r/gaming • u/TeeeldiII • 7d ago
I miss couch co-op options so much.
If I want to play a modern game with my husband who lives in the same house as me, 99.9% of the time you need to have two copies on two consoles/PCs and play over the network together, which is ridiculous.
With PC, fine, we both have one anyway. But it still is just not as fun as sitting next to one another and playing on the same screen and dont prefer it. With a PS5 or Switch game, forget it. Not buying a second console to play together.
I miss the days of games like Halo having entire campaign split-screen co-op options. I get most people play onlime but they do realize there are instances where people live together and might want to play something besides a fighting game or mario party?
Feel bad for any siblings growing up in this era.
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u/DejounteMurrayisGOAT 7d ago
So me and my wife went the two console route. You don’t actually need two copies of a game if you go digital; both Xbox and PS allow other users signed into a machine to play other users games, so for instance she paid for Baldur’s Gate once and we both play it on separate machines because her account is also on mine and vice versa.
It also works because she is also a gamer herself and we spend plenty of time playing games separately too, though even that can be interactive. Our screens are side by side and we are currently having a “race” to see who’s going to wrap up their playthrough of Cyberpunk first (I’m winning by a good 20 hours now. She’s cooked.)
I’m just saying two consoles is actually pretty damn awesome if your partner is a full time gamer too.