The highly anticipated global reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has encountered significant player backlash, accumulating close to 400,000 dislikes within its first week of release. Despite maintaining its position as one of the most successful video game franchises in history, the Call of Duty community appears increasingly frustrated with feeling unheard, directing their discontent toward the upcoming installment, Black Ops 7.

Following an intriguing initial teaser in June, publisher Activision officially unveiled Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 with a worldwide reveal during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The new trailer provided fans with extensive footage of this sequel to Black Ops 2, featuring the return of iconic characters including David Mason and the antagonist Raul Menendez. Set in 2035, a decade after the events of Black Ops 2, players can anticipate numerous semi-futuristic elements throughout the game's Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies modes.

The reception to the Black Ops 7 reveal trailer has been overwhelmingly negative among players. The backlash has been so substantial that it may actually benefit Battlefield 6, with hundreds of comments indicating that the disappointing trailer prompted them to pre-order EA's upcoming shooter instead. Within less than a week since its debut, the trailer has gathered nearly 400,000 dislikes. According to YouTube extensions that restore the dislike counter functionality, the trailer currently shows 385,172 dislikes compared to only 54,000 likes. It's important to note that these third-party extensions may not provide completely accurate data, potentially skewing the dislike count slightly.

With Battlefield 6 receiving widespread praise during its open beta phase, many expected Activision to express concern about the competition. However, recent reports indicate that Activision executives aren't worried about Battlefield 6, believing the Call of Duty franchise remains "too big to fail." While this confidence might be justified from a corporate perspective, players are growing increasingly frustrated with constant collaborations, underwhelming post-launch support, persistent bugs, aggressive microtransactions, unrealistic cosmetic items, and numerous other issues.