Because I don't like buying games that will be turned off in the future.

Better question, why are gamers under this assumption that we've never had multiplayer only shooters before?

This isn't actually a new thing.

I wouldn't mind a MP only game similar to Battlefield to give the monsters at EA some real competition and 'inspire' them to do better.

Whats funny, is 2 of the 3 games focused on are done by teams that have histories of doing MP only titles.

Not sure what you mean "catching on" when The Battlefront series was MP focused...not SP focused.

Evolve is done by Turtle Rock...the team that made L4D1 and L4D2, 2 multiplayer only games.

Sooooooooo maybe its not um "catching on" maybe those teams are merely focusing on the concept they are used to.

That is like writing an article about games being hard as a trend or "catching on" yet I bring up several series that have a HISTORY of actually doing that.

It doesn't mean something new or different is happening, it actually merely means the author doesn't know the medium enough to actually make those statements.

Especially when some of the teams mentioned did MP only titles before, so its not "catching on" its merely still continuing like its always been since the dawn of gaming. Gaming never started with multiple modes or features.

Some games were just MP only, some games were just SP only, we only have a very small few back in the early 90's that seeked to be both in the FPS genre.

We still get SP only FPS
We still get MP only FPS

Mind you, by some of the same teams.

i rather have two player coop offline on the couch

but those days are number now

if games company push for games like destiny to be online only
and charging the same amount for a offline game.
then it going to happen

once the psn goes down your not playing any of those games offline

as the marketing people say well just wait if we make this game offline coop
we are only going to sell one copy of the game rather then two copes

MP only, online only games become useless as soon as server support stops. Even MP focused games like the Division that have rudimentary SP modes but still force you online have the same fate, they expire. If I am going to only basically rent a game it should be cheaper.

Perosnally for me I have to be able to pause the game. That's one of the reasons I haven't finished Demon Souls or any of the Dark Souls. My girlfriend will come over and most of the time I need to pause so I can conversate with her.

"The game will launch with great hype and then... the community for the game just sort of dies very shortly after"

That isn't even exclusive to MP only games, it happens to lots of online games and is pretty normal for that to happen.

I'm at a lost of words on this issue as you can't force people to be online, even the most popular games in terms of MP have huge drop offs after the first few months of release. That is like complaining that MMOs drop off of users months or years after release.

"The common thought in the online gaming community seems to be that these games are failing to create lasting communities because of two things: Undesirable pricing models and/or a lack of single player campaigns"

I disagree with that completely. The community dropping off are from users that already own the game, that stop playing it.

A single player mode won't suddenly make someone want to play the MP longer, I don't even see the connection to a offline mode and the online community that is play against each other.

Though many on here are making it seem as if its this common thing, well crafted multiplayer FPS games are extremely difficult to come by. The ace teams that even do the concept, Turtle Rock, ReSpawn, Bungie, Infinity Ward, DICE, Valve etc are in a league of their own.

Its just not something that is done well imho most times, only a very, very small select amount of teams even do it well, even they have trouble with balancing ie Turtle Rock with Evolve.

With the game MP only, you clearly won't have a focus on a story, that isn't why the game is being made.

With a MP only game, clearly the community will be vocal fast, so the drop off could happen within months, even with games that do MILLIONS in sales, it happens.

These are just all moot points, it comes with the genre. I can't just say, those teams don't need to make MP only if that scares you.....

merely don't play MP only if that scares you lol. Left 4 Dead was NEVER going to be some Resident Evil type game with some deep Silent Hill narrative, it was made to be a MP only game...

If someone whats a SP concept, we have many that do them well to pick from. Those teams that do MP only, where never going to make those titles SP games. Worrying about if a MP only game will some how harm a SP concept, makes just no sense....especially when the game was never going to be that and the teams have no history of even doing such things.

Because the quality of the multiplayer only shooter is garbage. If your game is only going to be multiplayer then take the money that you saved from single player and invest it into your multiplayer. You don't. See Battlefront, See Titanfall. How do you release a multiplayer only game with fewer maps than the average call of duty/halo/battlefield which also has singleplayer? ON top of that you charge us the same.

Sell multiplayer and single player seperate. $30 each $60 for both physical only.

Well Titanfall and destiny did gangbusters. What MP only shoot had trouble catching on? Logically mp only is always tougher because you need internet and a good stable connection to play it which not everyone have. Combine that with the fact some people flat out don't play multiplayer.

Very sad day for me when they shut down the MAG servers, played that for four and a half years and in that time never bought another shooter .waited patiently for for planetside 2 but just can't seem to get into it.

I honestly think that they know that people still want the Couch Co-Op experiences but the thing is that some games just aren't meant for a Couch Co-Op experience. When developers create a game they have specifics in mind regarding the experience they want the players to have. For Example: Destiny is incredibly boring when you're playing without friends. It's one of those experiences that was meant only for a Online atmosphere. TitanFall, although it failed... the game was meant for a competitive atmosphere that could only be experienced online. While both of these game could have had a campaign mode like Call of Duty does... the point of these games are to bring players together. However, it's unfortunate when some games have to close the servers because of this fact.

I don't know about this article. Destiny caught on very well and sold very well and is still being played by a lot. Same for cs go. Even battlefront and Titanfall sold very well.

What you should be asking is why some of these multiplayer only games don't have long legs and die out quickly because some of them sell but others just don't last long.

Price is also an issue, $60.00 for an online only game come on. $30.00 should be the sweetspot. Also, lack of mod support, create your own maps, and lack of free unlockables really hurt these types of game more......

Because they're charging 60 dollars for essentially half of a game....

And they never will want multiplayer only save for one or two exceptions maybe. People do not want to buy half a game only available online for the most part. Devs keep trying to shove lazily half built games but gamers are not stupid. They prefer a campaign and online multiplayer. Now? If you aren't lazy? You can can build a multiplayer online only experience that also has a full campaign online only. Gamers want their worth. That's why Fallout is the highest selling game and COD. Large content. Gimped content will never sell. So give it up

yeah, still waiting on CS to get a foot in the door. i think it could be a great game

Or Crossfire, im sure they could squeeze another billion out of their already a billion dollar a year revenue if they put in an SP element.

First game was a disaster. Full price release with more paid DLC than actual content. They dropped support so fast too. One of the biggest let downs in modern gaming.

Could you say that the second one didnt...evolve...ill see myself out