
With recent news coming to light that Resident Evil 5 uses a picture-in-picture style split screen mode, some people have become upset. While other games like Call of Duty: World at War use it too, some people prefer the true vertical split style. Co-Optimus examines a few reasons why the new PIP mode may be better suited, despite the smaller screens.

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.
So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.
Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.
Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.
That looks terrible. I prefer horizontal splits as it only really limits height, not seeing the roof or the sky, if you want to look up, you'll have to look manually up. Timesplitters did this perfectly.
More black space = Less graphics = Better frame rate.
I reckon they are struggling enough to keep the performance up, hence this wacko split screen. Well done to Left4dead for giving you the option.. Heck even the Halo's did the split screen better (right back to the first Halo).
Keep it simple .
GoldenEye Style.
But why even own an HD console if you don't intend to play it on a relatively large screen?
Personally I like that it keeps the same aspect ratio despite the lesser screen realstate.