Over the past 24 hours Call of Duty: Ghosts has given a swift kick to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V, taking away the reigns of Fastest Selling Video Game of all time. Ghosts topped $1 Billion in sales, surpassing GTAV’s $800,000 in sales over release days 24 hour period. Personally I think that this fall back was because GTA V only released on Playstation and Xbox, while CoD: Ghosts was released on nearly every platform available.
- PC
- Xbox 360
- Xbox One (Available November 19)
- Playstation 3
- Playstation4
- Wii U
There were over 15,000 midnight launch parties world wide, allowing gamers to pick up the newest released Next Gen game. With the support of over 20 million fans, Ghosts was able to break 3 records in less than a 24 hour period of time. This game will likely break more records over time.
- Call of Duty: Ghosts is Gamestop’s Most-Preordered Next Gen Title
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Takes over the #1 Spot on Xbox Live
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Sets New High Watermark for Average Player Session Length
This year alone Call of Duty players have logged over four billion hours of gameplay. Call of Duty Black Ops II has generated more revenue than any other console game in a single year. It can be expected that Ghosts will surpass all other Call of Duty games, continuing to break records.
There will be a total of 4 Map Packs available for Ghosts, in which season pass holders will get all four of the packs automatically ($49.99 USD.), normally each map pack will cost users $15 if they wish to pick it up.
The game has 3 different versions available to the public;
- Standard Edition, which just gives you the game. Available for $59.99
- Hardened Edition, gives you some extra goodies. Available for $119.99
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Hardened Edition deploys with an assortment of collectible physical items and exclusive digital content designed to customize your multiplayer experience.
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Season Pass. Get four epic DLC Map Packs each delivering a collection of fresh Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer content and more.
- Paracord Strap: A modern day military staple, this wearable tool allows you to carry over 9 feet of versatile paracord on hand wherever you go.
- Collectible SteelBook: Secure a limited edition steel game case featuring premium artwork.
- Player Patch: Show your enemies what you stand for with an in-game Ghosts insignia player patch.
- Official Call of Duty: Ghosts Soundtrack. Upgrade your playlist with a digital copy of the in-game score.
- Player Background: Stand out in any lobby list with a Ghosts-themed player background.
- Player Card: Leave your mark on any killcam with an in-game Ghosts insignia player card.
- Prestige Edition
- 1080p HD Tactical Camera: Film, edit, and share custom made videos with a mountable 1080p HD Tactical Camera, modeled from actual in-game equipment.
- Call of Duty: Ghosts Season Pass. Get four epic DLC Map Packs each delivering a collection of fresh Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer content and more.
- Paracord Strap: A modern day military staple, this wearable tool allows you to carry over 9 feet of versatile paracord on hand wherever you go.
- Collectible SteelBook: Secure a limited edition steel game case featuring premium artwork.
- Player Patch: Show your enemies what you stand for with an in-game Ghosts insignia player patch.
- Official Call of Duty: Ghosts Soundtrack. Upgrade your playlist with a digital copy of the in-game score.
- Player Background: Stand out in any lobby list with a Ghosts-themed player background.
- Player Card: Leave your mark on any killcam with an in-game Ghosts insignia player card.
- The Call of Duty: Ghosts Prestige Edition is the ultimate Collector’s Edition. It comes loaded with a high-value cache of collectible physical items, including a 1080p HD Tactical Camera and bonus digital content inspired by the legendary masked Special Operations unit.
Thank you Activision for providing us with this information.
Images Courtesy of Activision.com
I don’t get which idiots still fall for the bulshit Infinity Award puts on the plate of the gamers, it’s fucking ridiculous.
Maybe they have a differing opinion from yours, that doesn’t make them idiots.
Well firstly your talking about the wrong company, Seeing as “Infinity Award” doesn’t exsist
Firstly, people have different preferences. And those people you call “idiots” prefer games from Infinity Ward and it isn’t any BS for them. Secondly, learn to respect other people’s preferences. I know we have the right to freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean you have the right to disrespect other people.
Y’know what? Be an idiot and fall for the bullshit your favorite game company offers you. See how it feels when someone calls you such.
don’t seem to mention a story line. and season pass hints at an ongoing charge to play and at the prices charged for the game I am not paying out extra’s
Really? The season pass may be the equivalent of a subscription fee? Good grief that is ludicrous if true.
I begrudge to the extent that I will not pay to join a shoot em up with 14 year old gamers, I am not going to pay upwards of 50quid to then have to pay to go online I want content that is going to last more than an hour or two, has a storyline and lots of re-playable content which the CoD and Battle 4 splinter cell seem to have cut the story to the absolute minimum, cutting in video films to curtail the story line..can we not get games that are worth the money we pay
add assassins creed Iv to above list
i call BS on this because gta v was most anticipated so more people wanted and bought it and dont forget that the cod creators were moaning that they wanted their titles back because rockstar destroyed them
Just because a game is most anticipated doesn’t mean it will sell more, Learn to market pls
Actually yes, it does. Anticipation leads to sales so long as the price isn’t ridiculous and the product actually delivers – which GTA V did.
Get a degree in marketing or some shit before saying “learn to market pls” like a peasant.
You should have said “Actually yes, it could.” not “Actually yes, it does.” because you stated certain conditions about how a game wouldn’t sell even if it is most anticipated.
just a little correction. or maybe i was wrong. idk. anyway it’s not meant to offend you (considering you laid out a good statement) in any way 🙂
Aye but pissing on others with “learn to market pls” in the first place is dickish, so I dicked back out of my own volition.
Maybe if they didn’t cut out the massive PC gaming market they would have done better. Seriously, releasing on two more platforms = more money, it’s basic math.
Read the news from activision again and write this article again… It’s still just 1billion $ in sales to retail STORES. How many it actually buyed was not stated.
This is horse shit. Ghosts barely made a dent on Steam – how is anybody paying attention to this stuff supposed to take this seriously?