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[kittoo]

Who buys their games on that horrible shitstore?

I have multiple (bought) games there. I don't find much issue with the store and they give good deals. Between Steam and Epic, I buy wherever the game is cheaper. I am sure thats the case with many people.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Thank you, JK Rowling for creating such an amazing universe!

 

[YuLY]

524,378 In-Game on Steam. I think tomorrow will be the biggest day, I wonder if it will beat 2077.

 

[Gamezone]

Surpassed 500,000 players now.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

To the moon, but i do not think that it will surpassed 1 million.

 

[ClosBSAS]

524,378 In-Game on Steam. I think tomorrow will be the biggest day, I wonder if it will beat 2077.

Nah, it won't even beat elden ring.

 

[Freeman76]

Nah, it won't even beat elden ring.

I wouldnt be so certain

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Why is the game so massive? It's not even the proper HP characters if I understand correctly?

Even if it weren't Harry Potter the game looks just plain incredible. Being tied to the Harry Potter universe only elevates it that much more for looking this good.

 

[The artful mincer]

What time so steam concurrent players generally peak?

 

[YuLY]

What time so steam concurrent players generally peak?

I think 21:00 UTC, so in like 2h from now. But tomorrow is the best day , Saturdays are insane.

 

[nightmare-slain]

578,433 playing right now

 

[BigbyTheSheriff]

Almost 580k.

 

[Ducktail]

I think it's safe to say this will be 2023's biggest seller, right?

 

[The artful mincer]

I think 21:00 UTC, so in like 2h from now. But tomorrow is the best day , Saturdays are insane.

Cheers! What's crazy is this would have been bigger if they didn't release the deluxe edition mid week!

 

[The artful mincer]

I think it's safe to say this will be 2023's biggest seller, right?

Yeah!? What could top it really? Maybe a call of duty but only the modern warfare brand does crazy numbers these day.

I think zelda might give it a run for its money on launch week but will sell less throughout the year overall

 

[BigbyTheSheriff]

600k, let's go!

 

[John_Ryder]

Thank you, JK Rowling for creating such an amazing universe!

She has my wand.

 

[ClosBSAS]

I wouldnt be so certain

Nah, it'll reach peak 700k

 

[YuLY]

Nah, it'll reach peak 700k

Which makes it top 3 for SP games on Steam, only behind 2077 and Elden, pretty good for a bOyCoTTeD game lel.

 

[nightmare-slain]

608k already

616k

 

[nightmare-slain]

Thank you, JK Rowling for creating such an amazing universe!

Boobies. Fuck, I love boobies.

seriously though....she is one hot rich MILF.

 

[Freeman76]

Nah, it'll reach peak 700k

Lol. Prepare to eat your words, it'll go way past that

 

[VolticArchangel]

I think it's safe to say this will be 2023's biggest seller, right?

Zelda: ToTK, FFXVI, RE4R, FIFA 24 ( or EA Soccer w/e), CoD 2023, Spider-Man 2, Starfield etc., for the big AAA space other than this.

Hard to guess tbh, but this will do insane numbers going just by the momentum of pre-orders and other social media analytics...

 

[Kacho]

Nah, it'll reach peak 700k

I dunno about that one, mang. It's currently at 637,076 and it's still the middle of the work day for Americans.

 

[Freeman76]

I dunno about that one, mang. It's currently at 637,076 and it's still the middle of the work day for Americans.

Dude is smoking some powerful shit I think

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

I dunno about that one, mang. It's currently at 637,076 and it's still the middle of the work day for Americans.

NA is more console than PC, we will soon be after peak, its 20-21PM already in EU.

 

[JackSparr0w]

Third biggest single player game launch on Steam ever after Cyberpunk and Elden Ring.

 

[YuLY]

NA is more console than PC, we will soon be after peak, its 20-21PM already in EU.

Yep, although lets not forget tomorrow. Saturdays are peak days unless you launch monday/tuesday. I can see it reach 800k, but yea I dont think it will reach 2nd place and beat Elden and even less chance of beating the SP record holder, 2077.

