Fans of Hogwarts Legacy are eagerly waiting for a successor. At the same time, they fear that the game could be adjusted to modern conventions, which is why they started a petition.
What is the status of Hogwarts Legacy 2? The first part allowed players to step into the shoes of a student and experience various adventures in the popular school of witchcraft and wizardry. The game was exclusively geared towards single-player and did without much frills.
This paid off: Hogwarts Legacy was enormously successful, attracting many viewers on Twitch and filling the publisher Warner Bros. Games’ coffers with a lot of money. According to statista.com, the game sold around 30 million copies worldwide.
Due to its financial success, a successor was very likely. However, fans are concerned because Warner Bros. has been pursuing a design philosophy that could also change Hogwarts Legacy 2 into a different game.
A petition from many concerned fans
What are fans afraid of? Warner Bros. has tried its hand at live service games with titles like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. And although this example was not successful, this approach has become widespread in recent years.
The goal is to keep players engaged with a game for as long as possible. To achieve this, battle passes, grinding, or microtransactions are used. Fans of Hogwarts Legacy now fear that the sequel to the beloved title could also include such features.
What are fans doing? On the platform change.org, they have therefore started a petition urging Warner Bros. to continue with a purely single-player experience without any additional live service component.
According to the initiators of the petition, the success of part 1 is due to it being a pure single-player title. People would not want a live service game, as it would simply be filled with microtransactions and a lot of grinding, is their concern.
The text goes even further, calling live service a “plague for the industry that is hated by many players and developers.”
Successful live service games like League of Legends or Fortnite are, according to the petition’s initiators, successful primarily because they offer a unique gaming experience. Live service is only a secondary aspect.
Fans believe that Hogwarts Legacy is just fine as it is. As a live service game, it could fail and not fully realize the true potential of a sequel.
How successful is the petition? The preliminary goal is 15,000 signatures, and as of (date: 03.12.2024), over 11,700 people have signed. Whether their voices will be heard by the responsible parties at Warner Bros. Games remains to be seen. Whether Hogwarts Legacy will even become a live service game is still unconfirmed. Warner Bros. Games has had a tough year: New games with Batman flop, costing the company millions – The CEO reportedly knows why
