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DidMicrosoft buy Activision Blizzardwith the intention to push on and make the quality of the games better?

Or simply to line the bank account some more?

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Microsoft and Activision need to listen to some of the most prominent voices in the player base, because they’re speaking on behalf of the masses.

The two biggest culprits are the useless anti-cheat and the poor networking.

Combined, these make online multiplayer games, especially in ranked, a terrible experience.

Nadeshot is one of the most well-known names in Call of Duty.

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It’s unlikely that the player count will ever drop low enough to cause concern, but Microsoft needs to step in and get this sorted.

Smaller content creators may not have that luxury if their entire base is built from Call of Duty.

But his words aren’t his alone: he speaks for the wider community.

But for the rest of Season 1, at least, it looks like we are where we are.

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The networking and servers, though, are especially inexcusable.

But now it’s part of one of the biggest server companies on the planet?

I’ve seen cheaters myself, especially in ranked, even at the low levels.

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Microsoft has the resources to fix the biggest issues with Call of Duty right now.

The company makes Windows, the system being used to deploy most of the cheats.

It also has an incredible offering of servers and infrastructure and the know-how to make it all work.

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They have a voice that speaks up for everyone, and Microsoft needs to listen.

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Activision has come under fire for the use of AI-generated images in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

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