I also want to state that the reason cod is truly dying is because of the fan base. Not to be disrespectful or anything but the fan base just doesn't know what they want. That can go for almost any game actually. For example, when mw3 was released, many fans had become upset with the developers because the game was "a copy and paste of mw2." These fans didn't realize that there was a lot of things happening at infinity ward. Employees were let go who had key roles in the development of the game. Therefore most of that build that they had developed was scrapped. The build had a lot of similarities to titanfall's game play mechanics. Mind you, the people who were let go created respawn entertainment which are the developers of titanfall. After mw3 bo2 was released and was more of the same but had some new features that weren't enough to brag about. Then ghosts comes out and flops in activision's opinion. Throughout this period fans would complain about the new installment and how it's the same and go back to the old installment which is more of the same. They hated bo2 and went back to mw3. They hated ghosts and went back to bo2. The developers want to innovate but it's very risky to do. Once that tradition cod formula is lost, fans would go crazy. However, if the formula is slightly altered every year for a better experience, fans get pissed. So what are they supposed to do?