative word of mouth as gamers get past the opening few hours.

 

[Loomy]

On one hand, this shouldn't be surprising because of the IP, but 30 million is still insane. Here's hoping they can build on it.

Genuinely fantastic game too. The way they faithfully recreated Hogwarts and made it feel like an actual "magical" place was really cool.

I'm going to say it. This is an IP that would be perfect for a live service game.

 

[Wulfer]

Glad all those award shows and media outlets ignored this game. This shows the importance of those outlets, another words get a job!

 

[Barakov]

No one posted it on Era, I'll be first!

 

[Moriarty1889]

No one posted it on Era, I'll be first!

Those insecure weirdos will screech and remove it while banning you sadly.

 

[MacReady13]

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com...-tie-in-with-the-new-harry-potter-hbo-series/

Warner also told Variety that Hogwarts Legacy had surpassed 30 million sales as of October 2024.


Shame the boycott took a chunk out of those numbers.

Sales mean NOTHING. What are the all important ENGAGEMENT NUMBERS please? They are the REAL numbers we need to see. Who really makes money on 30 millions sales? Engagement numbers are where it's at. THAT is what Warner's and Avalanche would be most interested in when pushing hard for a sequel...

 

[V1LÆM]

If only Era didn't boycott it, it could have sold 30.1M copies.

Try 30,000,100

 

[Loomy]

On one hand, this shouldn't be surprising because of the IP, but 30 million is still insane. Here's hoping they can build on it.

Genuinely fantastic game too. The way they faithfully recreated Hogwarts and made it feel like an actual "magical" place was really cool.

I'm going to say it. This is an IP that would be perfect for a live service game.

Never mind

Part of the reason the game worked so well is because of how far removed it was from the main Harry Potter narrative. We've seen how much Star Wars suffered from being scared to move away from the Skywalkers.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Game was good but there’s a lot of room for improvement. The open world was largely barren and boring. Hope the sequel resolves this. BotW and Elden Ring and RDR2 and Witcher 3 are stiff fcking competition in the open world RPG space.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

879k CCU -------> 30m sold

89k CCU --------> Will it sale 3m?

From what I have heard, as a general estimate, Steam total lifetime sales usually reach around 10x the peak CCU. Of course if a game has longer legs then the actual sales will be greater than that.

But anyway let’s assume that’s true for Hogwarts, that means roughly 9M sales on Steam, accounting for 30% of total sales.

That would put Veilguard at 900K on Steam. Do we also think that Veilguard has the same 30% Steam/console split?

My guess is no. 1. because Hogwarts is on Switch while Veilguard isn’t and 2. because Dragon Age originated as a CRPG.

 

[xenosys]

If only Era didn't boycott it, it could have sold 30.1M copies.

Most of them have main character syndrome over there. They have no tangible power to do accomplish anything but most of them think they do and most of them think they're making a difference.

They absolutely hate that they have no power over Rowling and can't use corpos to leverage or use social media to cancel her either.

 

[tkscz]

What game will sell more? Hogwarts Legacy or Tears of the Kingdom? (Up: Hogwarts finishes almost 2 million ahead up to Feb '24)

Hogwarts because its multi platform. Zelda Breath of the Wild 28 m copies on nintendo alone Not many game these days can reach that number ( even being a multiplatform titles) Zelda is a behemoth ip

www.neogaf.com

Whats more, according to Circana, the Switch version is the one that's selling the most. It stays in the Switch top five every month.

 

[ZehDon]

Hogwarts probably sold more on console and DA will probably sell more on PC.

Good point actually. That DA sales projection is probably too generous then - which is a little scary for EA.

 

[K' Dash]

I’ll finish it when I get the Pro.

Glad the boycott worked /s

 

[PatientGamer]

30 million "talentless freaks" bought this game right?

 

[Rockondevil]

I really enjoyed the game and the devs deserve a solid pat on the back and Rowling too for creating such a great universe.

I look forward to another game, but I'm not sure what they will do as exploring Hogwarts won't have the same appeal on a second game as it did the first. They'll need additional locations.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Huge grats to the studio who really took a massive step in game production while also doing it with a care for the franchise rather than just a cheap cash grab. Also were very inclusive to trans in game despite some gaming outlets doing what they could to tank them for something outside of their control.

 

[poppabk]

879k CCU -------> 30m sold

89k CCU --------> Will it sale 3m?

So the game with the trans character and the lesbians did better than some other game, what of it?

 

[R3TRO]

Well deserved

 

[GigaBowser]

is thirs good? i have it buuuuut never played it

 

[Toytown Assassin]

is thirs good? i have it buuuuut never played it

I'm not a massive potter fan and found it deeply mid. I finished the story and dumped it without bothering with the Plat which I would normally get for an easy game like this.

 

[onQ123]

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com...-tie-in-with-the-new-harry-potter-hbo-series/

Warner also told Variety that Hogwarts Legacy had surpassed 30 million sales as of October 2024.


