Hogwarts Legacy Breaks 14Year Call of Duty Rockstar Streak to Become USAs BestSelling Game of 2023
Record dating back to 2009 has been broken.
Hogwarts Legacy has ended a 14-year streak that saw either a Call of Duty game or a title from Rockstar Games named the best-selling game of the year in the USA. The Harry Potter simulator has been named the best-selling game of 2023 in new data from Circana, beating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It's not known how many copies the game has sold in the USA, but worldwide sales were at 22 million at the end of last year.
The record Hogwarts Legacy has beaten dates back to 2009, when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (the PS3 version) was named the best-selling game of the year. Since then, either an entry in the FPS franchise or a Rockstar Games-developed title has sold best in the USA. GTA V topped the list in 2013 and then Red Dead Redemption 2 did the same in 2018. Other than the two open-worlders from Rockstar Games, the USA's best-selling game has been a Call of Duty title every year since 2009. Hogwarts Legacy broke the streak with PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions at launch in February 2023, and PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch ports later on in the year.
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