How can anyone say splitscreen co-op is a minor feature? What are you people, nuts?

Bring splitscreen co-op to everything I say! Everything!

It's no devastating blow, but somewhat of a missed opportunity nonetheless.

I think that if developers really pushed for it, more and more PC gamers would use split-screen. If you really think about it, the PC could easily offer the best couch co-op experience. It offers multiple input methods, may it be kb/m, joysticks or multiple controllers. It can be plugged to one or multiple displays. And most of all, if your rig is powerful enough, a PC could run the game on 2 screens, at full resolution and a solid frame rate.

I understand that most don't have such a setup, and it isn't worth it for a developer to cater to such a minority, but as more games support split-screen on PC, I'd bet more people would equip themselves accordingly.

PC = Personal Computer :P

Although I'm sure there will be a few upset. Somewhere.

Do people play splitscreen on PC? Serious question, I dont know.

Yeah its a minor thing I just don't use it just bury it and play online , guess its more the kids who are upset cant show off to Tommy on the lounge ha ha.

I personally enjoy playing split screen games on my pc such as nidhogg, however so few games support it that I don't come to expect it.

No splitscreen ok no purchase short change us again eh

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! EQUALITY FOR ALL!!

Wonder if there also is not a technical reason - memory architecture...

Consoles will drop to 30 Hz during split screen play (alternating rendering one players screen)

Players can be on vastly different locations at the same time (one outdoors the other indoors). Frostbite streams content based on player location. Both PS4 and XBoxOne have unified memory so as long as both players content streams fits in main memory it can be rendered.

To render on PC you need to fit both players content on GPU memory as you can not replace it every frame. The only way around this (IMHO) is to also change to lower quality model and textures and the memory management algorithms would have to be replaced as well.

A GPU driving High/Ultra @60 Hz would only handle Low/Medium @ 30 Hz that would create another sh*t storm about "lazy developers"

Of cause a Nvidia Titan 6 GB could fit both streams, but if you buy such a GPU to be able to play Battlefront shared screen your priorities are wrong...

Although I'm not terribly torn up over the lack of split-screen I've always found it a bit odd that the PC gaming community in general likes to talk up the fact that consoles aren't needed because PCs can be set up on a TV and played from the couch with a controller, then talk about how "desk/office chair +mouse/keyboard is how PC games are always played so who cares about controller support and things like local co-op."

If PC gaming is going to break from tradition and embrace a larger audience I feel like dropping simple features like local co-op and in some cases controller support (looking at you Mass Effect 3) in games that already offer those features on other platforms to be a head scratcher.

LOL this game is a beta at best anyone who buys it is a b!tch straight up sissy it is so barebones I have no respect for anyone who picks this turd of game up cell phone free to play titles have more content.Pathetic wish the game was just cancelled better cancelled then EA sh!t on the franchise with their greed barebones trash.