If we allow devs to manipulate us and tell us what we need to spend our money on AND play then we are lost. Single player games to me are the main reason I game. For the individual freedom and choices I make as well as a good narrative that is compelling and draws me in. MP is great for certain games or for people who like it more than SP but to not allow the consumer to have SP anymore would make no more sense and alot of people would wind up spending their money on some other form of entertainment as opposed to Only Only MP games.

As long as the Single player is good people will replay it but just like every game doesnt need MP, every game doesnt need single playe.

Single player games is here to stay.

Think about it major releases like Witcher 3, Fallout 4, MGS 5, Bloodborne, Dying Light, and many more are single player campaign experiences. Multiplayer is just irrelevant too me in video games, they are nothing but map packs with players on it.

I am, for instance, most looking forward to Horizon: Zero Dawn (hopefully) this year, which is presumably an SP only game. And last year Until Dawn and the Witcher3 were among my favorites, like for a lot of people. Personally I like to play games at my own pace and when I have time; not dependant on when other people (friends) are available. I don't think I'm unique in that regard. So no, SP games are here to stay for a long time.

The problem with mp only games is they are never complete experiences at launch and cost full price. Not only that they often throw in stupid micro transactions. Personally I think that crap just ruins the overall presentation of the price and I could see it turning away most people away.

That being said SP games dying was a stupid idea, however most have become lackluster open world games.

They're just different experiences for me.
You've got three of them with a budding forth.
Single player which for me is king of the hill for me. I play games for story and to get lost in the world. And with the games I play and am interested in, single player fits that bill.
co-op is more for fun. games like Mario, tower fall, etc. I don't care that much about story, I just want to sit my wife/buddy/cousin/kids and have fun. no need for a story. especially when after taking down a boss and a cut scene plays with major plot developments I have to get pulled out of that world to answer what I want on my half of the pizza.
competitive multiplayer I'm just not into. I don't care about showing off my skills, or topping leader boards or anything like that. But I can see where a lot of people find that fun.
And lastly I don't know the term for this but a more back seat multiplayer experience. I'm referring to games like watchdogs, demon souls, dragon's dogma and the like where the online multiplayer component is very passive, or blends easily into the campaign or, like in dragon's dogma, might not even be considered multiplayer, just an online component.
All of these are fun in their own way, I just greatly prefer single player and that's where the bulk of my game purchases go.

It's anything but dead. Batman, Wither 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Halo 5, BLOPS 3 all heavy hitters from last year and all were either exclusively SP or had a SP that was more than just a bot match.

I don't care at all for online multiplayer gaming, outside of the occasional Smash Bros Wii U fight and Mario Kart 8 race. That aside, I'm strictly a single player guy. I didn't even bother renewing my PS+ subscription on my PS4 because I didn't play online at all in there except for a couple strikes in Destiny (which were pretty fun, I admit, but got old quick). And seeing how I don't really have that much time to play games, the "free" PSN+ games went to waste with me.

So... good thing single player gaming is here to stay, as the article points out. :)

I'm done gaming of single player dies which it won't it's the king of gaming.

Sorry but Xenoblade Chronicles X alone single player I clocked 113 hours.

Oh wait I forgot. Wii U seems to be the only system with worthwhile single player games. That have replay values.

But I do want to play Rise of the Tomb Raider. but no Xbox One yet.

Most other like me usually don't buy a game that does not have a form of multiplayer or co op.

To each their own. There's room for both types of games. I prefer SP. However, I have friends who only play MP to compete against others. It's cool either way. I just want to be told a great story...

Rockstar is a prime example GTA 5 multiplayer wasn't working when it was supposed to(even on xb1 and ps4) and people didn't care cuz they were to busy playing the single player.

When single player dies, im hanging up the controller for new games.. I refuse to buy MP only games.

I pray that single player games never truly die.
Multiplayer is abandoning local play more and more, and with internet costs rising every gen, and everyone except PC and Nintendo demanding unjustified fees for the ability to use what was once a free service, on top of stability still being an issue in many games, I feel it would be a horrible waste of potential for the gaming scene if online multiplayer games became the majority experience.

Finely crafted single player experiences can last for years and years, and should never be abandoned.
For the sake of gaming itself, if not for those that love them.

I prefer single player story driven games over multiplayer only games. It's the story , lore, and atmosphere that drives single player games. Multiplayer games is great for gamers that love to socialize.

I don't know where you guys got that idea, but I'm enjoying a shit ton of single player games on the Wii u

Mark Cerny is a fool, his games like Knack are crap and he obviously has no clue what he is talking, his predictions are worse than Michael Pachter, why would anyone predict that singleplayer games will die out?

Even if AAA developers would mainly focus on multiplayer games one day (which I think will not happen even AAA developers will always make singeplayer games), we have kickstarter, crowdfunding, indiedevelopers and there will always be developers who don't want to go conform with AAA. I think singelplayer games will never die.

Why do people hate mp so much? Do people not realize some of the first games ever made were mp only? (Pong anyone?). So if anything, sp games are actually the younger brother of mp games.

I mostly play mp/coop with my friends and that is why i own a xbox one. Yet a great singleplayer is always something i like to play and dont want to miss.

not really, i have ps4 and played infamous ss, Batman Arkham Knight, tearaway unfolded, The Witcher 3, bloodborne, digimon story, dragon quest heroes, and more, all single player, add that with co-op games, and more coming in the future like uncharted 4, Ratchet and Clank and the last guardian.

I don't really think so. Not at all. And if that is going to happen, i'll say goodbye to the videogames world.

The best package is a long singleplayer experience, local multiplayer with options to customize your games and an addictive online multiplayer. Can we agree on that? Oh and no micro-transactions or online connection needed. DLC is welcomed but must be built around what fans want after they've experienced the full game. At least keep their opinions in mind. Content that is insanely good and not expected is obviously not created around fans' opinions and is nice. TLoU's Left Behind being an example.

Titanfall is single player, you can play it as a single player

Every time some new fad comes out,someone in the industry claims that everything is going to change! Or the old ways are going away forever!

No, it's just a new shtick that's popular. Developers are now making, essentially, every kind of game there has ever been.

Like VR...VR isn't going to change gaming forever. It'll just be ANOTHER way gamers can experience a game. They won't HAVE to play VR and VR only.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

yep. they confirmed early that the crude humor the games are famous for is leaving to be more inclusive for the woke. and the rumors about the new online could make or break them.

$100 game incoming, or the most likely scenario is they will just follow Nintendo going for $80 for the base game

Can't believe anyone thinks it'll be over 70. They want as many people on it as they can to sell shark cards. The only way that happens is if they have a $100 deluxe edition with 3 days early access. Which would probably be smart for them because it'd fly off the shelves