User blog comment:Drkdragonz66/Black Ops II - 8 Players and Zombie Story Mode hinted/@comment-3471837-20120514224219/@comment-2098737-20120514224559

....8 players won't fit on a screen. Imagine the gamers who play XBOX and such on a small tv screen. It won't work out. I have a huge TV in my room and FOUR player splitscreen is annoying. Imagine 8, dude, that'd be a PAIN.