KWKBOX Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 This is the best way to enjoy games with friends. Too bad not many games support the option any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Gave my couch away and have two LazyBoys with a table in the middle instead. Just like Archie and Edith had. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWKBOX Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Gave my couch away and have two LazyBoys with a table in the middle instead. Just like Archie and Edith had. Nice I wish I could upgrade to that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Couch co-op is basically dead unfortunately. What few games have it are (at best) random indie titles. There's not really any AAA gaming material that's doing co-op on a single console anymore. However, you can find a fairly complete listing at this site...http://www.co-optimus.com/You can even search specifically for "Couch Co-op." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Couch co-op is basically dead unfortunately. What few games have it are (at best) random indie titles. There's not really any AAA gaming material that's doing co-op on a single console anymore. However, you can find a fairly complete listing at this site... http://www.co-optimus.com/ You can even search specifically for "Couch Co-op." Why is it basically dead, overall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yet another reason I don't play new games/consoles. Although my Wii U is pretty good with 4-8 player games! We play mario party, smash brosh, and mario cart 4pl regularly. That was the reason I think I was an N64 person back in the day over the PS1 (despite the better library.) I have always loved in person multiplayer! Be it two or ten!(saturn bomberman !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Why is it basically dead, overall? Because the number of couch co-op titles are slowly dwindling down. Very few "big" titles come out that even offer multiplayer on a single console. At best, most of them offer multiplayer through "1 person per console" or some nonsense like that. You can't even take two people online on one Xbox One. The second person has to have an active gold account for you to do that. From what I've seen and experienced first hand, they don't want multiple people playing on one console anymore. They want multiple people on multiple consoles. You can't do things like a system link anymore and having multiple controllers seems pointless when fewer and fewer titles even offer multiplayer on a single console. I mean... Name five upcoming titles that are set to release on console that offer couch co-op. If you are able to name them, it's probably going to be all indie titles (I've got nothing wrong with indie titles). The WiiU is going to win out overall considering it's one of the few that actively supports multiplayer in a group with their party-style games. (Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Party, New Super Mario Bros) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 What is couch play? splitscreen multiplayer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Why is it basically dead, overall? Because the current generation of core gamers have forgotten how to make friends without tapping or swiping their fingers on their phone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 What is couch play? splitscreen multiplayer? Yes. Sorry that is the term I have seen used lately so that is why I used it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 No problems ^^ I'm not big in multiplayer games so I probably missed any occasion to see the term used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamegalaxy Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 There still are some survivors - TANK! TANK! TANK! on Wii U is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I really don't get the disappearing splitscreen/couch play... I suppose the concern is not having enough 'screen' for each player. However, a lot of games like Little Big Planet and Diablo 3 successfully put everyone into one screen, and TVs have gotten bigger since the days of Goldeneye anyway. It genuinely amazes me that we have reached a point where almost every game can be played with friends- provided you aren't in the same room. I mean, do kids go to a friend's house after school, say "hey, let's play some video games", and everyone promptly leaves? It boogles my mind a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 At our store, multiplayer couch games like Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Contra, Ikari Warriors, Jackal and others are the number one games asked for after the usual suspects of Mario, Zelda and other like titles etc. I would like to see more of these types of games where you dont go online for the people with friends to play. We play a lot of Duck Game on Steam as of late. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) I have a friend I have over once a month or so. And we always play Gauntlet. While sitting on the couch. Edited March 5, 2016 by Lendorien 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Why would you want to actually sit in the same room with your friends and experience human interaction, when you could spend countless hours gaming with faceless voices on the other end of an internet connection alone in a room? It isn't exactly as if you need social skills or anything these days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Most people playing video games these days have grown up, moved, and become too distant from their old friends for couch multiplayer to be feasible. Plus, the advent of online matchmaking means you no longer need to coordinate with your group and meet in person to have a multiplayer match. The convenience is hard to pass up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARofPittsburgh Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Nintendo seems to be the only company that still supports local play. Bless them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodLightning Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Most people playing video games these days have grown up, moved, and become too distant from their old friends for couch multiplayer to be feasible. Plus, the advent of online matchmaking means you no longer need to coordinate with your group and meet in person to have a multiplayer match. The convenience is hard to pass up. This sums up my experience. Most of my "friends" have moved away and on to other things. Nostalgia for better days is often viewed as a form of arrested development. It's a view I do not share. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I've been dragging my new Retro Freak to work with me. I'm a high school journalism teacher and the math teacher up the hall and a room full of kids have been playing Mega Bomberman, NBA Jam, Off Road, and Contra at lunch. It really is great to see the kids having fun. I use the Retro Freak because it's safer than risking my original hardware and I can carry it in my pocket. All it takes is a usb hub and we play with my Saturn usb pads and a couple of SNES pads. Took forever to install my cart collection on that thing though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Most people playing video games these days have grown up, moved, and become too distant from their old friends for couch multiplayer to be feasible. Plus, the advent of online matchmaking means you no longer need to coordinate with your group and meet in person to have a multiplayer match. The convenience is hard to pass up. Oh, there's no questioning that online multiplayer is awesome... but why ONLY online multiplayer? Are these grown-up videogame players all completely devoid of friends/spouses/kids they'd want to game with? Why not just add that couch play option on top of the multiplayer? I can't imagine it's that much harder to program, provided it's not a split-screen kinda game. I mean, think about it: "Hey Dad! Let's play a game together!" "OK- I'll see you later, say hi to Billy's dad for me!" And the kid leaves for Billy's to use his system to play with Dad. It's ridiculous. Maybe it's pure greed- buy each of your kids a TV and a console so they can play games together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Oh, there's no questioning that online multiplayer is awesome... but why ONLY online multiplayer? Are these grown-up videogame players all completely devoid of friends/spouses/kids they'd want to game with? Why not just add that couch play option on top of the multiplayer? I can't imagine it's that much harder to program, provided it's not a split-screen kinda game. I mean, think about it: "Hey Dad! Let's play a game together!" "OK- I'll see you later, say hi to Billy's dad for me!" And the kid leaves for Billy's to use his system to play with Dad. It's ridiculous. Maybe it's pure greed- buy each of your kids a TV and a console so they can play games together! That's a good point. I'd guess it's because most multiplayer games are designed with 8v8 or 32v32 in mind, so a couch 1v1 match would end up being two people running around huge, empty maps trying to find each other. Most likely it's just not worth it for devs to create both massive online and local multiplayer modes with different maps and balancing for each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 That's a good point. I'd guess it's because most multiplayer games are designed with 8v8 or 32v32 in mind, so a couch 1v1 match would end up being two people running around huge, empty maps trying to find each other. Most likely it's just not worth it for devs to create both massive online and local multiplayer modes with different maps and balancing for each. Once again though- why would it have to be 1v1? Why not let Billy and his dad use 1 system to log into a regular 8v8 (or what-have-you) game at the same time? I know it's not gonna work for every game, that splitscreen plus complicated HUDs would either be too hard to see or too much for the system to run smoothly. I would suspect it's not gonna work for a lot of modern games, actually. What amazes me is that no one is trying. If this thread is any indication, there is a market for this if someone can get it right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.