An anonymous reader writes:
Game Journal thoughthead has a piece up discussing the benefits and pitfalls of paying to play next-gen consoles online. The piece entitled The Price of Online Gaming covers more then just the aspects of monetary costs, touching on how it has effected other aspects of games. From the Article:
"... since online multiplayer is being pushed by Microsoft, some developers have started neglecting other multiplayer aspects of gameplay, split-screen gaming, particularly 4 player split-screen gaming is becoming increasingly harder to come by, some titles have dropped local multiplayer altogether. Another multiplayer option that I enjoyed is System Link, but again this is becoming increasingly scarce."