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People are absent for whatever reason. For me it is the summer! Why sit inside pressing F5 or play something when you can go out and check out babes on beaches(when weather warms a bit), have a BBQ + beverages with friends and all that..For me summer is low profile regarding gaming anyway

Autumn is another matter then..and I guess we have got far more progress in CoD then as well.
As of patching or fixing the game devs can look in mirror. What you did or did not do in the past is in front of you sooner or later