Why is the Wii picking up so many sales? Because you can sit around with a bunch of mates or family and play against each other in Wii Sports for eg.
Games like Medal Of Honor Airborne don't even get played online anymore...it is a waste of the developer's effort and time if there is no offline multi for those who want to play anytime with friends and/or family like you can with Call of Duty. (Though why all the COD4 maps aren't included in split-screen is beyond me).
A lot of us have bigger TVs now that can handle split-screen; sure it's not the best, but online has its own problems: lag, finding a game, drunk idiots who do nothing but swear and sing, pervs, and online commandos who train up for multi like it was 'real' instead of 'fun'.
If you are going to make a multiplayer, just include split screen. Then everyone's happy. Not that hard.
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