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Lonely_Dolphin on 16 December 2016
Pyro as Bill said:

Normal people manage just fine, for everyone else there are speakers inside controllers these days.

 

 

Watching and playing are not the same as the latter generally requires more effort and focus. I only say generally though because it depends on the game, but for something like Splatoon I definitely don't want a bunch of other things going on around it.

 

OdinHades said:

All these people bitching about splitscreen is beyond me. Back in the days we were playing Goldeneye in 4-player split-screen on a 14" CRT and it was a friggin' blast, one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences  I have in mind. Now we have bloody huge 60" TVs everywhere and splitscreen gaming is pretty much dead. Why? Sure, on a 6" tablet it's a little over the top, but why are there so few splitscreen games these days? I don't get it. And I like it that Nintendo goes more into that direction.

 

I'm guessing because the games either can't run in splitscreen or run too terribly. Just look at Mario Kart 8, with 3-4 players the game drops to 30fps and the graphics are worsened, so splitscreen is definitely more taxing. They probably figure it's easier to only have an online mode.



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hershel_layton on 16 December 2016
V-r0cK said:

So make the small screen even smaller and cramp with 8 people trying to huddle around the Switch?  

Just seems like a bad idea.  And where are 3 other pairs of Switch detachable controllers are going to come from? That probably means it came from other Switches so why not just use their own Switch screen?  Unless that's a TV, then it better be a huge TV but still.  These days 4 player split screen games just aren't cutting it.


And playing Street Fighter with anything less than 6 buttons is just wrong.

I can imagine a family with 8 kids, all of them huddling around to play the game on the switch lmao



 

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Dulfite on 17 December 2016

This would be glorious on my 1080p projector screen!



miz1q2w3e on 17 December 2016

This is a pretty niche use case.



VGPolyglot on 17 December 2016
Bandorr said:
Leaving the question of... why?

What 8 people would want to play 4 two player games at the same time?
Specially considering how old those games are.

Ok two you play bubble bobble, while we try to play street fighter with HALF of a controller?

Well, I'd say that Mario Bros. Bubble Bobble, Tekken 2 and Street Fighter II are all very good games, but yeah, I'm not sure who would want to divide 8 people into 4 2-player games on one screen!



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VGPolyglot on 17 December 2016
OdinHades said:

All these people bitching about splitscreen is beyond me. Back in the days we were playing Goldeneye in 4-player split-screen on a 14" CRT and it was a friggin' blast, one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences  I have in mind. Now we have bloody huge 60" TVs everywhere and splitscreen gaming is pretty much dead. Why? Sure, on a 6" tablet it's a little over the top, but why are there so few splitscreen games these days? I don't get it. And I like it that Nintendo goes more into that direction.

Yeah, but Goldeneye is only one game. I remember when I used to do picture-in-picture it annoyed people having two things on the screen, I can't imagine how they would react with four.



VGPolyglot on 17 December 2016
Pyro as Bill said:
V-r0cK said:

Hmm...I'd rather buy the 'pro' controllers than buy additional Joy-cons if i wanted additional controllers.

Playing SF2 with anything other than a SNES pad is just wrong. Luckily Switch will support them.

The Genesis 6-button controller was much better geared towards Street Fighter II.