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[Jacobi]

When I hear Rumors of Perfect Dark Zero, I always think
"Woohoo, gotta buy a Xbox360"
"Oh shit, it could be online-only"
I don't like this whole online-concept. I hope the splitscreen won't be forgotten next generation.

 

[Razoric]

i wish every game would at least include splitscreen online... always so much fun.

 

[Ranger X]

I doubt that 2 player splitcreen will be forgotten. It's pretty much a given to offer that option in many games.
And people generally like to play in 2 splitscreens. One that we may see disappear though is 4 players splitscreen i guess. And i wouldn't shed a tear...

 

[epmode]

720p = more horizontal space = better splitscreen
I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[Lionheart]

i wish every game would at least include splitscreen online... always so much fun.

I sure hope most online games next-gen will support this.

 

[raYne]

I can't wait till you can hook up a single system and play on two different screens. Think system link but with a single console. Sure it'll be no time soon, but one can dream

 

[radioheadrule83]

4 player offline? disappear?!>!?
Fuck that noise!

Sony haven't gotten around to incorporating it properly yet!

 

[evilromero]

I hope not. I was up till 3am last night playing Metroid Prime 2 4-player with my close friends. It's just so much fun, and requires a good deal of strategy.

 

[TheDiave]

My only hopes for the continuance of the split-screen element is the fact better hardware may mean no downgrade in visual quality/framerates.

 

[Jacobi]

the fact better hardware may mean no downgrade in visual quality/framerates.

I don't understand that sentence. There are always (even launch or 1st gen)-games that have an ugly framerate.

 

[raYne]

I don't understand that sentence. There are always (even launch or 1st gen)-games that have an ugly framerate.

He's talking about no visual degredation in spiltscreen. Less fps, lower res textures, background/item omission etc. that is the norm in splitscreen play.

So he wants spilt screen visuals to look just as good as single player visuals.

 

[Pimpbaa]

No degredation in split screen is not gonna happen. It's pretty obvious why, the game has to render 2 screens at once (or 4 in the case of 4 player split screen). The only way for it not to happen is if the develper doesn't push the hardware fully in single player mode. I'd rather have degraded split screen visuals than degraded single player visuals to give the illusion that multi play offers no visual degradation.

 

[MarkRyan]

Plenty of Xbox Live games already forget about four player split screen.

Screw off online gaming. Things were better without you.