1. The online price

This might surprise people who are not active gamers, but in order to play online games in 2018 on "Next Generation consoles," (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch) one has to pay an online subscription to access the Internet. Back in the early days, you did not have to pay online access for every system, but you can't escape that fee now. These prices range from monthly, quarterly or even yearly subscriptions and it adds up after a while. If you are not an active gamer, it might be a steep price for you to pay for online multiplayer services.

2. Online "trolls"

It is so easy for individuals to say vile and nasty things online while hiding behind a screen. These people referred to as "trolls" enjoy pleasure in ticking people off online. There are trolls are everywhere online. They are in the comments on Instagram and YouTube. They are the random twitter accounts that harass people on the site. And they are even online in the form of toxic players. To best summarize a toxic player/troll imagine a person who purposely messes up in the game because (A) they are not getting to play the game their way, (B) the team is losing and they have given up, or (C) someone grabbed an item in game that they wanted. These trolls plague games and voice chats on many games: "Fortnite" (2018), "Overwatch" (2016), "Star Wars: Battlefront" (2017), and many more games.

3. Online latency

Without getting into a whole controversy on online restrictions in different parts of the world, it is understood that not every household has the same Internet speed. That is why if when someone plays an online game, they see other online players or even themselves appearing all over the map with no control. Online latency (lag) occurs when one's ping is over 20ms. Ping refers to the amount of time it takes for someone's computer to connect with the network/game server. It might be hard to wrap one's brain around this, so watch this parody video from the YouTube channel "CalebCity" as he illustrates what would happen if there was online lag in the real world.

4. "Fortnite"

With the release of Battle Royale Mode in July of 2017, the world has been on a "Fortnite" hype train. From online dance competitions to entire e-sport tournaments, the world is either loving or hating "Fortnite." But as someone who occasionally plays "Fortnite"(when I am too lazy to put a game disc into the system) there is a lack of content with the multiplayer aspect. Let me explain: the game's original concept was a zombie mode that would have players building forts to fight off zombies. While that option is still in the game, it is behind the $60 paywall for the game. So everyone plays the online "beta" version instead.

As of August 2018, the game is still in "beta," however the game receives constant updates. On top of that, the game is making thousands of dollars a day with people buying cosmetics and dance emotes. Since these costumes and emotes are only available for a day and new costumes are added every day, people are spending between $25 or $50 to buy one or two skins and emotes. This game is still in "beta" and could theoretically collapse on itself. It is highly unlikely "Fortnite" will become a full game, which leads to another problem.

5. Online abandonment

Unlike PCs, consoles are a timely home entertainment system. No game company out there is making games for the original Xbox and PlayStation 2. They are focused on the current next generation of consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. This means online servers have to shut down, leading games like "Star Wars: Battlefront 2" (2005) on the PlayStation 2 not having access to the online multiplayer, which results to empty games. And this is not a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. "Batman: Arkham Origins" (2013) had a multiplayer third-person shooter mode; however, almost a year later the servers were shut off with the game's multiplayer leaving people paying $40-$50 for a mode that was not even in the game anymore. What happens when "Fortnite" decides to abandon its servers? What happens to all those costumes and dance emotes?

6. Alone time

All of the problems I listed do not involve single-player games. I am currently playing "Horizon Zero Dawn" on my PlayStation 4 and I am enjoying the fact I do not have to worry about online latency or lag. I am also enjoying that I can just sit down and play the game and not deal with other people on voice chat. Good single-player games are like 10-hour movies that one can sit back and enjoy while discovering new and exciting missions and characters.

7. Awards

Single-player games win awards more often than online multiplayer games. Look at games like "Horizon Zero Dawn" (2017) and "Spider-Man PS4" (2018). "Horizon Zero Dawn" is a highly rated game with nearly all perfect scores. It has become one of PlayStation's Greatest Hits like "The Last of Us" (2013). In regards to "Spider-Man PS4," the game is not even out and already it is winning awards from Gamescom 2018 and other conventions. "Fortnite" to my knowledge currently has no awards, even though it's the biggest multiplayer beta on the market right now.