Unrest in the new “Harry Potter” game “Hogwarts Legacy”? Discussions are heating up even before the game’s release, and some fans are holding off on purchasing it…?

Last Updated on 02/11/2023 by てんしょく飯

Following J.K. Rowling’s transphobic (LGBTQ-hating) comments, there is a sense of disquiet over the release of the “Harry Potter” video game.

On Friday, February 10, “Hogwarts Legacy,” a role-playing game set in the world of the popular fantasy series “Harry Potter” by author J.K. Rowling, will be released for PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

[Video] “Hogwarts Legacy” State of Play – Official Gameplay Released

The game has received relatively high ratings on the review site Metacritic and has been a bestseller on major e-commerce sites Amazon and Epic Store at the time of pre-order.

However, some consumers are concerned that royalties from the sales of the game will be passed on to Rowling, the author of the game, and there is a movement that appears to be a “boycott” of the game, where consumers are refraining from purchasing the game.

Rowling herself was not involved in the production of the game.

Over the past several years, Rowling has said, “I think there used to be a term for people who were menstruating. Unben? Wimpant? Someone tell me what it is?” and other statements that could be taken as LGBTQ-hating, and each time she made these comments, Twitter was inflamed. Each time he made such comments, Twitter was ablaze, and the backlash grew stronger.

Perhaps in response to these comments, major game review sites such as Kotaku, Polygon, and Eurogamer are not displaying reviews of the game, even though the review ban has been lifted. Furthermore, some review sites have condemned Rowling’s remarks and voiced their support for LGBTQ in their review sections.

In addition, “Hogwarts Legacy” features the first transgender female character in the “Harry Potter” universe. Her name, “Sirona Ryan,” has been criticized by some for sounding masculine (the prefix begins with “Sir” for male and ends with the common male name “Ryan”), while others have pointed out that the name Sirona refers to the Celtic goddess of healing and rebirth, and the debate here is also The debate is heated here as well.