Hogwarts Legacyhas been dethroned from a UK game sales chart after more than a month’s worth of dominance. This development arrives days afterHogwarts Legacysurpassed a British sales record held byElden Ringin yet another major testament to its commercial success.
Avalanche Software’s hit RPG has been leading software sales in the home country ofHarry Potter—among many others—ever since it released in early access on February 7, followed by a full-fledged launch three days later. Its very debut was already a wild success in the UK,whereHogwarts Legacybroke a 22-year-old sales recordimmediately upon release.
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That dominance has now come to an end, with latest GfK data revealingHogwarts Legacyhas been dethroned as the best-selling UK game byWWE 2K23. 2K’s latest wrestling game soared to the top of the new rankings over the last weekend, claiming the first spot with five days to spare, seeing howit released on March 17.
As for the rest of the UK rankings for the week ending March 18, the arrival ofWWE 2K23has simply moved each of last week’s top five down a spot. The new wrestling game andHogwarts Legacyare hence followed byFIFA 23,Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,Metroid Prime Remastered, andGod of War Ragnarok, in that order.MinecraftandCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2retained their spots at seventh and eighth, respectively.Super Mario OdysseyandAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsconcluded this latest top 10, the latter by retaining its ranking, and the former by jumping up from 13th. Switch exclusiveBayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, a highly anticipated prequel to PlatinumGames' popular action-adventure series, debuted in the UK at the 21st spot.
GfK’s British data only reflects physical game sales in the country, but that’s not to take away from the massive success thatHogwarts Legacyhas been enjoying so far. Even so, these newly updated rankings aren’t the first indicator that the globalHarry Pottercraze is now gradually coming to an end, with recent Steam data suggesting theHogwarts Legacyplayer count had a dramatic dropon PC over the last month.
Hogwarts Legacyis still likely to see a sales resurgence in the coming months, as the game has so far only released on half of its target platforms. According to previous financial disclosures, the Xbox One, PS4, and Switch—that are all yet to receive the newHarry PotterRPG—boast a combined installed base of nearly 300 million units. That’s a massive market thatHogwarts Legacyhas yet to tap into, so future sales spikes are well within the realm of possibility.
Hogwarts Legacyis available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, with PS4 and Xbox One versions launching May 5 and a Switch port releasing July 25.
