What do Conduit/KZ2 have in common? Both suffered due to focus on graphics

[Jereel Hunter]

dbot said:

NJ5 said:
I think many of you are underestimating the importance of online splitscreen... In MK:Wii online, I often see around one third of people playing in splitscreen (they appear as Guest).

Comparisons with Team Fortress 2 or other PC games will get us nowhere. Obviously those games don't have splitscreen...

@dbot: Let's not drag this thread into a KZ2 framerates debate. I don't care and that's not the point of the thread, neither is co-op.

No debate needed.  I just thought it was an odd comment.

I think split screen and coop would be nice to have features, but only if they could be implemented without negatively impacting the single player experience.  Percentage wise, very few people will ever play coop, and even fewer will play split screen mp.  I wouldn't want the developer to shoe-horn in these features to satisfy a small minority.

 

A very large percentage play these features. Largely because they are what cause additional people to buy the games. You play with a friend at his house, and it causes you to buy it. Why do you think Halo 3 is stil selling 16 months after launch? People are still exposing their friends, who in turn buy the game. Even if you're perfectly happy buying the game without split screen, it severely reduces the chances your friends will.