While many avid fans of Call of Duty's online multiplayer may assume that SBMM, or Skill-Based Matchmaking, is a recent introduction into the fold, that's not the case. In fact, according to Activision, SBMM has been a part of Call of Duty's multiplayer scene since 2007's original Modern Warfare. That means that, for nearly two decades, players have been experiencing SBMM, whether they knew it or not, and whether they liked it or not.
There's nothing better than tipping over from "always bad" to "occasionally good."
All of this information comes via a 25-page extensive white page report from Activision surrounding matchmaking in multiplayer. It's an extremely transparent report that details a lot of the behind-the-scenes of what goes into Call of Duty's multiplayer, including why SBMM exists in the first place. If you're at all curious about the ins-and-outs of a large-scale endeavor, like Call of Duty, then it's well worth reading, and it can be found here.
That said, part of that report includes information about the origins of SBMM, which, as mentioned above, begins with the original Modern Warfare. It had been previously rumored that Modern Warfare introduced SBMM...
