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[thefool]

Single obviously.
I only like to play multiplayer with friends, namely co-ops campaigns, a lost genre.

 

[mckmas8808]

Interesting to see how much single player rises along side a person's age. While I do mix of the two as someone in their 50s, I do understand and appreciate the "people can just fuck off" mentality leading to it. That and sometimes I just want to be left alone with my escapism without having to deal with anyone, even friends.

And I think this will remain true 10-20 years from now. We have lives to take care of.

 

[Bond007]

Always singleplayer first. Has never changed for me.
Im glad people are getting back to it.


Now lets get back to more linear experiences and fuck open world. Unless of course you know what you doing(Rockstar)

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

My most played game is Q3A

 

[The artful mincer]

Multiplayer games are more lucrative.
Single player games are more popular.

Both these statements can be true

A reminder that the insomniac leak backs this up.

Platform - PS5 Players Spend Much More Time Playing Single Player Games Than Multiplayer Ones, Leaked Documents Suggest

Newly leaked PlayStation data has revealed that PS5 users spent more time playing single-player offline titles than others. The multiplayer online and F2P titles appeared to be leagues behind in the charts as of January 2023. The charts reveal a slew of other notable details. PS5 users had a...

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If anything the above data demonstrates that single player playtime might be growing while multiplayer gameplay time has stagnated.

I predict this trend will continue as gamers get older.

 

[NahaNago]

That chart makes sense right now but I'm guessing that when this younger generation grows older, they will still play multiplayer since that will be what they grew up with.

It's funny that I only read the post above me after I posted and is the complete opposite of my thoughts on the topic.

 

[Danjin44]

Without the doubt I prefer SP over MP.....For me it just way more fun better experience.

 

[Warablo]

No, I think most people like coop games

 

[The artful mincer]

That chart makes sense right now but I'm guessing that when this younger generation grows older, they will still play multiplayer since that will be what they grew up with.

It's funny that I only read the post above me after I posted and is the complete opposite of my thoughts on the topic.

Personally I think all competition is a young person games.

We see this clearly in normal sports and I think we will see this Esports.

The top esports stars today won't be the top stars 10 years from now and this will be reflected in the games they consume.

 

[NahaNago]

Personally I think all competition is a young person games.

We see this clearly in normal sports and I think we will see this Esports.

The top esports stars today won't be the top stars 10 years from now and this will be reflected in the games they consume.

It isn't completely about competition but also nostalgia. Multiplayer games are bigger now than they were 20 to 30 years ago with just how you can play online games on tablets and cellphones. Just because esports is a younger persons game doesn't mean tons of older folk won't be playing those games just for fun.

 

[RCX]

Last MP I cared about was Titanfall 2.

A lot has changed in that space since then to ensure I want nothing to do with it.

If someone wants to make a solid single player game with a robust multiplayer element that isn't poisoned with DLC and microtransactions then I'll be there day 1. But somehow I don't think we're likely to ever see a game like that ever again.

 

[Shadowstar39]

Single player going all the way back to atari 2600/intelli, nes and appleII. Although back then multiplayer was couch co-op and was much better than online.
I haven't played online since buying battlefield 5 for a few bucks. The last invested game for online I played was Cod WW2 (last one before the woke invasion). I used to love battlefield 2, bc2, bf3, bf4, cod 2, codwaw, codmw1/2, cod advanced war. I played for the campaign and stayed for a few rounds of multiplayer. I also loved killzone and resistance for the same reasons. It was great when you got a single player game and multiplayer in 1. Then cods got woke, battlefield choked, and their games took up 1/4 of your hard drive... I said f-off....

Last mmo i played was Connan Hyborian adventures in what 2008? Vanguard, and maybe a bit of guildwars 2 when that came out. Before that I played Everquest 2, but hated wow (my friends all played that though and I don't play to socialize). If i want to socialize I will go over to your house. I have a friend that is the opposite of me and he always is trying to get me to play online. I did a few times and it was always the same thing. Rushing to level, skipping dialog, bullshitting the hole time and I not really enjoying the game. I think he does it to get away from his wife and 4 kids... sad.

What i really love is City Builders, Turn based Strategy, Elder scrolls, Ad&D games, Stealth games, spy games, space games like Freelancer/no mans sky, racing games like burnout, motorstorm, horror games like slient hill and re2. Jrpgs of all types. Wrpgs, Srpgs, Arpgs all single player. If some goon starts mouthing how they need to add co-op to x game, I say get lost. Once they do that it waters down the game. Those survival games would be right up my alley but they are geared for groups not solo.

 

[Unrivaledx88]

I love both

 

[hemo memo]

That's obvious. The overwhelming majority would perfer single player games obviously.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

And I think this will remain true 10-20 years from now. We have lives to take care of.

Do you really think these graphs looked like this 10, 20, 30 years ago?

 

[sono]

It's true but have you seen the current state of mp .

There are some great classic mp like ut4 but they are very specialised for the cod crowd