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Sony Pull Cross Game Chat?
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It was there, now it's not.
Published: 0:10, 16/06/2010 by Alex C [nofi].
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Sony’s press conference was missing a few aspects we were expecting, but one of them – cross game chat – briefly appeared over on the official site before disappearing just as quickly.
As mentioned by our eager-eyed readers over in the firmware 3.40 post comments, the page for PlayStation Plus originally talked about cross game chat.
“Invite your friends to chat online no matter what game you’re all playing,” it said, “even if they aren’t members of PlayStation Plus.”
Regardless, it’s now gone. Whether this was an error, or part of a future reveal it’s hard to say, but at least someone got a screen grab to prove it was there at some point tonight.
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16/06/2010 at 00:12
Member since: Forever
Maybe part of the unannounced FW 3.40?
16/06/2010 at 00:13
Member since: Forever
Looks like it’s been pulled from the various Euro sites
Surely would have got an E3 mention if it was coming… wonder if it adds a big overhead to the network, or whether some games are just incompatible
16/06/2010 at 00:13
Member since: Jan 2010
I hope it’s got it, I know a lot of people don’t want it but they don’t have to use it, I personally think it would be a great feature that I would use a lot.
16/06/2010 at 00:41
Member since: Dec 2009
who would not want it?????????????
16/06/2010 at 07:05
Member since: Feb 2009
Me. I generally only talk to people that i’m actually playing games with.
16/06/2010 at 10:11
Member since: Mar 2009
Same here. You can’t miss what you’ve never had!! ;)
16/06/2010 at 12:09
Member since: May 2009
It’s not something I would use, not at the moment.
16/06/2010 at 00:13
Member since: Aug 2008
Seems like an error to me. Why would it be there in English, when the rest is in… what is it, Dutch?
16/06/2010 at 00:17
Member since: May 2009
It’s translated and stitched together, I assume.
16/06/2010 at 00:22
Member since: Sep 2009
It wasn’t it was actually shown like that.
16/06/2010 at 00:58
Member since: Dec 2008
it’s Dutch
16/06/2010 at 00:14
Member since: May 2009
I doubt Sony would’ve kept this a secret to reveal it some other way, looks like it’s not going to happen.
16/06/2010 at 00:15
Member since: Aug 2009
XGC should be normal not charged for :|
16/06/2010 at 00:22
Member since: Jan 2010
wrong.
16/06/2010 at 00:35
Member since: Jan 2010
It’s actually more of a premium service than something you should expect it to have, so I would also argue it should be charged for.
16/06/2010 at 11:34
Member since: Sep 2008
You get cross game chat for free on the 360…
16/06/2010 at 00:18
Member since: Forever
Finally! Cross-game chat is coming to the PlayStation Network! After what seems like years of demand, Sony has announced cross-game chat, which allows PSN members to talk to each other, even while playing different games. However, the oft-demanded feature does come with one large caveat: chats can only be initiated by PlayStation Plus members.
PlayStation Plus members will be able to send invites to any member of the PlayStation Network, free or paid. Up to four PSN members can be in a party chat, however at least one participant must be a member of PSN+. The chat will discontinue if all paying members disconnect.
- Joystiq
16/06/2010 at 00:18
Member since: Forever
Might just be in 3.40
16/06/2010 at 00:19
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http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/15/cross-game-party-chat-coming-to-ps3-with-strings-attached/
16/06/2010 at 00:35
Member since: Forever
Wonder where they’re getting this confirmation from.
16/06/2010 at 00:37
Member since: Jan 2010
Damn, just about to post this. :p
I wonder why they didn’t mention it in their conference as part of Playstation Plus? Seems weird they wouldn’t have wanted all the features they’re introducing mentioned… :S
16/06/2010 at 00:38
Member since: May 2009
I imagine its just something that they want to save for a future reveal.