"Realistically, the percentage of players who will play a local co-op or competitive mode in your game is small unless you are making a sports or party game," Roberts concludes. "However, on a personal level I still think nothing beats the feeling of playing a game together next to each other."

I’ve recently been enjoying Borderlands on Switch in split-screen with my partner. It’s great that some developers and designers still take the plunge (or re-release old successful titles), because it’s a special experience!