User blog comment:Crazy sam10/Activision confirm cliffhanger endings in leaked meeting/@comment-136.63.112.238-20170406051037

Seeing how Ghosts turned out, why take the risk for each new game they release? If a game ends being panned by players, and yet ends with a cliffhanger, they'll likely have to end that game's entire chronology with that cliffhanger, as it would be a financial disaster to continue the series.