Florence Kum, Senior Producer at SCEE, has revealed that Starhawk will not feature a four player split screen. Instead, the studio have been concentrating on the two player mode, which will be “better”.
“We are very aware that some of you wanted 4-player split screen like Warhawk,” says the article. “We thought about it a lot and decided not to go this route.”
“Based on our data, not enough people ever used 4-player split in Warhawk, so we concentrated our efforts in other areas, such as making 2-player just plain better. For the few people that actually played 4-player split screen…we’re very sorry about that.”
“For everyone else, we think you’ll like the aspect ratio change and the bigger radar map.”
Dual log-in is in, though, which means two players playing locally will be able to join up and both sign into their PSN accounts.
Tuffcub
Didn’t even know Warhawk could do 4 player split screen.
Klart
It’s very cool. I think it’s pretty much the only game ever to have 4 player split screen in online games.
bunimomike
Very nice use of screen real estate. Top marks.
cc_star
Wise move, do what you do well rather than spreading yourself too thinly.
Sure there will be a very very tiny amount of people put out by it, but overwhelming number of people would be happy with single player & local split screen will suffice.
Kronik76
I occasionally played 4 player splitscreen Warhawk, but to be honest if you’ve not got a huge TV it can sometimes be difficult to see what’s going on. I enjoy splitscreen gaming, but it can be a big disadvantage when going up against other people online who can most likely see far more due to having more screen to look at.
cam_manutd
:O warhawk 4 player was amazing..suppose visually it would be impaired with the sheer amount happening on screen. Still looking forward to it though :D
Kennykazey
I didn’t even know Starhawk was supposed to have split-screen, looks great!
ProjectJAY
Sad to see 4-player split screen go, but at least their reasoning is legit. Still very much frothing at the mouth for this game :)
gaffers101
This is a great use of the screen, and being able to use 2 PSN accounts even better.
gazzagb
Dual log-in is great, although I’d much prefer them to keep 4 player split screen in the game, would be much more fun with a group of mates.
Jas-n
Wonder if LAN support is still in…