If you’re planning to play Hogwarts Legacy and wondering whether friends and family members can play the game without the need to create a their own profile as to not overwrite your game save, rejoice! WB Games has just confirmed that Hogwarts Legacy will feature multiple character slots.
This was confirmed by the official WB Games Support Twitter account in answering a fan’s question about it:
Hi Matth! Thanks for your question! There are 4 separate character slots. For each new character, we will have the following 2 types of save functionality and slots: 5 auto save slots and 10 player manual saves slots. We hope you and your sister enjoy the game!
— WB Games Support (@WBGamesSupport) January 13, 2023
Hi Matth! Thanks for your question! There are 4 separate character slots. For each new character, we will have the following 2 types of save functionality and slots: 5 auto save slots and 10 player manual saves slots. We hope you and your sister enjoy the game!
This is definitely good news for those who have a spouse, kid, relative or friend that’s a Harry Potter fan that wants to play the game on one device. This means that you’ll be able to play and progress your game, and they can just login theirs for a separate experience.
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While that’s good news, the fact that the game won’t support cross-save isn’t. This has been confirmed by the WB Games Support account as well, where it states that while gamers will be able to link both platforms for rewards for each version of the game, the save data will stay on the platform it was created on.
Hi, thanks for contacting us about Hogwarts Legacy! You will be able to link both platforms for rewards in each version of the game, but save data will stay on the platform it was created on. We hope this helps!
— WB Games Support (@WBGamesSupport) January 13, 2023
Hi, thanks for contacting us about Hogwarts Legacy! You will be able to link both platforms for rewards in each version of the game, but save data will stay on the platform it was created on. We hope this helps!
However, it’s not clarified whether cross-save is supported on consoles if it’s within the same console family (ie. PS4 ad PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S).
Hogwarts Legacy releases on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on February 10, 2023, with the last-gen version (PS4, Xbox One) set for release on April 4, 2023. The Nintendo Switch version is scheduled to release last on July 25, 2023.