In addition to exploring the castle and learning spells, players will venture beyond the castle walls.

Players begin their magical career as a fifth-year student coming to Hogwarts in the 1890s. Fans have been waiting a long time for Hogwarts Legacy, as it was originally slated to arrive in 2021 before being shifted to 2022 and then again to 2023. The game comes to PS4 and Xbox One in April, while the Nintendo Switch edition is set for release in July 2023. Hogwarts Legacy releases for everyone on Friday, February 10, across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Piker said it's 'fruitless' to try to boycott Hogwarts Legacy. A number of popular streamers, including Hasan Piker, are streaming the game with some disclaimers. But other games, like CS: GO and PUBG, have put up higher Steam and Twitch numbers than Hogwarts Legacy.Ĭoncerning the controversy over Hogwarts Legacy, one outlet, GamesHub, posted an editorial about Rowling and her comments instead of a review. Elden Ring, for example, is primarily a single-player game but has multiplayer. Hogwarts Legacy continues to be outperformed on Twitch and Steam by a number of multiplayer games, however.

The game's Twitch numbers might be juiced up due, in part, to how Hogwarts Legacy has a number of Twitch Drops. You can see more data points about Hogwarts Legacy's Twitch streaming numbers at Gamesight. On Twitch, Hogwarts Legacy reached 1.2 million peak concurrent viewers, surpassing the record for a single-player game set by Elden Ring in 2022 (907,813 viewers).

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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 Hogwarts Legacy Early Access has passed the All-Time Steam Peak of Fallout 4

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