PS4 Vs. Xbox One Pre-Orders Kill ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ Sales? Activision Blames Next-Generation Consoles For Gaming Drought

Activision has reported that pre-orders for "Call of Duty: Ghosts" are nowhere near the level of success they predicted the game would achieve and they are even blaming the battle between the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One for their misfortune, GamingBolt reports.

Eric Hirshberg, Activision's publishing CEO was quoted, "Our quantitative consumer research indicates that hesitation amongst past COD pre-orderers is primarily due to not knowing which platform they will be playing on, which is natural at this time in the console transition," according to GamingBolt.

As gamers await the release of the next-generation consoles, they are also scrambling for pre-orders after it was announced that August 5 will be the last day to pre-order Playstation 4 consoles in the United Kingdom.

If Playstation 4 fans pre-order later than the August 5 deadline, it may not reach the release day but it doesn't mean you can't get the PS4 on its launch day without a pre-order, CVG reports.

But the pre-order battle between Sony and Microsoft doesn't stop there.

Pre-orders for PlayStation 4-exclusive shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall are eclipsing those of fellow next-generation titles Dead Rising 3 and Forza 5 for Xbox One, Playstation Universe reports.

The findings come from the Cowen Video Game Odometer, which is based on an analysis of NPD data sales and Amazon best-seller data from previous years. The firm claims the results are 96-97 per cent accurate, with data having been monitored since E3 and is updated frequently, Playstation Universe also reports.