Hogwarts Legacy Breaks Livestreaming Record, Tops 1.3 Million Viewers

Fantastic game, I love it.

I should probably tune into one of these streams, just to see the game in action. I might buy into it a little later on this year, once a sale hits.

I've always like the world of Harry Potter, and this one looks and sounds like it'll be a good little experience.

I am really impressed about the overall quality of the game. Great graphics (faces), writing and cutscene direction so far (played around 2 hours).

Game is fantastic so far. I was hyped for it but it's far exceeded my expectations.

Game is beautiful af but im still very adamant considering the $70 and 12 wasted hours I put into Elden Ring because everyone said it was so amazing.. I really really really tried on that one but god it was so boring and the fighting was so sluggish 🤦‍♂️

Brilliant news. Especially after that embarrassing website was created to generate hate towards streamers.

I wonder if the sales and stream numbers would have been this high without the campaign against it? The Streisand effect?

I am excited to play this game, and glad to see that its getting 8/10 and 9/10 scores. I was worried that it would just be another bin-worthy IP adaptation. After the disappointment that was the Forsaken reviews, I needed a good Q1 game.

What controversy? If we're going to scrutinize every product because of people that are related to it, we're not going to buy anything.

@roe why are people being bullied for streaming/playing this?

We’ll deserved. I saw this earlier this morning on PlayStation Universe.

Love this game. Such fun. Spent yesterday is full Hogwarts mode. Worth the wait.

@Loamy probably related to the people sending JKR death threats. There are some real nutters out there.

Deserved the game is freaking amazing and it got great reviews but even so I feel it should have easily got 90 plus on metacritic. I’ve never experienced what I have so far in a game just walking around Hogwarts and the amount of stuff going on and the attention to detail is just mind blowing.

@MrMeeeseeeks yeah, I remember the fuss that was made when TLoU2 cast received death threats (and rightly so) but it seems like if it’s someone you dislike or don’t agree with then it’s perfectly acceptable 🤷‍♂️

Its a fantastic game and its easily an early GOTY contender for me.

@roe Especially when developers receive death threats and intimidation and it makes all the news cycles, what could possibly be the difference? Harassment is harassment.

Ps, some cretin has posted spoilers down the bottom of the comments, even gone as far as to tag people in them. Ive reported them but don't know how long it'll take to have them removed, luckily I didn't read it fully and asked someone I was with who has no intrest to confirm my suspicions.

@Bentleyma I refuse to believe it will run and look good on Switch, i have a feeling PS4 and X1 won't cope well let alone Switch.

Still waiting for it to come out here on the 10th.

These numbers are pretty amazing. It's not even out on full release yet and the Steam figures for concurrent players are somewhere around 270k. When it's available to everyone on Friday those numbers are going to be off the charts.

It could be that a good number of those Twitch viewers are also the very people that said they didn't want to give any money to JKR yet are happy to watch someone else play it.

Well deserved, can't wait to play this one!

@get2sammyb
Thank you! I appreciate all you do here for the site, too.

Played a bit last night and had a fantastic time with the game just exploring! I'll be doing a deep dive into the game this weekend!

I found myself roaming the castle and forgot what I was suppose to be doing for like 2hrs

The start of a new AAA franchise

I’ll be ending work early on Friday so I can finally roam the halls of Hogwarts!

@thedevilsjester
I'm confident in saying it would be doing half the numbers (at best) it has so far if not for the smear campaign. But as usual, when you get a bunch of people rallying against something, it gets even more interested. It doesn't hurt that the game seems like it's decent quality.

@Gamer83 absolutely this. The smear campaign has almost certainly had the opposite effect than intended. How many people have bought this "to see what the fuss is about", or bought it as a "dont tell me what to do" statement.

I couldnt justify paying extra for 3 days early access but cannot wait to dive in on friday!

@Lord_Beerus_87
I'm not buying the game myself, as I'm never been interested in the Harry Potter franchise but I do hope this game sells really well. I've always had a strong dislike for 'activists' like the ones trying to take down Hogwart's Legacy and anybody who decides to stream it. Just pathetic behavior.

Exploring the school is a joy and I'm not even a huge Potter fan.

One again proving that "gaming boycotts" just don't work unless the game is absolutely terrible.

@Gamer83 i must clarify, i sit in neither of the examples i gave. I was buying the game as i grew up reading and watching potter and this is a game i have wanted since the first movie adaptation game came out. But the website created to single out streamers who play this game was really pathetic. Ive also read about a lot of activists flocking to said streams and subreddits to give spoilers of the game to ruin it for "transphobes" buying the game.

@Lord_Beerus_87 the more money the game makes the better. JKR donates millions of pounds to various charities. She actually lost her billionaire status due to her charity donations. She’s helped so many people. And by purchasing the game, you’re helping those people too.

Im so glad that the game turned out to be so good and has been so well received by HP fans and non-HP fans alike.

@Lord_Beerus_87
Cool, hope you enjoy the game.

Enjoying it myself. Put a couple hours into it last night and the music alone fills me with such a sense of wonder and joy.

Just "LOL" to all those bullying fools who wanted an embargo on this game. May this usher in the end of another type of bully in this life.

@GuyProsciutto yeah you’re cool nah you’re a real POS. Like what does doing that solve I’m not going to all of a sudden stop playing the game so is your life so pathetic you get off doing crap like this.Man if I could see you in person damn I’ll just stop there

@Daveuppercut Jesus you reported them hours ago and yet I still just got spoiled because the mods are who knows where but thanks for trying. I also reported him but it’s so irritating that someone did this

I actually wasn't too bothered about playing it, but I've watched quite a bit of footage on Twitch (via Girlfriend Reviews' stream), and I'm FAR more interested in giving it a go as soon as it's on a decent sale. The world looks awesome.

@GProsciutto it’s cool I feel sorry for people like you whose life must be so miserable you I get off trolling strangers on the internet. You should go outside,take a deep breath and touch grass it might make you feel better. Anyway I’m going back to play some more of the amazing Hogwarts hope you get your life straightened out

@GProsciutto lol wow just noticed you got banned and came right back like holy ***** lol that’s pathetic

@roe Unfortunately there is a group that stays up to date to who plays or live streams the game and trys to cancel them. It's a really sh*tty move IMO. This is coming from a queer gamer too.

@dark_knightmare2 i pointed out this ***** the other day whereas somebody gets banned,comments removed etc and they appear again sprouting rubbish. Surely banned means banned as in no further discourse allowed yes? I am so glad hogwarts is proving people wrong on all fronts and i really cant wait to get stuck into this great looking game on friday afternoon providing the royal mail get it to me on time 🤣

@SillyBoyJudas the oppressed becomes the oppressor..the irony is succulent..

@dark_knightmare2 Yeah it's a shame for the players who have had it spoilt, clearly this person is on "that side" and not realising or caring that they are going to encourage hate towards them which I thought was the whole reason why they were against the game in the first place, this whole situation has exposed the group to be nothing more than an insane hate filled minority that should be ignored.

After watching a couple of early gameplay streams, I waggled my wand and ordered, looks great fun!

@Northern_munkey right it’s freaking ridiculous anyway hope you enjoy the game it’s amazing the amount of little details and moving parts throughout Hogwarts is mind blowing

@Shepherd_Tallon Sorry to hear that, I did report the spoilers several times but I guess the mods were asleep? What I don't understand is how they were eventually banned but then able to come straight back and carry on posting spoilers.