Hogwarts Legacy Sets Biggest Single 6z2d6k Player Game Record on Twitch With 1.28 Million Viewers

The numbers tallied are from the pre-launch period, with the official release set for later tonight. c5u2l

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 10 February 2023 15:41 IST

Hogwarts Legacy Sets Biggest Single-Player Game Record on Twitch With 1.28 Million Viewers

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Hogwarts Legacy launches February 10 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X

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Hogwarts Legacy also peaked with 489,139 concurrent players on Steam
The number makes it the second-biggest paid, single-player-only game
Pre-ordering the Deluxe Edition granted 72 hours of early access

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Hogwarts Legacy is completely dominating the Twitch charts with record-breaking numbers. In a tweet, developer Avalanche Software confirmed that their new open-world Harry Potter RPG hit a peak concurrent viewership of 1.28 million viewers on the live-streaming platform. The news broke amidst some streamer drama, where individuals completely boycotted the game, owing to its association with the original author J.K. Rowling. This milestone perches Hogwarts Legacy as the no. 1 single-player game on Twitch — during the launch period — suring the records set by Cyberpunk 2077 and 2022's Game of the Year winner Elden Ring.

For now, Riot Games campaign, which granted viewers early access to the game, in exchange for watching participating streamers.

Also seeHogwarts Legacy Early Impressions: A Worthy Return to the Wizarding World

Thanks to YOU #HogwartsLegacy is officially the #1 Single Player game ever on @Twitch with 1.28M peak concurrent viewers at launch. pic.twitter.com/xRebFwUqD4
— Hogwarts Legacy (@HogwartsLegacy) February 9, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy, while positioned third on that chart, comes out on top, generating the most traffic for a single-player game launch. Cyberpunk 2077 falls right behind, reaching a peak concurrent viewership of 1.14 million, despite the technical and performance issues plaguing the game at launch. Earlier this week, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, one of the biggest streamers on Twitch, streamed Hogwarts Legacy to over 108,000 live viewers.

As per data tracking site GOTY winner had an all-time peak of 953,426 concurrent players.

Despite gaining good traction, some streamers on Twitch have been going through a hard time trying to broadcast it. backlash from the LGBTQ+ community — some of which seeped into Hogwarts Legacy, as launch time neared. While the developer affirmed on its FAQ page that Rowling was not involved in the creation of the game, some fans are boycotting it in protest, as the author still stands to earn royalties from the enchanting universe she created. A vocal minority of the group took to Twitch, as a means to berate streamers who chose to play Hogwarts Legacy. Sam Gibbs, a web developer, even created a watchdog website — now offline — that monitored whether a particular Twitch streamer played “THAT wizard game.”

Hogwarts Legacy launches tonight at 12am IST (midnight), across Nintendo Switch version drops July 25.

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REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Excellent combat
Engaging story
Likeable cast of characters
Detailed world design

Bad
Tries to stuff in a lot
Lack of a companion system
Tedious inventory management

Read detailed Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Hogwarts Legacy review

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