After an interesting WIRED! article on the importance of couch-play, Nerds on the Rocks pose the question on whether online gaming will ever truly replace the local experience.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Local! Or at least an option for both. I don't understand why couch coop is so elusive nowadays.
I'm actually considering getting another 42" tv and mounting it up right beside the other one at my girlfriends house just so we can play as a fireteam together in Destiny. I've got a 60" in the bedroom at my house and it pretty much takes up all the wall space, so that's not even an option there. Splitscreen would be a hassle free solution to all of this, I don't see why more developers don't give this option. With all the extra memory and performance in the new gen consoles there's no excuse, it should be a given.
I'm sick of seeing:
Players: 1
Online: 2-24
On the back of gamecases. Why can't they just put Players: 1-2? That's all I want. To each their own and no offence, but I don't care about 24 players online. I care about the one sitting next to me that I don't get to play the game with. At least give us the option.
Split screen has always been important to me. I do play games often online, however split screen is sometimes the only way to play specific games if you dont have two of the same console. Tony Hawk Pro Skater had an amazing split screen. When i saw the hd version, i assumed it shared this vital part of the game. I was dissapointed to find that the feature was entirely removed, replaced by online multiplayer. Not surprisingly, nobody was online. The game lost a key feature, that if i knew about i would have not purchased the game. I belive split screen should be included in all games that have online multiplayer.