Analyst: Call of Duty: Ghosts’ numbers are ‘troubling’

Publisher Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts was the best-selling game in the important month of November, but this doesn’t mean the modern-military shooter met expectations.

Call of Duty: Ghosts sales were down 19 percent year-over-year compared to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, according to market-analysis firm Cowen & Company. That wasn’t entirely unexpected. Activision warned investors that many gamers were holding off on making a purchase while they prepare to transition from older systems like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to the next-gen Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.