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Long Live Single Player Experiences

Phil from Handsome Phantom talks about why he loves single player games and says, "Sony has led the way giving us incredible games like Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Spider-Man and so many more. When I think back on this generation these are the experiences I will remember most. Bethesda has had their fair share of single player bangers as well. Both Wolfenstein games, Fallout 4 and Doom have proven that the single player game is far from dead."

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ArchangelMike2598d ago

Single player games are here to stay. It was a corporate lie that "single player games are dying."

ApocalypseShadow2597d ago (Edited 2597d ago )

Only reason some of these gamers push cross play and online is if their community dies or if online is cut off, these gamers have nothing to play.

A single player gamer always has something to play with or without multi-player option.

Case in point for me. CCP Games. They made Eve Valkyrie and Sparc for VR. Both games pushed multi-player heavily. The company has since abandoned VR because the community wasn't there and both games are dead or on life support. But the developer didn't think for an instant to make single player. No matter how cheap it goes on sale, I won't buy Sparc. Luckily, Eve has single player bots. Moss, Super Hot, Astrobot, Job Simulator, Beat Saber, etc on PSVR sold just fine because they were fun. And single player. Multi-player would be cool as an option. But shouldn't be forced.

Firewall I hear is a good playing game. But I won't buy a game that has only one mode, no single player and is online only. Community leaves, that game is dead. Which is why I see so many pushing the game on others to get it. Not just because it's fun. But to keep the game from dying. Single player never dies.

Single player shouldn't even be an option. It should be a requirement.

sampsonon2597d ago

i thumbs up because of your first sentence.

Profchaos2597d ago

It was my exact concern around firewall I took the plunge and now I can't get a game going in Australia I hear it's very popular in the US though.

Still I've gotten more enjoyment from single player titles with aim support like Doom and borderlands 2

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DaDrunkenJester2597d ago

They aren't dying, but they sure as hell aren't as lucrative.

Nyxus2597d ago

More successful than ever.

ApocalypseShadow2597d ago

Jester, I come from an era of single player with the option of multiplayer. Most games on Atari were single player like Pitfall, Asteroids, Pac Man. Sure there was multi-player like Combat or Warlords. But you could play single player with bots.

Nintendo with Super Mario Bros, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man, Castlevania. There was Contra, Turtles, Ikari Warriors,etc. But you could play them single player. Every console from Genesis and Sonic, SOR,Gunstar to Playstation with Resident Evil, Metal Gear Tenchu, Syphone Filter, etc, I've never needed a second player to have fun. And those games I mentioned sold well. Ninja Gaiden, Otogi, Halo on Xbox to GameCube with RE, Rogue Squadron...I could go from any system and mention well made, big selling single player like Devil May Cry, GOW,.

Couch co-op was crazy fun. Even online can be crazy fun. But why does a game need others to be fun? Lots of single player games from the past to the present keep selling because they're fun. We wouldn't have had sequels if they weren't selling.

These companies pushing multi-player are really just pushing micro transactions. I don't need them. I can perfectly play by myself in Skyrim VR and have a blast.

SuperSonic912597d ago

Microsoft and Nintendo have no respect for the power of video games as a medium of great story telling (books, music, theatre, and film) They are just there for the money.
PlayStation constantly tries tirelessly to evolve the medium as an art form of story telling since PSOne.
So far they have been very successful with millions of gamers around the world.

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PhoenixUp2598d ago

Long live campaigns of various varieties

King_Noctis2597d ago (Edited 2597d ago )

With RE2 , KH3, Metro, DMC5, and Seikiro on SP’s side, and The Division 2, Apex Legend, and to a much much lesser extend, Anthem, on the MP’s side, I believe both MP and SP game are here to stay and should co exist with eachother.

Kribwalker2597d ago

exactly. I don’t understand why all of these articles keep popping up to reassure people that single player games are not dying. Both can and have coexisted, and will continue to

quent2597d ago

Yeah let's forget
every other platform to ever exist that gave us so many great games to ride Sony's dick some more shall we

Mr Marvel2597d ago

I’m sure you know a lot about riding dick.

