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Home»Game News»Hogwarts Legacy Topped The Charts In 2023 – Beating COD, Spider-Man 2 & More

Hogwarts Legacy Topped The Charts In 2023 – Beating COD, Spider-Man 2 & More

Accio money!

Danish TaleefBy Danish TaleefJanuary 18, 20243 Mins Read

Portkey Games knocked it out of the park with Hogwarts Legacy, and although the game was swamped with controversy at launch, it clearly couldnโ€™t make a dent in its popularity. Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game in 2023, leaving all the biggest titles of the year in the dust. The total sales of Hogwarts Legacy crossed 12 million copies within the first two weeks, the report from Circana confirmed, a feat not many have been able to achieve. 

Not only were the marketing efforts for Hogwarts Legacy fairly lacking compared to other big releases of the year, it was unceremoniously excluded from the biggest award shows. And having clearly been one of the best releases of the year, this was beyond unfair to the developers over at Portkey Games. And even under those horrible odds, it performed remarkably well.ย 

Hogwarts Legacy Total Sales Make It The Best Selling Game of 2023

Hogwarts Legacy best selling game of 2023 highest sales
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The most praised games like Baldurโ€™s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and Starfield couldnโ€™t even come close to the Harry Potter-inspired world of Hogwarts Legacy. This is the first time since 2008 that a non-Call of Duty or non-Rockstar title has taken home the top spot. The last time this happened was with the original Rock Band.

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No Hogwarts Legacy GOTY Nominations Is a Travesty

The sales of Hogwarts Legacy topped the PlayStation charts, while it took second and fifth place on Xbox and Nintendo, respectively. It’s not a bad showing for a studioโ€™s first game. The overall second spot was taken by Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, followed by Madden NFL 25, and the fourth place was taken by Insomniacโ€™s spectacular web-slinging adventure, Spider-Man 2.

You can see the complete list of the top 20 best-selling games of 2023 below:

  1. Hogwarts Legacy
  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  3. Madden NFL 25
  4. Marvelโ€™s Spider-Man 2
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  6. Diablo 4
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  8. Mortal Kombat 1
  9. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  10. EA Sports FC 24
  11. Starfield
  12. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  13. Resident Evil 4
  14. MLB: The Show 23
  15. Dead Island 2
  16. Final Fantasy 16
  17. Street Fighter 6
  18. Elden Ring
  19. Mario Kart 8
  20. Minecraft

2023 was by far one of the best years for video games in ages. Regardless of your platform of preference, the top 20 are full of masterpieces we will be revisiting for a very long time.

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