The reports for the sales of Hogwarts Legacy<\/em> in its first week in the United Kingdom are in, and they are nothing short of incredible. <\/p>
The game beat a colossal release from last year in terms of first-week sales, Elden Ring<\/em>. Hogwarts Legacy<\/em> sold 80 percent more copies in the U.K. than Elden Ring<\/em> did in its first week, according to GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>. It also beat the previous record in the Harry Potter<\/em> franchise, selling 64 percent more copies than Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/em> did in its second week in 2001.<\/p>
The report didn’t include the number of copies sold on PC, but nowadays PC players rarely buy physical games on the platform. That being said, Hogwarts Legacy <\/em>is doing brilliantly on Steam. It recorded a peak of 879,308 players on Steam on Feb. 12, according to SteamDB<\/a>. <\/p>