Although JK Rowling’s universe already began to show signs of being a complete success back in 1997, which is when the first of the books was published, it was not until the early 2000s when His time on movie screens made Harry Potter a planetary phenomenon. But curiously, aside from the LEGO versions of TT Games, when it comes to video games it hasn’t had the same luck. Goes Hogwarts Legacy to break that tradition?
The curse of video games
as we tell you, It’s strange that a franchise as powerful as Harry Potter hasn’t been a success. parallel and continuous to that of the movies, the books (of course) or the infinity of products of merchandising derived from his universe. And it is surely this Hogwarts Legacy the one that could break that little curse if we pay attention to the signs that it is leaving us and to some key events when we are barely a month away from its launch.
And it is that although the game is not yet for sale, A quite positive current can be perceived in the environment around it, thanks to details such as the reservations that are being made and that some stores and platforms show in considerable detail in these weeks prior to their sale. Which will happen on February 10 on platforms such as PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
So things, Hogwarts Legacy has achieved a creditable fourth place in the ranking of Steam’s best sellers, which is the best known brand of all those we have seen recently, despite the 59.99 euros it will cost at the start and having to deal with giants like CS:GO, pubg or the Steam Deck itself, which continues to sell unstoppably week after week.
It’s more, this position he occupies has a special merit because it has meant the game suddenly climb 12 places in the ranking in just seven days, and achieve it after nine weeks within that ranking of the best sellers in the PC store. So yes, as its release date approaches, it is clear that the buzz that fills the entire environment is leaving signs that Hogwarts Legacy it can become a great success.
What will this Hogwarts Legacy have?
Although the game does not specifically focus on the time Harry Potter studied at Hogwarts, it does we can live the same experience from an open world role-playing game which fairly faithfully reproduces the entire universe we saw in the movies. After all, we will be able to tour the rooms of the school, meet the teachers and face dangers similar to those of JK Rowling’s literary universe and delve into most of the settings that Warner movies immortalized.
Will you be one of the first wizard apprentices to travel to Hogwarts to discover the secrets of the magical world? Something tells us yes… right?
