To round out a great co-op year, Game Informer took polls asking community members how they feel about specific co-op aspects in games, and asked a few key co-op developers how the co-op process works for them. Out of these community polls, statistics arose that made Co-Optimus.com very proud of the gaming community at large. For instance, 51.9% of all gamers surveyed responded that they'd rather play social games than single player. Of those social gamers, 64.5% of them prefer friendly co-op to competitive multiplayer.

Anyone who follows my Twitter has probably heard that I'm not terribly thrilled about my sister moving in with her boyfriend. Anyone who talks to me personally should know that I really don't care for her boyfriend, Matt, much at all. So it was in the spirit of co-op that I decided to play games with him, and that he decided to be my wingman even when he wasn't playing. Thus we played co-op, bonding enough to be able to live together.