I am new to the xbox 360 live platform, I am not understanding when a game says that it is a multiplayer game what does that actually mean, because when my husband and I try playing Call of Duty 4 all we can do is kill eachother.  That to me isnt very fun!  Also, is there a way to play eachother on Xbox 360 Live on the same console?  Any help that anyone can give would be greatly appriciated!!

 

DiDi

When a game says it is multiplayer it means more than one person can play it at the same time. This may or may not mean that it works with Xbox live (i.e. you can play with other people on Xbox live). Multiplayer could also mean that you play on a split screen (using the same console), or via system link.

All xbox games that have the Xbox Live logo on them should work for online multiplayer(i.e. Xbox live). Call of duty 4 definitely can be played on Xbox live. I am not sure if there is a way to play call of duty 4 with each other on Xbox live using the same console. Hopefully somebody else can answer that for you.

If you have friends on Xbox live I know you can set up games so that you and your friends play together and other people on xbox live can join as well. I have done that with Halo 3 several times.

some 360 games are "piggy-back" friendly... while others are not.  halo3 is a piggy back friendly game (you and your hubby can both play online using  your account).  cod4 is not piggy back friendly.  you play online by yourself against whoever.  sometimes you can find out if a game is set up this way by checking various websites online. 

Daryl1080

what are some of those sites where i can find out what games are piggy back because i want to play nba2k9 with my friend as teamate