I've heard it all, the developers saying 'if we could do it, we would' well the truth is you could. Don't see the point, and I have more of a life than to sit online with a headset for 5 hours each night. I never play any video games unless a friend is over, so I never go and play online by myself. Now, both you and your friends need to buy $300 consoles and $60 copies of the game just to play :twisted: I realize online gaming and charging people $50 a year to have some sort of online membership is the new money model. At least the new Call of Duty has itĪll these same franchises in the the past have allowed it, and these next gen consoles are supposed to be more powerful hardware-wise than the last gen. Most won't even allow local split-screen. Seriously, what is up with next-gen consoles and their lack of split-screen? Looking at the list of upcoming multiplayer games, and all the following lack the ability to play online split-screen: