MoHasanie said:
ganoncrotch said:
Well it's possible apparently to play Co-Op online with an Xboxlive Silver account or Xbox live free so it does mean it's possible to enjoy Co-Op without paying beyond the price of the game, but the lack of couch split screen for me is pretty huge, I've played from From 1>4 and odst/reach co-op split screen it was always a huge element of what made Halo great, it's one thing to say that Xbox is popular now but still... it wont be the same after a big fire fight is over to pause the game and go have a drink and a laugh or so locally.
I'm well aware that a lot of people enjoy online co-op now, but to cut the feature out of a game and then point to it and say hey look no one is playing splitscreen nowadays is just wrong.
Had issues getting Hyped for 5 tho for a while now and when they announced this (was well before E3 they said this btw) It really didn't help that lack of excitement.
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343 said that they made a mistake when they said silver accounts can play the campain in co-op:
''Co-op campaign will require Xbox Live Gold to play.''
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/clarity-regarding-halo-5-guardians-online-co-op-access
I agree with everything else you said. Splitscreen is still important. In Feb 2014, only 17m had a Gold account on an install base of 85m consoles. That's less than 25% of Xbox owners having Gold. So what do the other 75% people do if they want to play the game with friends and family?
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If your gonna be talking about sales at least get the concepts right.
Yes, 80ish million 360s have been sold, but that doesn't mean there are 85 million active 360 users let alone 360 owners.
I have purchased 4 360 sku's at retail and I am sure many other people have brought multiple consoles too.
Active 360 users are a lot more than 25%. Splitscreen is dead, no matter what a few people on forums think.
