Call of Duty Accused of Trying to Trick Players Into Pre-Ordering Black Ops 7

Call of Duty fans are accusing publisher Activision of attempting to trick the game’s playerbase into pre-ordering the next installment in the series, Black Ops 7. The shooter has already been surrounded in controversy since its reveal, but now fans believe that a sneaky UI update could be the publisher’s way of deceiving fans into mistakenly pre-ordering Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 before its November release.

Despite the fact that fans have yet to go hands-on with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, many appear to have already made up their mind from the game’s first few trailers and decided that they’ll be pre-ordering Battlefield 6 instead. Although a lot of the hate and anger is being targeted at Black Ops 7, it’s more so that the community is growing tired of Activision’s practices in recent years. From an incessant number of microtransactions, unrealistic store bundles, and non-stop collaborations, Call of Duty fans are begging for a more grounded and realistic approach. But with the returning Carry Forward feature allowing players to bring their Black Ops 6 cosmetics into Black Ops 7, it’s going to be another year of cartoon characters and unicorn-themed weapons.

Call of Duty Fans Think They’re Being Tricked Into Pre-Ordering Black Ops 7

It’s already being suggested by the PlayStation Store that pre-orders for Black Ops 7 are being outpaced by Battlefield 6, but now fans are suggesting that Activision is attempting to trick the game’s community into purchasing the next Call of Duty game with a sneaky UI update. Reddit user Enigma_Green recently noticed that the quick join button in Black Ops 6 and Warzone is the same button being used to go to the pre-order page for Black Ops 7. While there are a few more steps that would need to be taken in order to actually purchase the game, it’s certainly one way to get players onto the page without meaning to.

Fans are rightly angered by this, with users such as Icy_Table_8856 referring to the practice as Actvision’s attempt at “scamming” players, while Regular_Car_9724 called it “diabolical.” However, some believe this is down to sheer incompetence and is likely a fault with the UI and not actually done intentionally. This wouldn’t be the first time that Call of Duty‘s clunky UI has caused controversy, as fans are regularly calling for the studio to revert the interface back to the days of Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops 2, and so on.

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While there have already been claims that Black Ops 7‘s pre-orders aren’t off to a great start, at least on the PlayStation Store, Activision has reportedly already stated that it isn’t worried about competing with Battlefield 6 as Call of Duty is “too big to fail.” While that might be the case, there’s no denying that the majority of the community is getting fed up with the series for a multitude of reasons. Currently, the latest trailer for Black Ops 7 not only has hundreds of comments stating that they’ll be pre-ordering Battlefield 6 instead, but it also has nearly 400,000 dislikes.