Call of Duty: Ghosts has sold three times as many copies on the unreleased PS4 as it has on Nintendo’s Wii U.
The stats were taken from the weekly UK video game chart, with CoD: Ghosts shooting straight to the top ahead of Battlefield 4 and Assassin’s Creed 4, which fell to second and third respectively.
62% of sales of Ghosts were recorded on the Xbox 360, 34% on the PS3 and 3% on the PS4, despite the console being over a week away from release in the region. Sales of the game on the Wii U counted for less than 1% of its total, as Nintendo continue to struggle to sell multi-platform titles on their home consoles.
Call of Duty: Ghosts has received the worst reviews of the series since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare reinvigorated the franchise back in 2007. Crave Online’s Kyle Ames called it “cohesive and action-packed” but said that the series was “in serious need of renovation.” You can read his review by clicking here.
Also, be sure to check out our gallery of 5 “Call of Duty killers” that failed their mission in the gallery below.
5 "Call of Duty Killers" That Failed Their Mission
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Medal of Honor
EA touted Medal of Honor as the next big FPS on the market in 2010, and as such it swiftly found itself in direction competition with Call of Duty: Black Ops.
However, whereas Black Ops received mostly positive reviews and swiftly became one of the best-selling games of all time, Medal of Honor was poorly received and its multiplayer component failed to gain a dedicated following.
Its sequel, 2012's Medal of Honor: Advanced Warfighter, was even worse, so much so that EA pulled the series out of rotation.
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Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 was, perhaps unwisely, marketed directly against 2011's Modern Warfare 3.
While it was arguably the better game, it's nigh-on impossible for an FPS to compete with Call of Duty's sales, and the amount of bravado publishers EA and developer DICE swaggered in with was shot down when, once again, the latest CoD game topped sales charts worldwide. It was a ballsy approach on behalf of BF3's creators, but one that ultimately left them a little red-faced.
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Homefront
Homefront wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't a particularly great one either, and a military shooter needs to be more than just "good" to topple the behemoth that is Call of Duty.
Set in a slightly silly near-future North Korea, Homefront racked up an impressive 1 million sales in its opening week, before swiftly slumping into obscurity.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield 3's predecessor gave us our first inclination that EA was trying to directly compete with Activision, as they quickly responded to the announcement that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 wouldn't feature dedicated servers by informing gamers that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 would.
The game was very well-received both commercially and critically, but considering it released when the popularity of the CoD series was arguably at its peak, it still failed to topple it.
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Crysis 2
The sequel to a PC classic, there was plenty of hype placed behind Crysis 2 prior to its release. It was released to a positive critical reaction and sold tremendously well, with EA shipping 3 million units in 4 months of its release.
However, despite it having a fun and frantic multiplayer component, it still failed to capture the attention of the majority of the gaming community
