Listen up, last-gen plebs: Activision just drop-kicked PS4 support for the next Call of Duty, and it's about damn time we stop dragging zombie hardware into 2026. Official word from @CallofDuty: "Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true. The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4." Rumors of playtests on that relic? Busted. This is the first skip since Ghosts back in 2013, after Black Ops 7 still babied PS4 and Xbox One last year.

Xbox One? Activision hasn't spelled it out yet, but the writing's on the wall—series is ditching eighth-gen trash across the board, per multiple outlets. No more split-screen potato graphics or netcode nightmares tuned for 2013 rigs holding back PS5 and Series X shredders. Hardware limits have been glaring, with players side-by-side comparing last-gen sludge to current-gen fire. Your grandma's console can't keep up in the lobby anymore.

X is lit with reactions: Spanish squads mourning, Japs calling it a 12-year era end, and everyone else yelling "upgrade or uninstall." Reddit's the same—r/Games and r/CoD threads popping off with "finally" takes, PS4 holdouts coping hard about prices, but real talk: new boxes ballooned, sure, but that slide show you've been fragging on? Straight skill issue. Next CoD—rumored Modern Warfare 4—is PS5, Series X/S, PC only. Time to level up or get spectated.