Gaming News Twitch: The boycott is organized against Hogwarts Legacy and is aimed at game streamers
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Last Friday, after a hectic media campaign, Hogwarts Legacy finally landed on PC and the latest consoles from Sony and Microsoft, the PS5 and Xbox series. Yes, communication surrounding the game was complicated, in part because JK Rowling’s comments sparked dissatisfaction with part of the Harry Potter community, who decided to boycott the game.
Summary
- The release of Hogwarts Legacy fuels the most heated debates
- Hogwarts Legacy boycott extends to Twitch streamers too!
The release of Hogwarts Legacy fuels the most heated debates
Long before the official release Hogwarts legacy has fueled the most heated debates, particularly because of the transphobic opinions and statements of author JK Rowling. Where Avalanche Software’s title should be magic — it’s kind of since the tests, including ourspraise his qualities —, it has become divisiveso much so that it was raised a dilemma for gamers who are fans of the Harry Potter universeas we have taken the time to highlight this in a dedicated article. And yet this topic not only divides the Potterheads community, it goes far beyond!
If there is a part of the players who refuses to buy a few dollars or a few dollars Hogwarts legacy and so allow JK Rowling to get royalties and get rich, Video game developers have joined the fray the most mobilized fan base and expressed themselves on Twitter. Inevitably, users on social networks, and even more so on Elon Musk’s platform, are tormented on this topic more than once. This desire to boycott the game has also taken a notch in recent players with the implementation of a tool aimed at content creators streaming the game.
Hogwarts Legacy boycott extends to Twitch streamers too!
On February 6th, user Sam Gibbs set up a tool to find out if a particular streamer had opted in to play Hogwarts legacy – Le-Jeu-Dont-On-Ne-Must-Pas-Prononcer-Le-Nom replaced with the mention “THIS Wizarding Game” – and broadcast it on Twitch. Beyond a boycott of the game, the beginnings of a boycott were set in motion by streamers who have chosen to broadcast their games on Twitch.. However, the creation of the “havetheystreamedthatwizardgame” page didn’t really meet with unanimous approval and once again divided Twitter users who expressed gratitude for this initiative or their despair at such action.
However, this further controversy did not last long. Under fire from critics, the site didn’t last more than a day. In response to his tweet, which kept growing – it was seen by over 14 million users! -, Sam Gibbs was amused by the situation, announcing that it might be time to shut down the site. And that’s what happened! On February 7th, less than 24 hours after the site was launched, havetheystreamedthatwizardgame closed its doors.. Now the page shows the following message “ This website has been blocked by its owner ‘, and Sam Gibbs has not commented on the subject since.
