Skill-based matchmaking has been a hot-button issue in the Call of Duty community for many years now. In Black Ops 7, it's being talked about again, but for different reasons.
Since Modern Warfare launched in 2019, SBMM has been on everybody's minds, with many players feeling as though the game actively punished them for performing well by placing them against higher-skilled opponents to keep things on an even keel. But now, in 2025, the talk about SBMM got so loud that Treyarch and Activision made a move.