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NarutoFox2597d ago

That certain group thought that single player games would die lmao

Kribwalker2597d ago (Edited 2597d ago )

Nobody said single player games would die, What’s been talked about is how Multiplayer games have been making more money than single player games, and that’s even been proven by Sony, Fate/grand order, making more money than any sony SP games has (it would take HZD selling 50 million copies to equal the amount this game has made https://n4g.com/news/224950...

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DOOM x Evercade Teaser Trailer

Evercade has teased a new DOOM release for their platform.

darthv7286d ago

I hope they make a Doom themed VS unit with red lighting. it will be like the Duke 3d one they did a couple years ago.

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10 Legendary Games That Still Absolutely Crush It in 2025

Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!

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anast357d ago

Simon's Quest is better than Symphony.

djl3485356d ago

If you're gonna troll, at least make a legitimate attempt.

Levii_92357d ago

Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.

Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.

LG_Fox_Brazil357d ago

That's a pretty fucking great list

__y2jb356d ago (Edited 356d ago )

The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.

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Multiplayer Gameplay Dominating Industry With More Than 60% Devs Focusing On Online Games

A new report reveals multiplayer gaming dominates the industry, with 64% of developers working on online games.

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anast404d ago (Edited 404d ago )

A lot of those games fail. Companies are forcing it through because they people to continuously buy microtransactions. Also they don't need to focus on any artistic elements — just throw some garbage out there and make money.

Redemption-64404d ago

No actually a lot of video games fail. For example, there are thousands of games that get released every year, most small and indie games. A significant portion of indie games, estimated to be around 70-96%, are considered financial failures, failing to generate enough revenue to be considered successful. A significant portion of indie games are single-player. I don't see any media outlets writing about these failed games. But let 1 or 2 live service games fail and we will be inundated with articles, post, and videos about failing live service/AAA games.

It's just live service games that the most attention, nothing more. Point is very simple, live service games make more money than single player games and more people play them. Most companies will follow that

MDTunkown404d ago

You do realise it’s easier to count successful live service/AAA games than failed ?

Redemption-64404d ago

@MDTunkown

A significant majority of video games, be it live service or single player games fail. It is just easier to talk about failed live service/AAA games than 1000 failed indie games that some people pretend to care about.

IAMRealHooman404d ago

I mean, how many asset flip simulators exist, and are going to?
How many Synty, bare bones zombie survival games are getting churned out?
How many farm sims?
it'd be a 24/7 ticker of shit games not making profit or failing, games nobody was gonna buy to begin with.
so yeah the news is on AAA games that cost millions, with 100 person dev teams.

Redemption-64404d ago

The news is on AAA games, while constantly crying about wanting more indies, but have 0 desire to support the thousands of indies out there. Similar to how people constantly cry about there being too many remakes or sequels and wanting more original movies, but never show up to support those original movies.

Just as there are many assets flipped games, there are also good/unique indie games that people who claim they want more of ignore.

IAMRealHooman403d ago

We are just gonna have to reverse course as a community.
Go back to taking a gamble, and word of mouth from friends and not "influencers".

Wander stop looks intriguing, but 100k people watched Dr.disrepect say its looks mid so now they have to think it looks mid, and hype up he next COD or BR, extraction hero, survival game.

JEECE403d ago

@IAMRealHooman

The influencer thing is frustrating. I get that people have limited time and money and can't try everything, so to a certain degree you have to look at other people's opinions on things to decide how to spend your time and money. But there is definitely a line between that and just parroting one or two particular influencers' opinions about everything, and a lot of people have unfortunately crossed that line in recent years.

On certain games you can't even really talk to people about them because they just copy/paste an influencer's bullet point opinions on it, so you aren't even really talking to them about the game, because they haven't played it, they just parrot opinions.

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Themba76403d ago

I hate this as in I’m a single player gamer

InUrFoxHole403d ago

Just give us SOCOM sony! Have skins for sale (weapons) and no cartoon crap. We'll play it!