343 Industries’ Josh Holmes has taken to Halo Waypoint to explain why split-screen won’t feature in Halo 5: Guardians.
“The decision to remove split-screen support from Halo 5: Guardians was one of the most difficult ones we’ve ever had to make as a studio,” Holmes said. “We know that for many of our fans, Halo has meant playing together with friends in the same room. We all have great memories of past Halo split-screen multiplayer matches.”
Holmes further explained that the choice to remove split-screen was “tough” and was made “for scale, fidelity and focus.”
“With Halo 5 we are delivering massive scale environments, improved AI behavior, increased visual and gameplay fidelity,” Holmes continued.
“Many of our ambitious goals for Halo 5 would be compromised in a split-screen setting and the time spent optimizing and addressing split-screen-specific issues would take focus from building other parts of the game.
“Game development is a balancing act of resources, time and technology, and in this case we made the tough decision to sacrifice something that’s been near and dear to us all.”
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