Online generaly makes the big hits unless it has an amazing and long single player

Again, people, this is only a PART of the reason it was canceled. Not like the forum thread that said that this was the whole reason it was canceled.

That being said, it's quite disappointing to know that single player is looked down upon.

I 100% disagree with this theory. Online adds to a game, sure, but a game does not need an online portion to be worth making/buying. In fact, as Uncharted and MGS4 prove, a good story is by far the most important factor. I can do without online.

MGS4 has MGO. You're spot on regarding Uncharted though.

Too bad it got cancelled. With or without online, this could have been an interesting game.

online, online. that's all i  hear... bbefore when the consoles didn't have internet we got good SINGEL player games. What happened to that? I hate all these requirements of having online. content is one thing, but why MUST a game have online these days? why can't a good game be played alone or multiplayer with friends...

@ Eric2929 - Yes, MGS4 has MGO, but MGO is really a separate title using the MGS4 engine. MGS4 itself is a totally offline game.

The question to ask is, would the lack of MGO have made MGS4 any less of a game? Answer: absolutely not.

Even though I'm a member of a clan, I'm perfectly happy to sit and play a single-player title with no online content. Online isn't everything, and it certainly isn't a necessity.

What about UNcharted?? or Heavenly Sword?? neither one of those had online and they did very well... I think if the story is epic that it would have done fine... Heck I know I was going to buy it...

psn id: gingo.... that is a disappointing reason to cancel a game that looked as good as this becasue i still buy games to play for the single player and have multiplayer as an extra after i've played the main game and i certainly feels its not a necessity to have in every game

ugh i hate all these online idiots who only play shallow online games.

please give me an in depth single player experience over a time wasting online game.

LOL @ Flamedragoon.

Good theory.

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I agree with your point about single player being out0of-favor with people.  On one hand, I think it's pretty shallow of gamers and speaks to how easy they are to please just shooting other players for hours on end (I love the shot at those people Kojima takes in MGS4), but on the other hand, it IS a new experience everytime you play that no single player campaign can ever reproduce.

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@Flamedragon

BINGO.  Just like that, westerners are back to the same tastes we were in the 80's.  Action ruled and RPG were look at as "dumb" (you mean I attack from a MENU?!).  Two games came to change all that back then.  The NES's Metal Gear (stealth over action) and later, Final Fantasy 7 (obviously FF had a fan base, but we all know FFVII is when it exploded in the states).  Can these two franchises do it again?  See, a new generation of Graphic-Ho'n, ADD types (and PC gamers...some the same people) have ruin console gaming.  I'm just glad MGS4 was made.

what kind of a game is this?

Thats a shame, i was looking forward to this game aswell Getaway.

speaking as someone that loves that multiplayer is making gaming a much more social thing i miss the personal single player experience that 1 player games like mgs4 provide but its clear that sony is simply trying to vary their portfolio so i respect their decision but dont forget about the single player 

This game didn't really seem that cool anyways.

What the heck was Eight Days?

we will never see an oringinal non-online game ever again.... mark my words.... single player is dead....and that really really really sucks....maybe I'm to old for videogames now....anybody wanna buy my ps3? :(

they could have just added online to it instead of canceling it

Now, thats just plain stupid. Now we need EVERY single game to have multiplayer?

Some of us gamers appreciate a single-player game only.  Prototype, God of War III, Uncharted, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry.  The last three were all great games and needed no multiplayer to bring in buyers.

This is stupid. Like others have said, does this mean that every single game has to have multi-player? Even in half the games that support multi-player, often times it's just a cheesy tacked on feature to say "we have multi-player" when many times it would have been best to leave it out and just focus on the SP. Didn't Phil Harrison leave Sony in frustration over them not believing people want to play multi-player? I think it's just an excuse, and probably only a small fraction of the real reasons they cancelled this and the Getaway.