Activision has announced the enormous success of Call of Duty: Ghosts revealing that the game has managed to ship $1 billion worth of copies to retailers as of day one.
Activision’s choice of scale ($1 billion) seems to be directed at Grand Theft Auto V and its $1 billion in sales in three days. $1 billion in sales on day one puts Call of Duty: Ghosts well ahead of GTA V and may probably break the world records set by the cop-killing game from Rockstar.
According to Activision, the latest edition in Call of Duty franchise was sold through 15,000 midnight openings across the globe. “Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard in a press release.
Kotick noted that Call of Duty: Black Ops II generated more revenue than any other console game in a single year and the Call of Duty: Ghosts is “launching at a time when the franchise has never been more popular.”
Activision is set to announce its second quarter results today.
