PS3: Cross-Game Chat Is Never Coming

[PP]

Yep, they've known all along they weren't going to be able to do it, lulz.

Not important to not have, but then again PS3 chat is awful with that mix bag of $20 bluetooth sets everyone has.

I don't even think its the headsets that are the issue but rather the way the PS3 handles voice data. Ihave the fn sony headset and I still get games where headset is shitty.

[Twigg4075]

yeah alot of my friends online just jump on and starting chatting with friends....all playing different games.

Which is fucking weird in my opinion. It's a nice feature to have but I can count on one hand the amount of times I've used it on 360. If I'm playing a single player game I sure don't want to be bothered by someone blathering in my ear. I also don't want to be bothered by someone who isn't playing the same game I am if I'm in a multiplayer match. Way too distracting.

Then I really love when I'm in party chat with my a friend, then another friend jumps in. Then friends of that second friend start jumping into the chat and I have no idea who they are and couldn't care less about what they have to say.

[Twigg4075]

Not important to not have, but then again PS3 chat is awful with that mix bag of $20 bluetooth sets everyone has.

Good call.

I don't even think its the headsets that are the issue but rather the way the PS3 handles voice data. Ihave the fn sony headset and I still get games where headset is shitty.

I don't know about that> i can always tell when someone has a good headset and someone who doesn't.

[Loco]

I cross-game chat in parties everyday on Xbox, it's my favorite feature. I have six really good friends on Xbox and we play a huge variety of games but were always in the same party chatting and talking about our day and shit, it's great.

Couple of us will be playing Street Fighter or some shit and others will be playing an arcade title and one will be watching netflix and the other will be staring at the dashboard but we all can talk to one another at the same time.

It's awesome and it's one of the reasons I sold my PS3 I cant even talk to you unless your in the same game as me, why do I even have a friends list then. I'll just go talk to random strangers in a pick up lobby.

[PP]

Good call.


I don't know about that> i can always tell when someone has a good headset and someone who doesn't.

Let me re-phrase this. My friend and I both have the official Sony Headset. We both have quality broadband connections, yet sometimes the headset is jacked up. It clearly has more to do with the way PS3 handles the voicechat than it is with a bluetooth headset. Will the quality be lower with a cheaper set? probably but it won't be the utter rubbish that can happen from time to time... this is my only beef with sony and I am a fanboy

[PP]

I cross-game chat in parties everyday on Xbox, it's my favorite feature. I have six really good friends on Xbox and we play a huge variety of games but were always in the same party chatting and talking about our day and shit, it's great.

Couple of us will be playing Street Fighter or some shit and others will be playing an arcade title and one will be watching netflix and the other will be staring at the dashboard but we all can talk to one another at the same time.

It's awesome and it's one of the reasons I sold my PS3 I cant even talk to you unless your in the same game as me, why do I even have a friends list then. I'll just go talk to random strangers in a pick up lobby.

what are you? Women?:smug2:

[Helicopter]

what are you? Women?:smug2:

I'm guessing teenagers? Almost the same same thing.

[jms493]

I would rather be in Party Chat and play a FPS then be in the public chat lobby of the game. You never have to listen to those 12 year olds.

If you have real life friends on xbox it is a nice feature to see whats up. I have friends all over the US and when I see them on xbox sometimes we chat to see whats going on in real life. It should be standard on all consoles.

[Loco]

I'm guessing teenagers? Almost the same same thing.

I've always been of the opinion that PSN is for people who play by themselves and wanna do a lot of single player gaming while XBL is for those who want to play multiplayer games with groups of people they know.


Basically PSN is for the fat nerds who hate social interaction. :smug2:

[PP]

I've always been of the opinion that PSN is for people who play by themselves and wanna do a lot of single player gaming while XBL is for those who want to play multiplayer games with groups of people they know.


Basically PSN is for the fat nerds who hate social interaction. :smug2:

Social interaction & videogames... :applause:

[PP]

I've always been of the opinion that PSN is for people who play by themselves and wanna do a lot of single player gaming while XBL is for those who want to play multiplayer games with groups of people they know.


Basically PSN is for the fat nerds who hate social interaction. :smug2:

That is weird. the PS3 Madden guys here must be an aberration.

[jms493]

IS it really much different than talking on the phone?

[Helicopter]

I've always been of the opinion that PSN is for people who play by themselves and wanna do a lot of single player gaming while XBL is for those who want to play multiplayer games with groups of people they know.


Basically PSN is for the fat nerds who hate social interaction. :smug2:

Or, ya know...adults.

I don't have a problem with people liking or wanting cross-game chat. Like I said earlier, I never used it when I had a 360. If you really want to "chat" with someone on PSN, do it. You just can't do it in-game.

I play games to have some quiet time to myself and to escape reality...not to further immerse myself in it.

[Twigg4075]

I cross-game chat in parties everyday on Xbox, it's my favorite feature. I have six really good friends on Xbox and we play a huge variety of games but were always in the same party chatting and talking about our day and shit, it's great.

Couple of us will be playing Street Fighter or some shit and others will be playing an arcade title and one will be watching netflix and the other will be staring at the dashboard but we all can talk to one another at the same time.

It's awesome and it's one of the reasons I sold my PS3 I cant even talk to you unless your in the same game as me, why do I even have a friends list then. I'll just go talk to random strangers in a pick up lobby.

IS it really much different than talking on the phone?

No, it's not. But who the fuck wants to chat on the phone when playing video games? Let alone when watching Netflix like Loco mentioned? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. How the fuck can you watch a movie and talk at the same time? It's impossible to devote the appropriate amount of concentration to each. You can honestly say that you chat with friends while watching movies? If so then you are like a bunch of cackling hens that probably traded gossip and recipes while you crotchet also.
I know that if someone calls me when I'm playing a game, even if it's a sports game that has no story to worry about, the person on the other end will say "What are you doing? Are you playing a game or something?" because it's pretty obvious I'm not paying a fucks attention to what they are saying.

[Houston]

I love this feature. I used to use it to stalk Yawkey Way. Plus every now and then someone would have a VSN party.



A lot of people used them in games like Madden and NBA2K. Instead of talking to their opponents they would get in parties with their friends who were playing the same game. It's like the chatbox of the gaming world.


But it's pretty useful for things outside of "gossip" as some of you are making it out to be. lol