Whats more cool is that soon it will reach 8th place for most concurrent players ever on steam, between all games, including multiplayer ones. Now thats really impressive.

 

[jhjfss]

Thank you, JK Rowling for creating such an amazing universe!

 

[Pop]

675k right now

 

[anthony2690]

691k now

 

[Zoloft]

She is our queen, she made our childhood giving us Harry potter books with a magical fantasy world.
Only if she can make our adulthood by giving us an onlyfans account with a real materials world .

 

[cormack12]

Can't see it beating cyberpunk?

1,054,388

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Can't see it beating cyberpunk?

1,054,388

Tomorrow is the day that we will know. i bet 900k.

 

[Ronin_7]

1M CCU tomorrow

 

[Tomi]

This is crazy, i think it will break Elden Ring

I would never even guess that this will be such a big hit

 

[Jaybe]

1M CCU tomorrow

 

[Infested Goblin]

This is crazy, i think it will break Elden Ring

I would never even guess that this will be such a big hit

I didnt believe it as well until resetera and twitter started boycotting. Since then i knew it will be incredible success

 

[jhjfss]

I didnt believe it as well until resetera and twitter started boycotting. Since then i knew it will be incredible success

They say they are, but I bet they aren't. Half of them are most likely playing the game right now.
This is how it always ends up.

 

[Alandring]

Zelda: ToTK, FFXVI, RE4R, FIFA 24 ( or EA Soccer w/e), CoD 2023, Spider-Man 2, Starfield etc., for the big AAA space other than this.

Hard to guess tbh, but this will do insane numbers going just by the momentum of pre-orders and other social media analytics...

I think Starfield is the only game which could do better on Steam, but it will be really hard with GamePass.

Overall, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel's Spider-Man and EA Sports 24 could all do more than 20M (maybe not in 2023 alone), so it will be a close race. But Hogwarts Legacy has the big advantage to be available everywhere.

The launch of the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions will be really important for them. They did the right call in delaying those versions, but they need to be perfect.

 

[The artful mincer]

Crazy and remember this will likely heavily favour the consoles far more than elden ring or cyberpunk!

 

[Fuz]

Nah, it won't even beat elden ring.

It will.

 

[TheHolyGhost]

it stabilized just under 700k for today, Elden Ring's first day was just under 895,000 and then it shot up to 950,000+ after the hype exploded, Hogwarts might bump to 750k but another 250k players is so unlikely, everyone who really wanted to play it is already playing.

Still a monster launch however, I thought it'd get 250k max this is insane

 

[VolticArchangel]

The launch of the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions will be really important for them.

Will they though?

Switch will sell boatloads, maybe even 10 million + on Switch alone (if it's native and not cloud), but last gen?

Most of the core customers, i.e. the ones with purchasing power of every new AAA game, have moved on to current gen, and even if you take supply chain / scalpers / demand issue into context, it's a minimal percentage OF THAT CUSTOMER BASE with purchasing power, who are left out. They'll be looking to buy a PS5/Series X than buy the last gen version.

Honestly, I'd be really surprised if the combined total units on PS4 and Xbone touches 5 million LTD.

 

[Gamezone]

Remember when single player games and especially PC gaming was dead?

 

[ClosBSAS]

It will.

Soo...has it?

 

[YuLY]

Low chance, but just having the headline that it passed Elden Ring to become 2nd for concurrent record for SP, would be so good. I just wanna see the degenerates cry.

 

[Goalus]

Who buys their games on that horrible shitstore?

My first thought when I read the thread topic.

 

[Jack Videogames]

All I am hearing is people's girlfriends, daughters and wives wanting to play this game and taking over their consoles/PCs to do so

My wife never plays any videogame besides WoW ocasionally and she's barely let me play lots of women in their late 30s are big big HP fans

 

[Kacho]

It’s peaking now at 700K. Let’s see how high it goes.