I think there's been a range of titles that have proved that. L.A. Noire will be one of the future titles to prove that again.

At the moment, yes. Since the release of the Xbox, PS3 and Wii people have now been able to play against each other online without having to buy an extremely expensive gaming PC which you need to upgrade every few months along with all the computer knowledge, for years its always been just you and you alone and the occasional friend for a co-op game or an arcade type game where you take turns.

If your mindless idiot,yes. If you are a proper gamer who likes a little diversity in their games, no

single player is what sells games not the multiplayer

I hate it when people say things like "Oh this game needs CO-OP/Multiplayer like Elder Scrolls Skyrim where it's not needed. Uncharted wouldn't be good with CO-OP, Resident evil 5 shouldn't of had CO-OP fullstop, I don't think Dead Space 2 or Singularity needs nultiplayer.

But the thing which bugs me the most is the Multiplayer/Co-Op freaks who live for those two things in games would moan on about a game not having them but if they did finally put it in a game like Skyrim they'd be on it for a month then go back to COD/Halo and let the single player lovers suffer with a not so good Single player experience.

No.

No

i love single player games loved uncharted 1 and many more before it these day people want multiplayer games for everything

In This day & age, gamers find it too hard to buy a single player game because it has no multiplayer, they feel like it will games will be too short with little replay value & they're missing the value of 60$.

1 player games are to give players Great storytelling, outstanding characters, music, fun gameplay, immersive graphics & environments & enough content to bring em back for more. Not all games have this, but games like Uncharted 1,2, Bioshock 1,2, Fallout 3, New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion & Mass Effect 1&2 are worth every damn penny.
U don't get that focus with Multiplayer! Just Obnoxious kids who live online 2 blow your head off & scream in the microphone. But I get it though; Far more hrs of gameplay, fun with everyone including friends, trashtalking with a side of T-Bagging & a kickass experience.

I'm disappointed in today's gaming society. All they know is multiplayer, or GTFO, like they don't already have enough multiplayer games. It's the reason 1 player games are ALWAYS underappreciated and why devs feel they must join the crew to guarantee sales even though the game doesn't need it.

Yes. that´s why im not very interested in KZ3 right now actually

If you pay 60 bucks a year then yes. If you pet baby tigers while you chat with your buddies playing Halo, for 60 bucks a year then yes.

I hope not, back with nintendo :D wooo no online and now its I wont play that games cause there's no online or no versus BLEH BLEH BLEH lol 2 each there own tho. Online indeed is fun at most times but its made me a better player.

I really think it matters on how the game is designed. If the focus is on single player, then that's where the meat of the game should be. If the focus is on multiplayer, then it should be deep enough to warrant the weight of the purchase of the title. The problem is, that there are many single player franchises that are trying to tack on a multiplayer for longevity, and that's exactly how it feels- tacked on. Too many developers are trying to give players both, and in turn, end up falling short in both.

Single player please.

IMO multi player just adds to the value. there are some games i buy that don't have multi player (fable 3, dead space) and some that have multi player but i just rarely play them online b/c it's not what i enjoy. And lastly there are some games i buy just for online (CoD, BFBC, MoH). Me personally, i love online. It gives me more of a challenge, computers are predictable and repetitive. Humans always react differently. To me, that is what add hours upon hours to the replay.

Singleplayer is ok but multi with friends is sweet.

2 words for you pal

Mass Effect

I just started getting back into singleplayer again. I was one of those people that jumped right to MP. I just rented RDR and Uncharted 2 and I realized what I was missing.

bulletstorm is a perfect case and point, i downloaded the ps3 demo, thought is was pretty neat and said to myself, I'll buy this day one for pc, just now recently heard there is no competitive multiplayer, just some co-op and some horde mode, now...I'll be waiting til it hits $30 or less, I'm not paying $60 for a 10 hour game.

if it's a 30 or 40 hour rpg, that's different, skyrim...day one!
dragon age 2...day one!!
the witcher 2...day one!!

Bear in mind that Bullet Storm's co-op mode is based on hitting high scores ad the competition is about higher scores and not 'kill each other' death-match or missions.

Not by a long shot but it sure extends the life of a game. But depending on the game some may be better off without multiplayer (ex deadspace 2) while others need it (any FPS)

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