you take a look on Reddit, it is full of some bugs and other BS, like game breaking glitches, even hacks exist for consoles apparently, which wasnt the case with the last few cods.
I mean they have allegedly spent 3 years on this game... yeah right.
The engine again has this floatyness and input lag, which 1 week ago it didnt, after one of the hotfixes. The aiming sensitivity on some ARs is different to other weapons, like it is literally faster in bot Hip and ADS... It is the most inconsistent pile of elephant excrements as of right now. And dont get me started about the connection and spawns. The spawns are the worst Ive seen in any COD, even at release.
The game might be finished in 7-8 months from now and become consistent, but as of right now its dog vomit. Unfortunately in 8 months there wont be many ppl left playing this.
And then you have strong SBMM algorithm too. It is not allways the highest priority to skill match you vs others, but whenever other high SPM players are available and have a ping in a certain range, the game will put you against parties of tryhard nerds.
Overall I can already see that apparently many ppl left for good, given that rdr2 just came out and some just had enough, why- because searching for games takes longer. It used to be withing 3-4 seconds, in the last days it took up to half a minute to find a game and my ping across whole europe is around 30-35ms at the highest, usually around 20-25ms, so it cant be my connection etc. Ppl leaving this trash behind for good, you can even see it on Twitch numbers- the game is usually at place 7 or worse, unless 2 or 3 social influencers like DrDisrespect, summit1g, shroud or some other ppl start streaming it. Then it goes to #2 or #3 most watched on twitch. But whenever you dont have ANY social influencers streaming any game, BO4 drops to like #9 most watched.
I mean look- I usually can handle the sweaty nerds, but Im a freaking fps vet. It can become really straining, energy consuming and stressful, but Im able to handle all these Gfuel tryhard nerds. In some cases I have to back out of the lobby, when the connection is unbearable and my team are just a bunch of timmy nothumbs. But I can imagine that many ppl, who arent fps vets, become extremely desperate and frustrated with the SBMM and trash connection. Those ppl will usually leave for good and maybe come back in 2-3 months to see if the game is still as bad.