1. The platform holder and developer are one and the same in many, many cases. To play Halo Infinite on Xbox or Splatoon 3 on Switch, I must pay. You think that's a co-incidence? Older Halo and Splatoon games had FREE split screen, the newer ones do not, hmmm....

2. They are mass-advertised, mass-produced, FOMO features that can only be applied to online games. You cannot sell skins in Goldeneye or season passes in Halo 1.

3. You claiming "the gaming populous don't care for it" is also an absolutely baseless anecdote. "The numbers show" - What numbers, specifically? What do they show?

4. I meet my friends, family and partners at the pub for drinks. I meet my friends, family and partners at the console for games. Both are social, in person hang out venues. Simple concepts ;)

If only System Wars had greater than 200 (20?) people to argue further XD

Original 4 season run. Season 1 is a bit wobbly (like many Season 1's), 2 - 4 are as solid gold as the Simpsons at it's peak IMO.

The various reboots are fine but feel like latter day Simpsons, ie skippable.

Has it not been revamped multiple times already? Cool though, I guess.

Lol. Yes, agreed, a number of humans greater than 0 care about Sonic. You win ;)

First parties (Nintendo, Sony, MS) do in fact all charge for online, split screen is always free. Their online only games are ways to incentivisze you to pay to play online.

These are all online exclusive though. Goldeneye didn't have them. Halo 1 didn't have them.

Anecdotes aren't data, but you don't have data either, so...

Split screen gaming is literally a meeting location for me and the people I love (family, friends, partners) for decades. It is a wonderfully perfect analogy ;)

And I'm pointing out the obvious that 2 million people bought Wii Music, Driveclub and Knack, but those games all suck and no one cares about them on here either?

Trash sells sometimes, and well done to Sonic for the loyal autism fanbase, but his games really do suck, hard.

Forza is amazing! I'd put it up there with Mario Kart at the peak of the racing genre. But the appeal of cartoon local multiplayer is very high, so I can see why it beats Forza.

GTAV is a masterpiece, sales, reviews and cultural impact all agree but you are of course free to your own opinion. IMO, Just Cause has never risen about 3 star, 7/10 silly fun.

Yes. All of them: first party games via pay to play online, and all games via passes, DLC, expansions, skins, points, etc etc etc. Split screen isn't monetisable in that way, so it's intentionally dropped, to our detriment.

Why is it naïve? The vast majority of gamers I've met in my decades of gaming have all loved split screen gaming. Humans are social creatures and enjoy hanging together. It's like asking why pubs and clubs are preferred to drinking at home alone...

I absolutely agree he has impressively gathered enough autists to be a sustainable franchise forever. Kudos! He's still been shit for decades though ;)

I can't remember a non-autist being hyped for Sonic this millennium.