Study claims to know most anticipated games of 2023 (based on number of searches)
TLDR
1. Hogwarts Legacy - 1.23 million searches
2. Starfield - 540,000 searches
3. Diablo 4 - 301,000 searches
4. Sons of the Forest - 224,000 searches
5. Baldur's Gate 3 - 206,000 searches
6. Forspoken - 192,000 searches
7. The Day Before - 187,000 searches
8. Blue Protocol - 185,000 searches
9. Resident Evil 4 - 161,000 searches
10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom/Ark 2 - 154,000 searches
Hogwarts at 1, yeah, I can see that. It's basically Potter fans' dream game and there a fuckton of Potter fans. Will probably be big unless they fuck it up hard. Starfield, sure, tho I suspect its number of searches will increase after release as people start looking for bug fixes. Diablo 4, fine. Never even heard of Sons of the Forest, The Day Before and Blue Protocol, whodat? Baldur's Gate 3 is a bit of a surprise. So is Forspoken, but not in a good way. Rese 4 remake and Zelda, kind of no brainers, tho I suspect the latter would be higher if BotW2 searches were included.
Obviously doesn't really say anything about how well they'd actually sell.