I never got the big deal about local multiplayer so I don't really understand this.
Local Multiplayer was huge when broadband wasn't readilly available.
That's not the case anymore.
You took the example of Halo.
Well don't the majority of Halo3 MP games happen online these days ?( isn't it the most played online game on Live every week ?).
Not like it is that hard to get an online game going with buddies these days, and what's the difference between that and a LAN game ???








