Why is local multiplayer better than online multiplayer.

[Agena_]

i see many people say  local multiplayer/playing with someone in the same room, better than online multiplayer.                          

What are some of your opinions

 

thanks in advance                                               

[Drama Lama]

Just now, Agena_ said:

i see many people say  local multiplayer/playing with someone in the same room, better than online multiplayer.                          

What are some of your opinions

 

thanks in advance                                               

I would not say better. But it's just different if you are sitting together and having fun playing videogames together/against each other.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

6 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

I would not say better. But it's just different if you are sitting together and having fun playing videogames together/against each other.

In this case, local is better, but people say that because of competitions. Local multiplayer meant sub 1ms ping, 1ms at most. 

  Where as internet can be 1ms to 20ms or more.

[Vishera]

11 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Where as internet can be 1ms to 20ms or more.

On internet it's usually 15ms and above,there are always servers from a far away land that will give you more than 300ms.

I usually get 30ms-60ms in online games.

Local multiplayer is of course 1ms-2ms.

 

I have played many games on the local network with friends and family.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Part of it is the experience. Playing with or against someone over the internet is a totally different experience to playing with/against someone that you're basically sitting next to. It can be a lot of fun and it's definitely a great experience. Plus by playing on LAN you're basically don't really have to deal with toxic players or cheaters.

At the same time you also have much lower latency and you usually do not have to depend on the internet to play most of the time.

 

But generally speaking, people may find it better because it offers a different, unique and fun experience.