'I Don't Know if There's Perfecting It' — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer Chief Weighs in on Matchmaking

Infinity Ward multiplayer creative director Joe Cecot addressed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's matchmaking debate, saying the priority is that every match is a good match and that he doesn't know if it can be perfected. Modern Warfare 4 launched without the open matchmaking option offered in Black Ops 7, and players are unsure whether a persistent lobby option means open matchmaking is active. Skill-based matchmaking has been default since 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, with players feeling it more after algorithms tightened from the 2019 reboot onward.