Rowling has been criticised for having anti-transgender views, with some fans threatening to boycott the game in the face of the controversy. It's development hasn't been without controversy, however, as Harry Potter author J.K.

Its performance comes as proof that excitement around the game has been building for a long time, perhaps growing further following Hogwarts Legacy's positive critical reception. Hogwarts Legacy also became the #1 single-player game ever on Twitch with 1.28 million peak concurrent viewers, according to a post on the game's Twitter account. This would have been enough to claim the throne on PC ’s most important store platform on most other. The early access period comes ahead of Hogwarts Legacy’s full launch on February 10, and so only takes into account players who gained early access by ordering the Deluxe Edition of the open world RPG. SteamDB recorded 879,309 Hogwarts Legacy players between February 12 and 13, 2023. The success bumped Fallout 4's concurrent player record of 472,962 down into third place, with Hogwarts Legacy now trailing just Cyberpunk 2077, which despite its rocky launch was able to achieve a staggering concurrent player count of 1,054,388. Fallout 4: 472,962 /HFOEiFFCup- Benji-Sales February 8, 2023.Hogwarts Legacy Early Access has passed the All-Time Steam Peak of Fallout 4 Hogwarts Legacy is now the #2 highest peak in history for a paid single-player only game (Elden Ring has multiplayer) only behind Cyberpunk 2077 Peak As spotted by VGC, analyst Benji-Sales tweeted that Avalanche Software’s wizarding RPG has already achieved an all time concurrent player peak of 474,144, which has since risen by over 15,000 to 489,139.īenji-Sales noted that the pre-launch figure represents the second highest player peak for any paid, single player game in the history of the Steam platform according to SteamDB.

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