While Kotick’s position as the company’s ex-CEO most certainly lends credence to his claims, it is worth noting that at the moment, there is no concrete evidence that Call of Duty actually declined 60% year over year, as Activision has yet to confirm or deny the figure cited by its ex-head.
That said, between Kotick’s new revelation, the $300 million report mentioned above, and Black Ops 7 struggling to surpass 40,000 peak daily concurrent players on Steam, it increasingly appears that the franchise is headed for a disaster and is in serious need of major changes if it hopes to survive.