Call of Duty Ghosts News: Game Selling More on PS4 Than Wii U [Trailer]

We knew this was coming. Call of Duty: Ghosts has been a smash success since its Nov. 5 release. However, the console most fans are purchasing the game on might surprise you; it hasn't even been released yet. According to a report from Gamespot, the PlayStation 4 version of the game is outselling the Wii U version of the game.

Without even being made formally available to the public, the PlayStation 4 was still somehow able to snag more pre-order sales than the Wii U version of the game in the United Kingdom. While exact sales figures were not released in the report, the implied sales seem to confirm two things: the PlayStation 4 is slated for a very strong international release and Nintendo's console, which has struggled throughout 2013, is due for a black eye. This could also cause third party developers like Activision, which published Call of Duty: Ghosts, that are already wary of committing resources to the Wii U to further distance themselves from the Nintendo device.

Overall, the Xbox 360 got the lion's share of sales in the United Kingdom for Call of Duty: Ghosts, with 63 percent of the game's sales in the country. The PlayStation 3 managed to get 34 percent of overall sales of the game, and the Wii U and physical PC sales managed to account for less than one percent of the game's sales. Digital sales of the game were not reported. The game managed to have the third-biggest opening week for game sales in 2013 in the United Kingdom; only Grand Theft Auto 5 and FIFA 14 were able to outsell the game.

In addition, the PlayStation 3 version of Call of Duty: Ghosts managed to outsell of other popular games that were recently released such as Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Battlefield 4. Battlefield 4 was second on the charts in the United Kingdom, and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag was third.

Earlier, it was reported that Activision sold $1 billion worth of the game to retailers all over the world, so these numbers are not much of a surprise. However, that does not reflect the actual sales numbers for the game, as the figure only represents the number of copies of the game sold to retailers, not how many copies were actually sold to fans.