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

[Ail]

Jereel Hunter said:

Ail said:

Might be true for The Conduit, but it isn't for KZ2.

The majority of PS3 owners based on Sony numbers have actually connected to the PSN so playing online really isn't that big of an issue for HD console owners...

Lets Face it, Splitscreen was king when online was not very common , the more common online becomes ( and it's really an integrated feature in HD consoles) the less important splitscreen becomes....

 Heck as a HD developer I would rather have my customers buy 2 copies of the game than have them share one copy and play splitscreen....

1) This is not true. PSN's numbers only include number of accounts, and many, many MANY people have 4, 5, 6+ accounts because they're free. We have no factual indication that that most PS3 users are connected to PSN.

2) That's nice in theory, but when people 'share a copy' and play split screen, they do it occasionally. Then, those friends you play with realize how fun it is, and in turn buy the game so they can play it online with you. Or often roommates/families have 1 PS3 and 1 Xbox and then play splitscreen on games together. Limiting this functionality merely makes people pop in games like Halo 3 when they have friends over, and cripples potential sales, as opposed to encouraging them.

 

Between system updates ( including Blu-Ray updates), games patches and DLC, it's really really hard to have a HD console not connected online...

My PS2 was never online, my PS3 is online daily ( and not even because I play multiplayer games everyday, just because of trophies, mail, even offline game having online features ( playing Mirror Edge right now and it gets time trial record online all the time..)...