The expectation that surrounded Hogwarts Legacy Prior to its release it was quite big. After all, it was the game of Harry Potter most ambitious in history. However, not all of us imagined that it would also become a sales phenomenon. To the point of dethroning two franchises that, for more than a decade, led the ranking of the highest-grossing games.
According to data from Circana—formerly NPD—, the renowned North American analysis firm, Hogwarts Legacy It was the game with the highest income during 2023 in the United States. Ok, it’s just one country, but it’s also the most important market for the video game industry worldwide, which is no small feat…
So that, Hogwarts Legacy ended a 15-year hegemonywhich was distributed among various releases of Call of Dutyas well as GTA IV and GTA 5. The achievement, of course, is brutal.
Below, the top 10 games with the highest income in 2023 in the United States:
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Madden NFL 24
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Diablo IV
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- EA Sports FC 24
Now, it is one thing to be the game with the most revenue, and another to be the best-selling game in terms of units. In the second category, Call of Duty remained in first place, largely thanks to the release of Modern Warfare 3 during the last quarter, since Modern Warfare 2 is still quite popular.
Hogwarts Legacythe first step to exploit a gold mine
A few days ago, during an interview with Varietyat Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment took advantage of the success of Hogwarts Legacy. According to your figures, the game has sold 22 million units since its launchof which 2 million were acquired during the Christmas season.
“But it’s not just because of the units sold that I’m proud of, but also because it delighted the fans. It’s brought life to Harry Potter in a different way. Players were able to be themselves in this world and live this story. “That’s what the Avalanche team set out to do when they were developing the game and I think that’s why it resonated so well and is still the best-selling game of the year in the entire industry around the world,” said David Haddad, president of the aforementioned division.
With this type of data backed up to Hogwarts Legacyit should not be surprising that Warner plans to push the development of more games from Harry Potter. In fact, they recognized that one of these titles will be that of Quidditchalthough they did not reveal its release date.