http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-incredible-disappearing-multiplayer-mp-features-are-disappearing-and-no
Thought this was interesting, more at the link and EEDAR has a presentation Thursday.
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EEDAR: Fewer games including multiplayer, 41% of PS3/360 retail games don't have it
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http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-incredible-disappearing-multiplayer-mp-features-are-disappearing-and-no
Thought this was interesting, more at the link and EEDAR has a presentation Thursday.
radioheadrule83
Banned
You need to be good to win gametime against the likes of CoD, its probably about time this trend rebalanced itself
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Awesome. 90% of my gaming time is spent on multiplayer, but that doens't mean I want it shoved into every game. Do it when it makes sense, and do it right, or don't do it at all.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Good, putting in MP into every game and chasing after CoD was just like every MMO chasing WoW back in the day.
Aquamarine
Member
They should do a comparison sans obvious shovelware titles.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Great news.
I think we'll see a shift from true online multiplayer to more social "multiplayer." Take Miiverse for example. You don't necessarily play cooperatively or competitively online with anyone, but you're always connected with others. Developing empathy among players.
Sony seems to be on to a similar way of thinking with the PS4 social features.
Sony seems to be on to a similar way of thinking with the PS4 social features.
Zombie James
Banned
Good.
Alcoholikaust
Member
agree with most: I love multiplayer, but don't force it where it doesent need to be
cases of this:bioshock 2, tomb raider, dead space 2, god of war
all (to me) felt tacked on and contributed nothing to experience
cases of this:bioshock 2, tomb raider, dead space 2, god of war
all (to me) felt tacked on and contributed nothing to experience
lies, damned lies...
Kun Aguero
Member
My thought's exactly. To many games have had poor multiplayer shoehorned in, just so they can tick the having multiplayer box.
Palette Swap
Member
No shit.
Someone finally gets it.
Someone finally gets it.
Sir Garbageman
Member
This. Good news imo.
Tummi Gummi
Member
Yeah, I'd like to see their methodology. Multiplayer and/or coop seems as prevalent as ever.
Jawmuncher
Member
Looks like its finally making a dent.
Seriously unneeded MP is just beyond dumb.
Since half the time you're left with a ghost town even on day 1. Unless you have something unique to offer or MP is a big part of the expierence just don't.
Seriously unneeded MP is just beyond dumb.
Since half the time you're left with a ghost town even on day 1. Unless you have something unique to offer or MP is a big part of the expierence just don't.
Exactly.
Not sure what to think about this, some time MP is bad and sometimes tacked on MP can be a good thing. For instance I would never have gotten to experience great MP in Red Faction Guerllia as well as War For Cybertron, and Bionic Commando, all tacked on in a sense yet all very fun. Also does this include Co-Op.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
And shovelware?
Well it says retail only, so it must be primarily licensed games/budget titles?
I mean, does anyone happen to have a list offhand of the major AAA games in 2013 without multiplayer on 360/PS3?
I can think of Infinite and Rising and...
Manmademan
Member
how many retail titles a year are "major" though? two dozen? three? there's far more shovelware
Aquamarine
Member
The issue is that the list includes EVERY retail title, including all of the shovelware movie-licensed and casual ones. This artificially skews the list in a way that a core-only analysis would not.
Right, I'm just thinking about this in a GAF perspective of "Are the titles people here are excited about having less multiplayer?"
I mean, I'm guessing The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct doesn't, but I'm not sure that's what people jump out of bed and cheer about in the morning.
It does seem possible that as more of the AAA games are deemed as "needing" multiplayer by the execs more of these shovelware licensed games skip on it since they're just cheap cash ins and no one cares for very long (if ever.) So while singleplayer only is rising it's become warped and imbalanced relative to the start of the generation or last gen.
Of course we also are getting games like Bioshock Infinite that blow it off, so who knows? Maybe it really IS slowly tapering off.
Pachterballs
Banned
chart should be about genres that don't normally have multiplayer to have impact.
maybe there are less FPSes released now then before. any no. of reasons could be behind the drop.
maybe there are less FPSes released now then before. any no. of reasons could be behind the drop.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
The big clue as to how seriously you should take this is the way the graph starts in 2006 and therefore is basically 360 only (PS3 didn't launch until Nov).
Its not that the presence/absence of PS3 is actually that significant, its the lazy way that it mixes the sample-pool (and therefore sample-size) that makes me think its junk data.
Its not that the presence/absence of PS3 is actually that significant, its the lazy way that it mixes the sample-pool (and therefore sample-size) that makes me think its junk data.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Good. Not every game needs to have half-assed MP bolted on just because.
Beer Monkey
Member
Multi on consoles is used to try to keep you from trading your game in too quickly. And costing them a game sale.
Ken Masters
Banned
besides the huge titles like COD, almost all MP communities for the vast majority of games are dead just a few months after release, so I'm 100% ok with this. No need to waste resources on an MP no one will play
protonion
Member
I remember a topic here about xbox live charts and one of the games in the middle of the top ten had about 10.000 players. Imagine what is happening below.
Yes, I can understand that every company would like to make a monster online game like cod and wow, but there is room for only a few of those.
It's not worth the cost and I'm happy for this new trend.
Yes, I can understand that every company would like to make a monster online game like cod and wow, but there is room for only a few of those.
It's not worth the cost and I'm happy for this new trend.
TalesOfWin
Banned
battlefield
Max Knight
Member
This is probably for the best. There are a lot of single-player-centric games that have tacked-on multiplayer that I can't imagine the average player coming back to. Eliminating that doesn't really hurt anybody.
Wow. People seem to be very anti-mp around here. I dont think mp can ever be a be a bad thing.
One thing this numbers do not show is that offline mp is getting worse and worse while online is always favored. Its like they are making these modes just in case your isp goes offline for some hours. Really sad imo. Offline MP is where videogames really shine.
One thing this numbers do not show is that offline mp is getting worse and worse while online is always favored. Its like they are making these modes just in case your isp goes offline for some hours. Really sad imo. Offline MP is where videogames really shine.