Most of the Call of Duty games playable on the Xbox Series X/S support co-op in some form or another however, their implementation has not always been great. While online action dominates the console's multiplayer scene, the selection of Xbox Series X split-screen games is nevertheless plentiful. Updated October 31, 2023, by Mark Sammut: Split-screen might not be highlighted as often as it used to be, but the feature still has a place in modern gaming. Thankfully, the Xbox Series X has a generous offering in terms of backward compatibility, which, in turn, allows players to revisit some of the classic split-screen games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 days, along with the few modern releases that have recaptured the magic of old-school local multiplayer. In the years that have followed, the rise in online multiplayer has continued to step on the split-screen gaming scene, to the point where many multiplayer games now ignore local gaming entirely.
Split-screen gaming, whether it be competitive multiplayer or couch co-op, has been on a downward trend since the seventh generation of home consoles was introduced and popularized online gaming.
