Fortnite temporarily disables splitscreen mode for this reason

Epic Games is once again in the crosshairs of Fortnite players, as the company has decided to disable one of the game’s most popular features: a split-screen mode on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The reason? To fix a matchmaking bug related to split-screen mode.

Here’s why you can’t play Fortnite’s splitscreen mode on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox X|S consoles

Last Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Epic Games released Fortnite patch 29.20. However, as is usually the case with content updates, sometimes instead of fixing problems with it, they bring new unforeseen bugs, as was the case in this case. Around 12:00 PM ET, Epic announced that splitscreen mode was disabled on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S while they investigated a matchmaking issue.

“While we work to resolve a matchmaking issue, we are temporarily disabling Splitscreen play. We’ll provide another update when we have more info and this issue is fixed,” reads the message from the X FortniteStatus account, which focuses on reporting issues in the game. We will update this message as more is known.

In other words, there is nothing we can do as players and we can only wait for Epic Games itself to solve the current problem and reactivate the split screen mode. This is not the first time this has happened; in fact, the start of the current Fortnite season was very eventful, and the game was practically without access for twenty-four hours while Epic fixed the login problems.

Fortnite’s splitscreen mode allows up to two players to play on the same PS4, PS5, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S consoles. Of course, it has severe limitations such as a lower resolution and frame rate, so although it is useful to play with another person without complications, it is not recommended if what we intend is to play competitively, as we will be at a serious disadvantage compared to other players.