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CVG - Is Single-Player Gaming Under Threat?

EA labels president Frank Gibeau stated in Sep 2012: "I've not green lit one game to be developed as a single-player experience," confirming what we've long feared - that all games are being forced online. He was quick to clarify his view, claiming to "believe passionately in single player games," as long as they "had an ongoing content plan for keeping customers engaged."

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Cam9774956d ago

Absolutely not. Just look at the MGS and Uncharted series.

WiiUalpha4956d ago

Great example. Two games with online multiplayer.....

Bluenuts94956d ago

I get what you're getting at totally, but what I believe he/she meant that those games have great single player games, and just happen to include multi-player. Single player is poor or not even focused on in a lot of games, which is sad!

kent800820074956d ago

oh yeah and people totally buy them just to play multiplayer

Cam9774956d ago

Bluenuts9 hit my point perfectly. People don't buy these games for MP do they? The MP is a nice addition to the series; SP is where it's at in these games.

WiiUalpha4955d ago

He might have got your point but it is still not a valid point. Those games are not single player only regardless of the reason people buy them. Resources that could have enhanced the single player were taken away in order to add a multi player portion to the game..

Is it really that hard to understand that when you are talking about single player only games, that they do not contain any online portion.

SMBWii is a game without any online portion at all

UNcharted has both single and multi regardless of why you buy it.

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itani4956d ago

One of the best games I've played this gen is single player only. Fallout 3 :).

schlanz4956d ago

There is definitely less focus on single-player only games, but that doesn't mean they are drying up completely. As long as there is a market of people that want those kinds of games, that demand will be met. Simple economics.

Hasanhastam4956d ago

With newly released games like dishonored and xcom?

Venoxn4g4956d ago

well now these days there are lots of players who dont buy games if they are single player only .. not good..

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio25d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing25d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9225d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit25d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing25d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9225d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."