To add to Curl's comments:
The market is super stacked with games many of which overshadowed by established titles. Someone's failure/success can determine the success/failure of another. I'd rather have a game with more effort and higher quality be the one benefitting from the harsh reality and rules of competition.
If you go back to my ABK aquisition debates and concerns, I was rooting for COD leaving Playstation, because it would have a) forced Sony to work harder, and b) cut COD's sales and promoted other franchises. Imagine how bad Black Ops 7 sales would have gone if it wasn't available on Playstation.
Most gamers are capped by money and time. I'd prefer the money/time going to quality gaming, which is abundant. Most gamers inevitably miss out on countless wonderful experiences thanks in part to trendy mediocre games.
Black Ops 7 selling 10 million+ (I think it'll still sell over 20 million) won't really be a "failure", and my comment wasn't that serious. I'm happy that a mid series will decline if better games can capitalize on it. Total failure isn't required, COD is currently too big to fail. I don't want COD or any mediocre series to fail per se, I just want them to improve. Until then, I'll of course celebrate their decline because someone more worthy of success will benefit.
