You can turn it off like any mic ever made. (well maybe not ‘any’)

This will be way more accessible. The cool thing about it is that you can turn it off but it also promotes people to communicate more. As a Helldivers fan, it sucks when your party doesnt have a headset on. With a 2 way mic that problem will be resolved, at least as long as the other person wants to communicate.

Mannnnn everyone lost that mic 😂😂😂
I don't see people loosing their controllers tho

I lost the mic that came with my PS4's. It's probably stuck in a drawer somewhere, or I threw it back in the box which is in a closet somewhere.

But your point is well taken. I don't like talking on mics either except with people I know. I don't like talking to my games either. I don't even use voice assist on any device, although I find it useful in the car to select what music to listen to from the USB drive.

Yup. Last weekend I went through the Firefly and Hunter journeys in Factions for the second time. Added three new friends, denied a fourth. Still active. Several lvl 999s. Non-toxics get invites.

I’ve long said that Playstation could use more exclusive MP content. PS3 was peak with Warhawk, Starhawk, Killzone, Resistance, DCUO, MAG, UC, TLOU, Twisted Metal, MGS4, LBP, PS:Allstars, even GOW Ascension.

GOW didn’t need MP but TLOU Factions 1000% needs to come back. Still waiting for Dreams MP.

You could also "talk" to the ps4 , whoever's made fun out of the kinect for that reason was definitely on one lol... but this is more about talking with or to other gamers than to the playstation itself, although going by the ai patent you can probably also do that with it. Be interesting to see.

There are a couple reasons due to presentation and how Microsoft handled it.

1. The Kinect made the Xbox more expensive even though it was weaker console.
2. There was no way to turn off the Kinect from listening with the system at first. The system had to use Kinect to work.
The DS controller has a mute button .
3. The Kinect took resources from the system, about 10 percent to work.

All those things on top of how Microsoft stumbled out of the gate and that's why it was called out for it's short comings.

People were forced to get the kinect with the console that's why people hated it, that and the fact that it was always watching you with night/thermal vision. That's what turned allot of people off you can't force an accessory on people and charge them extra for it and expect them to say ok cool.

And that is the best. We don't have to listen to crazy people while we talk to our friends while playing online.

The party system saved online gaming for me.

Back in the good old Socom days, party chat wasn't a thing and we were all generally respectable towards one another with our mics. Kids these days just have no respect for people they can't see. And in some cases no respect even for people right in front of them.