The new Forza Motorsport game from Turn 10 Studios does not have split-screen and other features from past games. But why no split-screen? According to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, the decision has nothing to do with technical limitations but was instead a creative choice by the team.
“Forza Motorsport was never going to have split-screen. That’s just a decision the team made based on usage,” Spencer told Eurogamer. Microsoft sees the data around how many people use split-screen, and it’s not enough to justify the development effort to make it happen this time.
“We see how many people play in split-screen and just decided to put our dev effort where people are actually playing,” he said.