PC Split screen

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Kyra.n.p. said:
Just bought the game and me and my partner found it's not split screen anymore...what?!?!?! We are so sad now...no use in playing it alone really.... 😔

Please please please do something about it The Fun Pimps? 
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Please read the whole thread before replying.

 
I totally agree, me and my wife decided not to purchase the new release because of this, we will still ay the original version

 
I recently purchased this game after playing the old version for years, me and my girlfriend loved playing together on the couch. So i got this game expecting us to be able to do the same thing with a new version of the game, nope. I never saw they never intended on supporting split screen for whatever reason, Who cares about FPS? The type of people playing split screen certainly do not, please make this option i don’t care how dumbed down the graphics have to be, this is the best aspect of the previous game.

If it’s seriously out of the question i would like my money back as I will never play this game alone.

 
Go get your refund from Sony/Microsoft. Splitscreen isn't going to happen. All versions for every platform are uniform and the Xbox S cannot run the game with splitscreen. It isn't about FPS. It is about the game running at all.

Hope you didn't play it too long to be able to get your refund.

 
I will do that then, unfortunate your team doesn’t listen to costumer feedback. Lost a decent chunk of your console fan base, the ones who have been playing the longest. I guess i’ll go back to the old game. Shame on you.

 
splitscreenplease said:
I will do that then, unfortunate your team doesn’t listen to costumer feedback. Lost a decent chunk of your console fan base, the ones who have been playing the longest. I guess i’ll go back to the old game. Shame on you.
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It's not a matter of the Fun Pimps not listening to feedback. The hardware literally can't handle split screen play for this new version of the game. This has been known for the last few months. The Fun Pimps told us this.

Do your research beforehand or stop complaining.

 
Old Crow said:
Do your research beforehand or stop complaining.
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How dare you suggest people read up on the things they want for 20, 10, or even 3 minutes to find out if it includes all the features they can't live without. That mindset is so anticonsumer. And another thing, the oranges are round, but the apples are nubby- Whoever made the apples isn't trying enough, or they'd be round like the other fruit!

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splitscreenplease said:
If call of duty, baldurs gate, and borderlands can all do split screen local co-op so can this game. The real reason is because they want crossplay and PC and console to be uniform, @%$# PC. 
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It's unfortunate that it couldn't happen but the limitation of the hardware is very real. The xbox S series can't even handle more than 2-player co-op and is limited on map size. All of the consoles can only have one save file active at a time. You have it backwards. They didn't cut splitscreen because they wanted crossplay, they worked hard to make crossplay work because they knew that splitscreen was going to be impossible.

Call of duty, baldur's gate. and borderlands are all static worlds and so demand way less from the hardware. It's understandable that you are disappointed by how things turned out.

 
splitscreenplease said:
If call of duty, baldurs gate, and borderlands can all do split screen local co-op so can this game. The real reason is because they want crossplay and PC and console to be uniform, @%$# PC. 
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Those are very different games.  Those games are GPU intensive.  This game is CPU intensive.  Completely different beast.  Even PC doesn't get split screen because of the requirements of the game and PC is usually going to be more powerful than console unless someone has a low end PC.

It is unfortunate, but not all games can be played split screen on console.  It all depends on the game.

Roland said:
All of the consoles can only have one save file active at a time.
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There was a post recently asking about why they only had 2 saves and the dev response suggested a way to increase saves a little by reducing chunk persistence, so I think at least certain consoles can have more than one active save.  But it is definitely limited.

 
splitscreenplease said:
If call of duty, baldurs gate, and borderlands can all do split screen local co-op so can this game. The real reason is because they want crossplay and PC and console to be uniform, @%$# PC. 
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You mean a PC company emphasizes the PC game over console?  The horror.  How dare a PC game developer do such a thing?

 
splitscreenplease said:
give us refunds then if you aren’t going to listen to costumer feedback
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Nothing on the info screen pre purchase says anything about it having split screen. Refunds should only be over missing features or game not working.

As another guy who wants to keep wife happy I also complained here, but before release I faced reality and purchased a second Xbox series X. I miss being able to look at wife's screen and answer her questions, now I have to get in a safe hide spot and run to other room

 
splitscreenplease said:
give us refunds then if you aren’t going to listen to costumer feedback
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No one is saying that TFP isn't listening. They know you want it. They tried to make it happen.

The problem is that people like yourself aren't listening to why it doesn't exist. You are acting like TFP chose to leave the feature out on purpose to spite you. Completely ignoring the reality of the situation.   The reality is that it is not possible at all on an Xbox Series S, and TFP is forced to offer the game on that console even with its limited hardware. It is not currently possible on the Series X or PS4 either as they do not have the RAM or CPU power required to support the feature.

And you can sit there all-day shouting "but the TellTale version had it!".  The TellTale version had much fewer requirements. Way back in Alpha 14 we were just leaving an era of 32-bit processor support, and Windows 7 was still very active. The game had quite a bit less complexity and required a lot less overhead. Even the base hardware requirements have changed more than a few times since then.

I can't make you wake up and face reality, but I will tell you that sitting around acting entitled is not going to get you anywhere. It isn't winning any points. 

And as jyd85224 stated, your request for a refund would be invalid. It isn't TFP's fault that you did not do any research before making your purchase. Sony and Microsoft aren't going to give you a refund just because you imagined it had some capability it did not. Especially if you have already exited their window for software returns.

 
splitscreenplease said:
If call of duty, baldurs gate, and borderlands can all do split screen local co-op so can this game. The real reason is because they want crossplay and PC and console to be uniform, @%$# PC. 
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Just tell us you don't know anything about game development without actually saying it. Stop comparing this game to those others. They're NOTHING alike.

 
I used to play splitscreen a lot with a buddy if mine too, but it's not a good enough reason for me to pass on the new Console Edition. I'd much rather play the new version all by myself solo for the rest of my life, than have to spend another minute playing the old console version in splitscreen lol. Voxel space games isn't like other games or everyone would be making them.

With that said, after experiencing the new Console Edition running on current-gen consoles, it's truly an impressive milestone all on its own because 1.0 is absolutely amazing. At the end of the day, I was one of those people who enjoyed playing local splitscreen on the old console version as well, but I'll always choose performance and quality over features that may hinder the overall experience.

 
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