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Scott Duwe

Call of Duty players are convinced Activision and Treyarch lying about SBMM in Black Ops 7, but there may be several factors at play

One of the biggest selling points for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 over the past couple of months is that Treyarch and Activision would be reducing skill-based matchmaking. It's why I was so excited for it.

But almost immediately, CoD players began to voice concerns that things felt the same from Black Ops 6 and previous games, judging by how "sweaty" lobbies have felt, especially compared to the game's beta test when its lower SBMM "Open Matchmaking" was first tested.

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