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Cross-game chat is coming

A official member of the PlayStation Blog said he is just waiting for the orders from "Up above". If he gets a go, he'll announce the date immediately.

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Final_Rpg6044d ago (Edited 6044d ago )

OMFG IS THIS REAL??!!
Somebody please confirm!

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Final_Rpg6044d ago

nah I will use it a lot. My best friend and I always like talking to eachother whilst playing games. Plus make it easier to get stuff organised before we hop into a game. Sometimes I just voicechat to friends without playing anygames. But I'd much rather do it whilst playing.
I wouldn't do it playing games for the first time but for the things like tekken and fifa, or a game I've beaten before cross game chat would be sick. Plus like I said, prep for online play.

Syronicus6043d ago

It will definitely drop one of the talking points that the Xbox fanboys have. I guess at this time the best part of this actually happening is to shut more Xbox Fanboys up. One can dream right?

raztad6043d ago (Edited 6043d ago )

Cool for the people interested in this, I for one mute everybody playing online :D

nix6043d ago

i'm more interested in in-game music.

Ju6043d ago

Oh, I will appreciate that feature very much. You can talk to people not playing your game, discuss party setup, or invite people not in your game. Also, its a private channel, which means you can chit-chat without annoying others in the game. I can talk to my son overseas while he's playing another game. That's a great feature.

Axcess6043d ago

If this is true it'll be one more reason to love not having to pay for online services.

sikbeta6043d ago

ehhh...What?

If people have the choice to use it or not, there is nothing wrong about that

If it comes I'll not use it because of my Internetz service SUCKS HARD!!!

But People that want it will enjoy it, period

solidt126043d ago

Like we haven't heard that one before. I remember seeing article like this a year ago after every firmware update. It will be here soon enough. Don't get your hopes up to be disappointed. We have been receiving good updates on a regular basis since launch and the PS3 has come a long way.

zeeshan6043d ago

I really don't think I will be using this feature. I just don't like to talk to other people when I am playing an intense match of Killzone 2 multiplayer but that's just me. There are a huge amount of PS3 users who want to be able to talk to their friends while they play their games and the voice of all these people should not be ignored. It's an option for those who want to avail it and I am damn sure that once this feature goes live, it will be very well received. Not to mention the fact that it'll be the death of XBLA in many ways. I don't see how paying $50 a year could give me the kind of service that I am already getting on PSN for free or how XBLA is better than PSN as it is right now. Anyway, again, that is a choice for people to make and I am quite happy with my free PSN and would welcome to see more features added to it so that it attracts even more people.

Danny Dan6043d ago

Who ever doesn't think that this feature is NOT going to make its way to the PS3 is just plain dumb.

The question is not IF but when.

PS: I know the feature may seem mundane to some and trust me when I say this: You might think you aren't going to use the feature but you will. It really is a cool and big addition. (Unless you don't have a headset and/or hate to talk in online games)

Ju6043d ago

They should even combine that with a (low priority) video stream - if you have a camera - in a small thumbnail in the corner of the screen. Just for the fun of it (but without eating bandwidth, if too slow). I'd LMAO to see people swearing while playing :) ha ha.

antt36043d ago

Ha, yeah, I'm a muter as well. I honestly can't stand having to listen to people talk while I play. The other day I was playing Uncharted 2 and I forgot to mute it, so i had to suffer through an entire match of these Italian guys rapping to each other.

Is there a way to mute mid-game? I guess I should have tried... :-(

Anyway, yeah, cool feature for those who want it. but I, for one, don't care.

FACTUAL evidence6043d ago

I'll believe it when i actually update my ps3 to the required firmware...wasn't Xgame chat rumored like 6 firmwares ago? I won't keep my hopes up for this one.

NoBias6043d ago

Yeah you should be able to pull up the select screen and mute individual players in the game but UC2 muting is a little different from other games. Even though you mute them, I'm almost positive they can still hear you (Unless they released a patch in the last week or so). Just FYI for whatever reason.

But only mute those who are being obnoxious. Otherwise you'll just be adding to the already barren sound that is silence on PSN. People who play competitively find that extremely annoying... :\

antt36043d ago

Hey, thanks for the tips.

Yeah, I have to admit, I don't play too many online games, so I never really got into the whole chatting part of it. I do have a headset, but I rarely feel the urge to turn it on.

I do enjoy using the headsets when I'm playing online with people I know, though.

Anyway, thanks again.

Hideo_Kojima6043d ago

You would LMAO and I would through my PS3 out the window.
Having video chat while in games would mean that people
would use it to cheat.

They could just point the cam to the TV and show their friends
who are on the other team what his team are doing.

Seriously X Chat is allready being used to cheat on Xlive (it is
not too bad from what I heard) but having video streams would
be a step too far.

I hope they release it soon but just with voice chat.

tripewire6043d ago

Anyone heard from S_S since the whole "EA blocking universal chat/sound tracks" fiasco?

Seems to me his only reason was to bring this to light as there was enough info released to prove he had inside knowledge, he dropped that bomb, then disappeared.

Personally I still dont buy anything from EA...

Ju6043d ago

uh, I don't think you got a chance to cheat with a little video window. It'll have to be small anyway, and takes to much time to grab the camera and take a shot. Well, maybe to find campers, yeah (is that a bad thing ? LOL). I would guess by the time you grab the cam and take a shot, you'll be dead already. And you can still do that with xchat easier anyway (keeps your hands free).

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4point7BillionLoss6043d ago

PSN only 18 months BEHIND xbox live ...

HOME cost $4.7 billion !!!!

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ll_UNDERSCORE_ll6044d ago

Regardless of the amount of time a gamer will use this upcoming feature. It's going to be available without a cost to the PSN community. Use it or not, its your choice.

LiquifiedArt6043d ago

Since we have x-game invites that COD:MW2 has implemented, all we need is x-game chat and we what the 360 had a year ago, before the party system.

Then wrap it up in a package and call it a party and boom, finito.

Now all sony has to do is REQUIRE devs to use all these features.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot37d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle36d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7736d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer45d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde43d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy44d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12543d ago (Edited 43d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7745d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga45d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199244d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga44d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman44d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger44d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box45d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion44d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7245d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7545d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit44d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14945d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7745d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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