The video game industry is often overlooked as a money maker but predicted that revenue in the video games segment is projected to reach US$221.40 billion in 2023. It's not been announced how much money, or what percentage of profits Rowling could make from Hogwarts Legacy. Forbes estimated she earned $95 million in 2017 alone. Multiple sources have cited that Rowling earns anywhere between $50 million to a $100 million each year from royalties. Rowling consistently makes passive income on all Harry Potter products. Games, told fans in September 2020 that Rowling 'is not directly involved in the creation of the game.'Īlthough Rowling seemingly hasn't created new content for the game, the entire premise of the world Hogwarts Legacy is based on is still Rowling's intellectual property, and by association, she is sure to receive royalties based on that.

Sebastian Croft January 14, 2023īut, is a boycott of the game necessary to keep money out of the pockets of Rowling, if that's your prerogative? Rowling didn't write the script for Hogwarts Legacy and the publisher, Warner Bros. I believe whole heartedly that trans women are women and trans men are men. This was long before I was aware of JK Rowling’s views. I was cast in this project over 3 years ago, back when all Harry Potter was to me, was the magical world I grew up with. 'I believe whole heartedly that trans women are women and trans men are men,' he wrote on Twitter. Sebastian Croft provides the voice for the main character in Hogwarts Legacy and earlier in January explained that he signed up to the project before he was 'aware of J.K. Medlen wrote after calling Rowling a 'disgusting TERF.' The acronym TERF stands for 'trans-exclusionary radical feminist.'

'Even if you are a fan of Harry Potter, you don't need to keep spending money to feed her machine or build her platform,' journalist D.R. Members of the website, and countless others online have asked people not to buy the new game. Trans writer Jack Doyle detailed Rowling's alleged transgressions towards the trans community on the site in late December, calling her 'capacity for nonsense' as boundless as the Forbidden Forest.

News website for 'geek girls' The Mary Sue has made it clear they are 'over' Rowling. Mike Marsland/WireImage / Avalanche Software Rowling has been accused of transphobic views and there are calls to boycott the upcoming video game 'Hogwarts Legacy' because of its connection to the Harry Potter franchise creator.

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