Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Ghosts has made more than $1 Billion in sales on launch, just shy of beating out Grand Theft Auto 5’s $800 Million in launch sales, the press release is below:

Activision Sells More Than $1 Billion of Call of Duty®: Ghosts into Retail Worldwide
as of Day One

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

Santa Monica, CA – November 6, 2013 – 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 a ta
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.”