Quote Originally Posted by Pooky View Post
I'm pretty sure you get the same number of pixels no matter how you divide the screen in half. It's still half.
Look at H3 and (I think) Reach- if you do split screen it cuts off a bit on either side to keep a 16:9ish ratio for both players, just shrunk down. H2's vertical splitscreen utilizes the entire screen, but sacrifices any sort of peripheral vision, which drives me nuts.

Examples of each type of splitscreen

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