Despite Infogrames president Phil Harrison's belief that single-player gaming has seen its day, Ben Mattes, producer on the upcoming Prince of Persia reboot, believes that single-player still has a lot of relevance to our industry. In fact, Mattes believes that there are certain design paradigms that are best accomplished -- or even exclusively achieved -- via the single-player model.

Mattes told Eurogamer that he has read Harrison's comments but simply does not agree. "I certainly see a lot of the industry moving in the direction of more multiplayer," Mattes said. "But in my opinion, there are things you can do in a carefully crafted single-player game ... that you're not going to reproduce in the uncontrolled environment of multiplayer."

Mattes (rightfully) believes that for some, the wild, untamed world of multiplayer gaming holds little to no appeal. Single-player, he believes, is ideal for people who "don't want to be distracted by griefers and high scores, and dealing with the stuff not everybody loves about multiplayer games."