Today, Activision revealed that the most recent entry in its Call of Duty franchise -- Call of Duty: Ghosts -- is the best-selling game on both Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One, signaling that the most popular annual release in the gaming industry is still going strong, even on next-gen hardware.

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The news comes by way of Activision's first quarter earnings report, and covers both North America and Europe, two major markets for Activision products. In addition to Call of Duty: Ghosts' meteoric success, Skylanders Swap Force is also a huge commercial success for Activision; it was part of the third best-selling franchise in both territories in 2013.Not surprisingly, both Call of Duty and Skylanders are getting new entries in 2014. The newly-announced Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is due out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on November 4th, 2014. As for Skylanders, the all-new Trap Team is primed for launch on the aforementioned pieces of hardware on October 5th, 2014.

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