Because its infinately more fun to all play in the same room.
Splitscreen Gaming - How Important?
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Because its infinately more fun to all play in the same room.
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Plus a lot of my friends don't have consoles.
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I'd much rather play it over LAN/System link to be honest (or just go online from the same room), my mates all have consoles.
It's a nice feature, but not essential to me.
It's a nice feature, but not essential to me.
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^ agreed!!!
Exactly. I know internet and LAN/system link multiplayer is fun and all, but I honestly can't believe people prefer it to splitscreen. Nothing beats your friends actually being there, right next to you. Give me Bomberman with my mates over Halo 3 online any day.
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In an ideal world most games would have both as I reckon that's the best way to play but definitely splitscreen is more important than online play for me in most games.
The demand is still there, we only have to look at the Wii which owes its success in no small part to its local multiplayer offerings.
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Very important, I frequently have friends come over to play games.
Aye, i'm not a fan of split screen either.
What are these creatures known as friends? I know very little of them
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I hate the way it's vanished in a lot of games. It's annoying the way when my friends and I are relaxing and playing games on a Friday night before we go out, we're all taking turns! We all used to be able to play at once, now consoles are twice as powerful and we have to take turns! It's rubbish!
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I think it's made all the more frustrating by Bungie doing it pretty much perfectly (in an ideal world I'd like the options of bots) Its very frustrating going to another FPS and not being able to do co-op/split screen multiplayer.
The Motorstorm 2 demo has vertical splitscreen which works surprisingly well on my 40" LCD
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it used to be important, but now I live with my GF I've only xbox live friends..... 
That said its dissapointing to see it vanish from many games
That said its dissapointing to see it vanish from many games
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Mashed on the PS2 was always a winner with mates round. Fantastic game only beaten by Speed Freaks on the PS1. Good old speed freaks, we used to play that for hours. Pro 2 on 2 still a winner.
You sure you arn't my mate alex
I never had a PS1, and never needed it as was always round on his. Speed freaks was amazing and looked soo pretty, and I think i actually preferred it to mario kart.
But with mashed I got pritty slick at it, so my drunken mates at uni would gang up on me, so 3 v 1. Still managed to take em down most of the time, learning the tricks really helped out. Especially avoiding missiles and driving the wrong way down the polar level in reverse so you never dropped off the camera screen
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It's far easier to play with friends over XBL/PSN than go to the effort of having friends round.
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Get her playing something she might like. One of the best things about splitscreen stuff, especially co-op, is that you don't have to both be gods at it like you often do online.it used to be important, but now I live with my GF I've only xbox live friends.....
Haha, that's genius, why did we never think of that? Mashed was pure awesomeness....driving the wrong way down the polar level in reverse so you never dropped off the camera screen