2023 alone hasabove22 millionSold once. It was a huge financial success for the publisher Warner Bros. and it cameamong fans and criticsvery good.
Perfect conditions to increase the chance of a continuation of the role-playing game. In fact, there was confirmation in September 2024: Of course there would be a successor to Hogwarts Legacy.
The fans are not only excited, but also skeptical. A petition therefore wants to prevent Hogwarts Legacy 2 from becoming a live service game. And she will probably overcome her first hurdle soon.
Almost 10,000 signatures
The petition was started onChange.orgas early as March 2024. Collecting signatures was initially rather slow. At the time of writing, the number of supporters is almost 9,500. However, in the last few hours hundreds of people signed andthe petition is now finally approaching its first goalto collect 10,000 signatures.
Players are demanding that the successor to Hogwarts Legacy dispense with any live service elements. Among other things, microtransactions are mentioned,forced grind
and multiplayer. However, the fans not only argue with their own wishes, but also warn that the sequel as a live service game will be a financial failure.
Whether the petition has a chance of being heard, given the millions of copies sold, remains questionable. In principle, it is of course quite possible that a sequel will fulfill fan wishes:
Where do the concerns come from?
The trigger for starting the petition was onethe head of Warner Bros. Gaming. At a company conference he stated,the future in mobile, free2play and service gamesto see. The risk of failure in large and expensive productions like Hogwarts Legacy is simply too great:
Instead of releasing a big console game, how do we develop a game about, say, Hogwarts Legacy, or Harry Potter, that is a live service where people can permanently live, work, build and play in this world?
The calculation is simple. A normal single-player game can only be sold once, whereas a live service, in the best case scenario, generates steady income for years.
Nevertheless, we can say that the gaming boss's considerations at the time were nothing more than that - considerations. Whether Hogwarts Legacy 2 will actually be a service game isnot yet confirmed and anything but certain.
The reveal or even release of a successor to Hogwarts Legacy is probably still a few years away. After Warner delivered a rather disappointing Quidditch game for us, according to insiders, a Definitive Edition for Hogwarts Legacy is next in development. Among other things, this should expand the story and provide new side quests and outfits for your characters.
