Excellent question and it’s sorta hard to answer… if you guys like instrument games, Rock Band 2 is a must-get in my opinion… just a ton of fun *especially* if you have another person that wants to play it.

I had a blast with Saints Row 2, but I liked Saints Row 1 a lot as well… it’s like a quirky half-serious sandbox game like GTA IV that is totally focused on fun. I don’t know a lot of women that like the sandbox/gangster thing though so you’ll have to make that call.

Resistence 2 might be too hardcore, and the co-op isn’t the main story line, but instead some extra side mission stuff which can be annoying…

If she is into racers the new Motor Storm 2 is quite good, Call of Duty 5 is setting up to be a good 4-player co-op shooter… I think I’d opt for COD 5 instead of Resistence just because it’s designed from the ground up with co-op in mind so I think it’d be a bit more fluid.

If you guys tend to like platformers or your wife like’s the Wii and some of those lower impact games that are just plain fun, Little Big Planet is going to be pretty much a “must get” for you two, it’s a cute game, tons of charm, fun and easy to play with and a ton of online levels to run through together.

I’m *not* 100% sure how the co-op works in LBP, I’ve only done it online, but I don’t know if you can have two people split-screen on the same console, and then have other folks join in online… you might want to double check exactly how that co-op is implemented.

And that’s pretty much a good PS3 starting point I think. If you run across anything I missed that turns out to be a blast, let us know!

Any recommendations for current and past released co-ops for PS3?

Hopefully these co-ops to come aren’t disappointing, these games developers need to take a note. People would actually like to use their second controllers.