[Delphiza]

Somewhere along the way, consoles lost where they fit into the 'living room space'. The biggest thing (for me) was when games stopped with local co-op. Having two controllers and being able to play together was a good way to spend time doing casual gaming. Lego star wars did it well. Gears of War, Halo and others used to be a good way to to spend time with your children. The Wii had all ages playing together. Now, all that you can do is play Minecraft together. I was watching my (adult0 daughter play the new Subnautica, and would like to have joined in without having to go to a different room.

[pjc50]

> The biggest thing (for me) was when games stopped with local co-op. Having two controllers and being able to play together was a good way to spend time doing casual gaming. Lego star wars did it well.

The Switch with its detachable two controllers always knew this.

[dv_dt]

Cutting the default hw setup to one controller was definitely MBA coded shortsightedness imo. It was de-incentivizing for living room multi-player modes in games, which in turn reduced a unique console advantage vs PC, all for a small savings in hardware.

[crtasm]

Even my Super Nintendo with Street Fighter II pack-in only included a single controller. Christmas day was fun but not as fun as it could have been.

[dv_dt]

Maybe I'm remembering Costco specials or something then lol

[goobatrooba]

I guess they were hoping to sell additional controllers..

[Gigachad]

Nintendo still makes some co op games but you are right it’s an area that has largely died off lately.

I think the boom in the board game industry has been a response to the death of co op video games.

[pllbnk]

Exactly. AAA games are not needed to have fun. I and my wife are having a lot of fun playing Dr. Mario or Street Fighter (the original one) on our 4K TV.

[mcphage]

> when games stopped with local co-op

The Switch and Switch 2 are still great for this. And to bolster your point, they’re still selling like hotcakes and Nintendo is making gobs of money.

[Ferret7446]

I wonder how much of that is due to exclusivity. If Nintendo games were available on PC I expect Switch sales to drop significantly.