It's been speculated for a while that Call of Duty may be losing its lustre. Although we don't have concrete data with detailed statistics for each game released in the last several years, there's an observable trend in player numbers that's hard to ignore. Read more
It looks like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 had fewer active players at launch in the US compared to last year's Black Ops 7
Source: Eurogamer
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