The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy game, being a more open-world take on the Harry Potter franchise as a whole, has started to see increasing commercial presence as the game launches in just over a month. Due to this increased visibility, the calls to boycott the game, based off of the supposed profits reaped by author J.K. Rowling, have begun to increase as well. Fans of the series who do not like Rowling's controversial statements, which are often labeled transphobic, have called for the game to be completely boycotted in the community online.

its not an impossible decision, the gameplay looks terrible, has no one even watched the hogwarts legacy trailers?

dragon age origins had more interesting combat in 2009 lmao pic.twitter.com/TjCU92NLSJ

— benjaminutes 🔜 ALA (@benjaminutes) December 28, 2022

I don't care how little involvement JK Rowling has, I am not buying Hogwarts Legacy. pic.twitter.com/6X4c8SKLy3

— ❤🏳️‍⚧️ Stephie 🏳️‍⚧️❤ (@StephieSparda) December 18, 2022

Picturing the Hogwarts Legacy social media person finally numbing themselves to the “if I buy this am I transphobic?” discourse and then getting blindsided by “but what about the problematic giant spiders??” pic.twitter.com/UXWzE1sixq

— Josh Busker (@JoshBusker) December 27, 2022

the developers of hogwarts legacy fine-tuning the racism/anti-lgbt mechanics pic.twitter.com/n1cCyUA58W

— Neiko (@NeikoPog) December 28, 2022

However, there are plenty within the community who are trying to push back against the boycott. Some noting that Rowling herself, being obscenely wealthy, would not even notice the financial effects if the game didn't sell well, while the developers who worked on it could find themselves out of a job if it doesn't do well. Others, doubling-down on the comments made by Rowling, are saying that they want to play the game spitefully to support Rowling, or that they wouldn't play the game at all for a reason other than Rowling's reputation. This boils down to multiple different factions within a larger group being at odds with themselves, as well as others in antagonistic groups, with a month still to go before the game officially launches.

You don't play Hogwarts legacy because she is considered "transphobic"

I don't play it because it was made by a women

I am better than you pic.twitter.com/skhuSQxjoP

— Pun Otaku (Polls Arc) (@TheKnownOtaku) December 26, 2022

Who else is excited for Hogwarts Legacy? pic.twitter.com/ZMNwNz9qO0

— my uncle’s meme stash (@myunclesmemes) December 28, 2022

I have no desire to play Hogwarts Legacy, but anyone who thinks a boycott of that game is going to hurt rich as hell JK Rowling and not the devs is delusional. "But they already got paid!" studios get shuttered because games don't sell pretty regularly.

— ρяøxч (@PI20XY) December 22, 2022

I've been reading at work about the Hogwarts legacy boycott. To the extent people are planning guided hate raids to anyone who streams it. So we're going to ignore the work thousands put in to a universe they love and bully anybody who enjoys it? This ain't the way ya'll

— Beau (@TheFNBeauski) December 20, 2022