Six reasons why everyone is hating on Call of Duty
by Keith Stuart from Technology | The Guardian on (#1DBJH)
The trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare title has been disliked more than a million times. What has happened to the world's favourite shooter?
They've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire in Earth's outer orbit. Cities blasted to rubble by invading battle craft. And how have they reacted to these precious moments? By down-voting the absolute crap out of them on YouTube.
Yes, this is the news that the trailer for the latest Call of Duty title - the modestly named Infinite Warfare - has received a record number of dislikes on the video-sharing platform. Right now the figure stands at 1,689,649, a hate benchmark that social scientists are calling "well into Justin Bieber territory".
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