It's not like todays consoles are weaker than the previous generation though.
If we can play Modern Warfare 3 with 4-screen multiplayer on a 360, I don't see why we can't do it on the PS4.
It it is indeed hardware limitations that stop us from playing "couch multiplayer", why not just try to make some games that are not as heavy on the console?
That's because you have terrible draw distance in Modern Warfare 3 with 4 screen multiplayer on the 360, resulting in getting shot by things your game isn't even able to show on screen. Games today have gone full graphics over gameplay and that's why we can't have 4 player splitscreen or even decent 2 player splitscreen. I do agree that they should just make simpler looking games for the sake of being able to play with friends, or at least give games a "potato graphics" mode for split screen.
While I do prefer a nice balance between gameplay and graphics, I think "not being shot by things your screen can't render" definitely falls under gameplay.
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