I know people like to hate COD developers/Activision, and I can definitely see why. But take a moment to think about it from their perspective.
If this was your franchise and it has hit the mass market 20 million+ status, would you really all of a sudden change the entire formula around that fans quite obviously love? Would you listen to the 100,000 vocal people on the internet who are saying how the game sucks, or the 20 million that are non-vocal but are enjoying the game everyday and paying up for it every year day 1.
Also, look at pokemon, every year they come up with a new game which adds very little in terms of innovation but people still gobble it up (btw I myself LOVE pokemon and play it competitively, the irony lol). Even between generations, everything remains predictable.
This is unfortunately the case for many franchises that hit mass market, but COD just seems to get the hate always. Its really not their fault for not innovating, its out fault for not wanting innovation and they are giving us what we want. Simply put, we vote with out wallets.
