Single Player vs Multiplayer-- What Do You Play More This Gen and Last?

Just curious.

I love my single player games, but this gen I've put 600+ hours in COD ALONE this gen. 500+ in COD4 alone. I never played Multiplayer much before this gen, except for Halo on PC. Then there are other MP games, mostly shooters like BC2 and K2.

I'm somewhat ashamed-- I've missed great quality SP games, mostly due to justifying price versus length of the game. I usually wait for massive price drops and then catch up on the backlog.

I've enjoyed my share of great SP games this gen, but nowhere near the amount I feel like I should. The ratio of MP to SP I've played makes me feel like I'm not being a "true" gamer

Last gen I played pure SP, with some local MP, but this gen I've become tainted to the point that I'm sick of my multiplayer habits

I buy games for the single player, always have - multiplayer is just a bonus

Most games I buy for SP... although with things like Brawl, I buy obviosuly for MP. But mostly SP, just like I always have.

Besides co-op I'm not a multiplayer guy, so like last gen I'm mainly a single-player gamer.

After all my time with the original Quake MP took a back seat for me. But this generation's focus on cooperative multiplayer has definitely brought me back online. Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Borderlands, and DCUO are all great examples of games I really enjoy.

I've always been a primarily single player type of gamer.

Mostly SP. There are very few multiplayer games that can hold my interest for more than 10 hours or so.

multi/multi

SP through and through. I prefer my MP IRL.

Both this gen and last gen I've been predominantly a singleplayer guy.

I do play multiplayer as well, but predominantly singleplayer.

I play single player games almost exclusively. I'd say about 98% of my play time this gen is single player.

More MP.

I've probably put more hours into multiplayer (CoD, Halo, BF, Killzone, Resistance, Warhawk), but I I've played a larger number of singleplayer games than mp games.

Couch co-op for me is my multiplayer.

I play single player so much more, though.

Let´s just say that I play a lot more SP games but the ones I play MP I play almost as much as all the SP ones combined,at least time wise.

Last Gen - Singleplayer

This Gen - Online Multiplayer

Recently, I have been trying to come back to my singleplayer roots especially since my live ran out.

Single Player.

Way better.

I should have voted 'less, less' but I voted 'less, more'. In terms of time it's definitely 'less, less' but in terms of games it's 'less, more', hence my mix-up. I mean last gen I put probably 1000+ hours into just one MP game, and that's not counting the scattered others I played.

I love SP, and I play it a ton, but I don't know if SP games offer nearly as much gameplay as MP games do. They are equally valuable though, to me, I wouldn't give up one for the other no matter what.

Single player is what I play most. If I really like the multiplayer then that's when I play multiplayer.

ever since i started playing video games, it has always been about single player games. i didn't even get into online gaming until i got a xbox 360. once i got a ps3 also, i played it sometimes like bc2,uc2,kz2 and 3, and cod games. single player will always be in my heart. nothing can replace a good single player game. i seriously don't see how anybody can play only online focused games. there is no motivation, no story,no characters to follow, no nothing. just get points and win. it's kind of shallow when you think about it. been gaming since 1996 and still love single player. alot of people complain about this gen being mp focused, which is somewhat true. that doesn't mean there aren't alot of great sp focused games as well.

SP is so overrated its not even funny, I cant even touch 90% of the games anymore becasue its all mostly the same crap.

Anyways you people are dillusional, maybe thats why Uncharted 2 gets so much praise. A 8 hour enjoyment for $60, yea no thank you.

I have nearly 1k hours in TF2, plus count every halo game this gen, gears of war especially, and call of duty (Mostly 4).

How many times can you replay the same singleplayer game? Espec games like uncharted, call of duty, etc with tons of set pieces.

I've been quite an MP gamer recently though SP only games are still great.

Hard to answer. I play SP more this gen than last gen, but that's because I play more games. I also play more MP this gen, seeing as how I didn't play MP games last gen.

I think I do play a lot of MP, since it's easy to pick up and play with someone when I see them on a game that I have, but I definitely like SP games more.

If I had to choose, I'd cut the wi-fi card and ethernet port out of my ps3 like a tumor before I gave up SP games.

If we exclude MMOs, my time goes Single player > Local Multiplayer > Online Multiplayer. Same as last gen. If we include MMOs then it depends when I'm asked.

The only multiplayer I had for 3 years was RuneScape, then Guild Wars, then WoW, then Guild Wars again, Then RuneScape again, Then WoW again, Then Xbox live.

Yeah, more single player this gen and last gen.

SP is so overrated its not even funny, I cant even touch 90% of the games anymore becasue its all mostly the same crap.

Anyways you people are dillusional, maybe thats why Uncharted 2 gets so much praise. A 8 hour enjoyment for $60, yea no thank you.

I have nearly 1k hours in TF2, plus count every halo game this gen, gears of war especially, and call of duty (Mostly 4).

How many times can you replay the same singleplayer game? Espec games like uncharted, call of duty, etc with tons of set pieces.

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When this gen began and I first played COD3 on the 360 and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter I became hooked. And then I bought my own ps3 and went nuts on Rainbow Six Vegas which eventually led to me going nuts with Battlefield Bad Company. But now I am burnt out with online games. Most games this gen don't seem to have the impact on me that games from the SNES to PS2 had on me. All the games to me are just dark, bland, and lifeless these days. Which is probably why I love Uncharted 1 and 2 so much. I'm also looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever, pretty sad that Duke Nuken 3D still has more gameplay variety and awesomeness than all these craptastic shooters coming out these days.

I like to play more single player games. Play multiplayer only a few times a week.

Last gen all single player, all the time :D

I pretty much only play single player these days. A couple years ago I played tons of multiplayer, but it slowly lost its interest for me. I'm all about single player campaigns now.