I'm sorry. I know this issue has probably gone around so many times. But I'm late to the party and I have to vent to some people that will understand.

I just bought an xbox one. I bought it to surprise my wife, who loves the Halo series. We don't do the online subscription thing for a number of reasons, mostly because we just don't play enough to make it worth it, and my wife and I like to play campaigns together. She doesn't like the other multiplayer options. Halo 5 came out and she longingly gazed at the halo 5 commercials. So being a good husband I went out and bought a used one for a great price. Also bought halo 5 for a great price used. And of course I bought a second controller......

Big surprise for my wife and we were so disappointed when we couldn't get co-op working. What on earth?

Yes I didn't google if halo had split screen multiplayer before I bought it - why would I ? Every game before.... Good grief.

Well, probably not a total loss I thought. There will be other games that are split screen co-op. So trying to make the best of a really crappy situation, I looked for some other games.....

wut.

Apparently these big fancy machines can't handle two players? My Atari 800XL handled 2 players. My NES and every system since can handle it. What on earth is going on? Did game developers forget that people have siblings that game together? Did they forget about husbands and wives? Friends? ON WHAT PLANET do they expect a household to own one system, and multiple copies of a game PER PERSON?

Who sat there at the board room table of 343 and thought "Yep, one player sounds good." That person needs to be fired.

And what about the other games? Why are there not more games we can play together? At least the Wii has multiplayer. Maybe I should cut my losses , sell the stupid xbox one and dust off the Wii u so I can play some games with my family. Good grief. I'm so disappointed. (And I get that it's just a game and it's not worth getting super upset over. To my family I'm looking for the bright side of things, but like I mentioned, I jest need to rant and let off some steam to so people who understand)

/End rant.

Thanks for listening.