Hogwarts Legacy fills Warner’s pockets with impressive sales, and that’s not all.

Since launching in February Hogwarts legacy over 15 million copies have been sold and the collection has topped $1,000 million.. This was announced by Warner Bros. Discovery this Friday (via VGK), improving the performance of the third-person role-playing game based on the franchise Harry Potter.

The video game thus confirmed its worldwide success, despite boycott attempts and controversy prior to its release. David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery emphasized the importance of a brand that is superior to the title developed by Avalanche Software.

“This is our fifth billion dollar video game franchise along with Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, our Lego and DC games. And many more games are coming soon, including Hogwarts legacy on Nintendo Switch,” the executive said.

However, it is worth remembering that the bulk of sales Hogwarts legacy this happened a few days after its release. The game was released on PS5, Xbox Series X | S and PC February 10th. sold 12 million copies in the first two weekswhich allowed him to raise over $850 million worldwide.

Logically, the pace of trade hasn’t been as frenetic since then, but the new numbers show that interest in the game is still alive. And Warner Bros. Discovery has bet that this offering will continue to grow as it becomes available on more platforms.

Hogwarts legacy keep on the path of success and reach more platforms

Recall that today, May 5, the long-awaited debut Hogwarts legacy on PS4 and Xbox One The premiere was scheduled for April, but in March, the developers decided to postpone it. And that was probably for the best, given that Avalanche Software claims that over 500 bugs fixed. In addition, there is a new mode for arachnophobes in the title.

However, there are high hopes for what will happen from July 25th when the game finally releases on Switch. Jean-Briac Perrette, President and CEO of Warner Bros. Hogwarts legacy Arrival at the Nintendo console.

The above believes that although Harry Potter is a global phenomenon with a very strong fan base in Japan. Which reinforces Nintendo’s strong sense of belonging to its homeland. Therefore, he hopes that the launch on his console will be more commercially viable than when it comes to Xbox One or PS4. Simply put: Perrette sure arrival Hogwarts legacy on Switch will further push global sales and gross revenues.

All this also makes it clear that the franchise has not lost its appeal even outside of video games. In February we learned that Hogwarts legacy will have its own series for HBO Max, which will take place before Harry Potter And fantasy animals. However, little has been known about him since then. Adding to this is that JK Rowling’s literary saga will also have a new adaptation for the aforementioned streaming service, which promises to be “very faithful to the books.”