For me, of course, most gaming happens online these days, I almost only play games online these days
Although do I enjoy single player games, definitely, as a kid I just spent hours alone on classic games that had no online and it was great, and occasionally I do replay old single player only games. Main issue is that I haven't bought any good single player games. If I got games like Mass Effect or Bioshock or Elder Scrolls or Zelda I'd probably spent so much time not online.
There are 2 kinds of gaming fun here:
There's the kind where you should be alone to get the best immersion in the game and not be distracted, like Amnesia. Being with your friends just detracts from these kinds of games and ruins the atmosphere. Being with a friend or listening to some guy on a mic would ruin the whole alone and helpless mood of Amnesia. I mean, also, imagine your friends were telling a joke and laughing when Aeries died in FF7 for example, totally kills it. You should be absorbed and focused on the game so you feel everything the game designers wanted you to feel and you feel like a part of the game.
Then there's the kinds of games not really focused on immersion, games that are supposed to be played with buddies and silly, like party games like Wii Sports that are only at their full potential with friends.
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