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Topics: Gaming, Harry Potter, Warner Bros
Lucy Devine
Hogwarts Legacy fans have been left seriously disappointed after an underwhelming update.
The first game was released just over a year ago, and has been hugely popular with fans.
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It sees players become students enrolled at the famed magical school and going on a ‘dangerous journey to uncover a hidden truth of the wizarding world’.
Hogwarts Legacy faced a couple of issues during its development because it was held back by last-gen consoles.
But, despite any problems and negative critique, its revenue reached a whopping $1 billion (£793 million) within three months, and by the beginning of this year had sold 24 million copies globally.
But fans have been left gutted by a recent update regarding Hogwarts Legacy 2 and Warner Bros. games in general.
At a recent Morgan Stanley event. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO and President of Streaming and Games J.B. Perrette spoke about the company's strategy.
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As reported by WCCFtech, people think that Warner Bros wants to further invest in live service, despite the negative reviews surrounding Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
A live service game refers to one that sees a constant stream of new content, added after the game has been launched.
While acknowledging Hogwarts Legacy, Perrette explained: “That’s a great business when you have a hit like (Hogwarts Legacy). It makes the year look amazing.
“Unfortunately, we also have disappointments — we just released Suicide Squad this quarter, which was not as strong. It just makes it very volatile.
"Rather than just launching a one-and-done console game, how do we develop a game around, for example, Hogwarts Legacy or Harry Potter, that is a live service where people can live and work and build and play in that world on an ongoing basis?"
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People have been left fuming at the thought of the sequel being live service, with one writing on X: "Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Be a Live-Service Game. @wbgames THIS IS NOT WHAT THE FANS WANT."
While another said: "Let's just ignore the massive success of Hogwarts Legacy, a single-player game and double down on live service games. When their most recent live service game sadly flopped critically and commercially???"
And a third added: "Hogwarts Legacy was the best selling game of 2023, Suicide Squad has barely 500 players, flopped badly... Warner Bros: 'We think we need to focus on live service games more, and less on single player experiences.' You can't make this s**t up."
LADbible has reached out to Warner Bros. Games for comment.