Shame the boycott took a chunk out of those numbers.

Biggest backfire in history you love to see it

 

[xanaum]

How much of an impact did the ResetEra boycott and other protests really have on these sales numbers?

I know most consumers don’t even know these discussions are happening, but the memes about the boycott’s failure are pure gold.

 

[Corian33]

Brilliant game, shocking that it took them so long to make a current gen HP title. I’m playing for the first time right now and enjoying it a lot. Good story, like being in one of the books. Combat is active and gradually gets more complex. You can fly around on a broom, game has a lot going for it.

Only miss is no Quidditch. But that’s a nonsensical sport anyway.

 

[EDMIX]

Fantastic game. Just ace. Should have got GOTY

nahhhhh

In a year with Zelda, Spiderman 2 and BG3? Are you on crack sir? It was a great game, it was not a GOTY level game even remotely and that is ok btw

There was just no hope for this to get GOTY

 

[SegaSnatcher]

Era right now.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

 

[Kerotan]

Try 30,000,100

Probably right. Most HP fans over there would have secretly bought it anyway.

 

[fudgybrownie]

I really wish they would include platform splits in these to add more fuel to the fire.

 

[Raven117]

Deserved. I really enjoyed it. Love to see what they get done with the sequel.

 

[jakinov]

Probably right. Most HP fans over there would have secretly bought it anyway.

I don't think the boycott was popular among people that don't read gaming news everyday.

 

[Robb]

Not a fair comparison, bruh

Sure, but that was known when voting in that thread and TotK was still the outcome.

Both are very impressive results of course.

 

[mckmas8808]

I still can't believe this happened.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The moment where they chose a fugly sex toy reviewer which never once reviewed a game for them, to review the largest children's IP in our current culture.

So when when they click on "other articles by the author" it goes right to a list of sex toys.

You just can't make this level of deviancy shit up.

 

[cormack12]

I still can't believe this happened.

Astonishing to think she could move that fast with a shutter speed of 1/1000

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I still can't believe this happened.

The moment where they chose a fugly sex toy reviewer which never once reviewed a game for them, to review the largest children's IP in our current culture.

So when when they click on "other articles by the author" it goes right to a list of sex toys.

You just can't make this level of deviancy shit up.

The whole “we refuse to acknowledge this game” BS was the single dumbest thing I’ve seen in mainstream gaming coverage, and that’s saying something.

BTW I swear they updated her bio after the fact to say she reviews video games too. At the time of that review it said she was their sex toy + coffee reviewer.

If I hadn’t already canceled my Wired subscription a couple years ago, I would’ve canceled it then.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The whole “we refuse to acknowledge this game” BS was the single dumbest thing I’ve seen in mainstream gaming coverage, and that’s saying something.

BTW I swear they updated her bio after the fact to say she reviews video games too. At the time of that review it said she was their sex toy + coffee reviewer.

If I hadn’t already canceled my Wired subscription a couple years ago, I would’ve canceled it then.

 

[cormack12]

Herr

 

[StereoVsn]

The whole “we refuse to acknowledge this game” BS was the single dumbest thing I’ve seen in mainstream gaming coverage, and that’s saying something.

BTW I swear they updated her bio after the fact to say she reviews video games too. At the time of that review it said she was their sex toy + coffee reviewer.

If I hadn’t already canceled my Wired subscription a couple years ago, I would’ve canceled it then.

Yep, beyond ridiculous. How did their editors think that this was alright.

 

[bender]

I still can't believe this happened.

Ugly people have ugly children all the time.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Herr

I see what you did there, freund

 

[ProtoByte]

Never mind

Part of the reason the game worked so well is because of how far removed it was from the main Harry Potter narrative. We've seen how much Star Wars suffered from being scared to move away from the Skywalkers.

Ridiculous. I really don't understand how these idiots keep making this mistake. Multimedia synergy is a fantasy.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Billions of trans kids died because of this game.

I bought 2 copies.

 

[proandrad]

Imagine trying to boycott one the few good games with trans representation for being “transphobic.” Truly the most retarded boycott in gaming history. Can’t wait to see them try to boycott gta6 for being racist or homophobic.

 

[Lorianus]

It was a good recreation of the book descriptions as depicted in the movies and i like it for that but the game part outside of hogwarts was pure open world slop.

 

[Aenima]

I am curious to see how much she made from this game.

They see her Rowling, they hating...

 

[blastprocessor]

Part of the reason the game worked so well is because of how far removed it was from the main Harry Potter narrative.

Pure luck l mean look how well that worked for Star Wars Outlaws.

 

[mckmas8808]

Imagine trying to boycott one the few good games with trans representation for being “transphobic.” Truly the most retarded boycott in gaming history. Can’t wait to see them try to boycott gta6 for being racist or homophobic.

It blows my mind that we've gotten this dumb in our society.