Call of Duty Director Shuts Down 'Skill-Based Damage' Claims as Sony Patents System for Maintaining 'Even Playing Field Between Cross-Platform Players'

Sony patented a real-time system that dynamically adjusts gameplay difficulty to balance cross-platform players — think simplified UI tasks or extra visual cues for disadvantaged users. CoD: Black Ops 7's design director denied any such system affects damage values in his game.

Appeared in 2026-03-30.