http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=804829

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that the company sold more than $1 billion of Call of Duty®: Ghosts into retail stores worldwide as of day one.

"Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "More people have played Call of Duty this year than ever before, logging four billion hours of gameplay. And in the last 12 months, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, including its digital content, generated more revenues than any other console game ever has in a single year. Although it is too early to assess sell-through for Call of Duty: Ghosts, it's launching at a time when the franchise has never been more popular."

Millions of people are already playing Call of Duty: Ghosts online. Since its release yesterday, Call of Duty: Ghosts has moved to the #1 spot as the most played game on Xbox Live, according to Microsoft. Additionally, Activision confirmed that on the Xbox 360 videogames and entertainment system from Microsoft, average player sessions for Ghosts have been longer than either Black Ops II or Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3, during the same time period.

Call of Duty: Ghosts launched at 15,000 midnight openings around the world. Fans around the world shared their excitement in social media, with Call of Duty-related terms trending an astounding 20 times globally on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

"Ghosts is an amazing game which ushers in the next generation of Call of Duty. The team at Infinity Ward has delivered yet another epic thrill ride in the campaign, and what I think is our best multiplayer game yet," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "This is the must have launch title for the next generation of consoles, and we expect Call of Duty: Ghosts to be the most successful launch title for the Xbox One and PS4 by a wide margin. In fact, according to GameStop, Call of Duty: Ghosts is their most pre-reserved next gen title."

How the mighty have fallen.

I just don't understand what people see in the franchise any longer. For me, it died after Modern Warfare, the campaigns are just too stupid, simple, predictable and has marshmallow gameplay with no weight or feel. QTE's didn't do them any favors either.
The multiplayer was never fun after CoD 2 in my opinion.
No tactics, small maps, unrealistic ballistics and sound, frag-focused gameplay and a bunch of 12 year olds screaming shit in your ear.

DAT decline

And some are even waiting for the Xbox One/PS4 versions. Poor Call of Duty. It had a good run.

Pitiful.

lol people are always going to hate what is popular.

Regardless it is a good franchise and one of the, if not the best multiplayer shooter on the market.

I still expect a decline. Maybe not a significant decline, but I dont think it will sell as well as Modern Warfare 3 total lifetime.

Only 1 Billion? Lame.

Series fatigue for sticking tou much on not doing anything different and release every year!

WHY WONT THIS DIE OFF ALREADY ??????

Suddenly death doesn't seem so crappy.