Re:Online Not a Replacement for Split-Screen (Score 2)

Although my wife will rarely play and if she does it is the Wii, my son is far more interested in being able to play games with me then on his own, and we do not let him play anything online without one of us around and normally if it is online it is with me in something split screen or single screen multiplayer.

The new Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, does not have local multiplayer, yet all the previous ones had, and it was made by the same team that did the Burnout series, which all also had local multiplayer. I found this quite out of style for them, and instead of messing with it, I got NHL 11, so it can drive people away from sales.

COD MW2, requires 2 gamer tags for two people to go online, while COD BO allows a guest to play split screen. COD WaW did not allow for more than 2 players in their Zombie sub-game, COD BO allows for 4 players.

I do see a struggle between the modes of multiplayer, not being a game developer I have no idea what this is like on their end, but to me it seems a small thing that should always stay in tack as not everyone can or wants to play online.