User blog comment:Damac1214/Tons of Call of Duty: Black Ops III info leaks - 2 Days til Full Reveal/@comment-1916935-20150424230327/@comment-24756040-20150425214659

That was probably happening long after those 6th gen consoles lost their online services. As well, video games have extremely increased in popularity after 6th gen was over with. Many more people would be protesting about this compared to before, due to the extreme financial success of 7th gen consoles compared to 6th gen.

Their online services won't be ending anytime soon (bar the Nintendo Wii, and definitely not by next year's time), and it shows, as last gen consoles have survived to see the two most recent Call of Duty titles whilst 8th gen consoles had the spotlight.