Call of Duty Studios Continue to Ignore the Community's Biggest Complaint -- SBMM

Sledgehammer might be the most communicative Call of Duty studio, but even so, the topic of SBMM is still ignored and that needs to change.

[Jin_Sakai]

Why are they so obsessive with SBMM? Literally know one likes it.

[Sephiroushin]

patents blatanly says to drive up microtransactions, so yeah long story short, for money...

[ChasterMies]

SBMM is essential for keeping on-line multiplayer healthy. If you want to win every time, play single player on easy mode.

[Jin_Sakai]

If you think that’s all it does you should read more into it. It’s a load of BS is what it is.

“Activision files patent to negatively impact gameplay (specifically adding negative aim assist and lowering damage) of skilled players in multiplayer titles.“

“System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games”

“[0032] For example, in one implementation, the system may include a microtransaction engine that arranges matches to influence game-related purchases. For instance, the microtransaction engine may match a more expert/marquee player with a junior player to encourage the junior player to make game-related purchases of items possessed/used by the marquee player. A junior player may wish to emulate the marquee player by obtaining weapons or other items used by the marquee player.”

https://patents.google.com/...

Feel free to read all the BS in the patent.

[purple101]

ok boycott. - thanks.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Bruh, you stupid or something?

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

You should really do more research before you comment on it. If you knew what Sbmm truly was and how it works on recent Cods you would have never said "SBMM is essential for keeping the muilplayer healthy".

SBMM as it's currently implemented on CoD actually does the exact opposite of what you said.

[smolinsk]

I don't care. Love the challenge. Never heard or seen anything on the lowering the damage or aim assist anywhere of skilled players.

[DFresh]

This is a problem in all Activision games including Overwatch and Diablo series.

[frostypants]

It's EOMM, not SBMM. And it won't change if you keep playing it, and you keep playing it because it's working. They know they have you addicted. Prove them wrong if you want it to change. Apex Legends (and probably a lot of others) does the same thing. Yes, it is terrible.

[RhinoGamer88]

ATVI laughs at your arrogance. Bobby is too busy buying yachts and preparing to retire to Zurich.

[JEECE]

I'll believe people hate COD's SBMM when they quit playing the game.

[aaronaton]

The maliciousness of SBMM was leaked years ago, one of the 'patents' see's players being matched together purely to drive cosmetic items e.g. Player 1 has this certain cosmetic whilst Player 2 doesn't.

[Pamela_Doove]

1. SBMM BS! 2. game breaking LAG??? (hard wired 500mbps!) 3. etc.