Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Players Slam Beta Due to Matchmaking Problems

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Beta is now live for PlayStation 4 players with early access. [...]

By Marc Deschamps - October 8, 2020 08:30 pm EDT

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Beta is now live for PlayStation 4 players with early access. A lot can change before the game's November 13th release date, but there's one part of the beta that isn't sitting right with players: its use of skill-based matchmaking. A number of players have taken to social media to share their unhappiness with the feature, leading to "SBMM" trending on social media. Whether or not these matchmaking issues will exist in the final build of the game remains to be seen, but it's clear that a number of players are not happy with the current setup.

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Keep reading to see what fans are saying about the Black Ops Cold War beta!

Those guys look tough, not gonna lie.

Me: has a great first game of the day and gets the win

The people in my next game because of sbmm: pic.twitter.com/ShDT2ofH93
— birboz (@birbozGG) October 8, 2020

SBMM has led to a sense of dread among some players.

actually having so much fun on cold war i can’t wait until SBMM kicks in 😒🙄
— ✰ (@rryoukai) October 9, 2020

Fans are calling on Treyarch to make a change.

Remove SBMM @Treyarch @Activision @CallofDuty
— Pierce 😎 (@PierceParadise) October 9, 2020

A lot of players feel strongly about it...

SBMM has 10.4 THOUSAND tweets. The developers clearly see the tweets they just don't care #CallOfDuty #CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar
— Recruit Difficulty (@IamSal_) October 9, 2020

...some more so than others!

If you like SBMM let me know so I can remove you from my feed ✌🏽
— Kimokea🥀 (@KimokeaOfficial) October 9, 2020

Voting by wallet might help.

Everyone that doesn't want super strong SBMM, CANCEL YOUR PREORDERED. It worked with Battlefront 2.
— Mr Lahey (@CrazyMrLahey) October 9, 2020

Not everyone hates the matchmaking, however.

SBMM isnt bad. you all are just frustrated that you actually have to try
— Ccmonty (@Ccmonty2) October 9, 2020

And then there are those that think it's trending because of Smash Bros.!

i keep seeing "cod players hate sbmm" and thinking it's super smash bros melee even though that doesn't even make sense.
— Dawson Adams VO 🎙️ COMMISSIONS OPEN (@dawsonadamsVO) October 9, 2020