Comments on: No Universal Private Voice Chat in PS3 2.4 Firmware

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:45:09 +0000

Mark,

Sorry you made the jump over and had the disappointing experience — if you play online a lot and want a solid online experience, Xbox 360 hands-down wins.

If you need the Blu-ray and do a lot of solo gaming, PS3 is a great choice.

And if you always have a ton of friends over and throw parties a lot, the Wii is great.

They really do service different areas of gaming… and FWIW, I think the Xbox 360 controller is a hell of a lot more comfortable than the PS3 one.

By: mark shaulis

mark shaulis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:54:09 +0000

i have got to say that i am extremely disapointed.I had a friend who has been nagging me and nagging me to make the jump over from xbox 360 to ps3 so i finally did.Now i find out that they are so behind the times that they dont even support online private chat.WOW!Im considering going back to xbox.That to me is one of the most important things especially when playing co-op games online such as the call of duty games.Oh man im just so disapointed right now.

By: David Gary

David Gary — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:26:35 +0000

well now in all their worldly godness they have released the 2.70 patch for the ps3 oh and guess what? yup you have got it, no in game private chat, but to keep us, the American market, quiet they gave us private in game texting, yay, i am sorry but who has time in the middle of a heated firefight to say “wo wo wo hang on guys, stop firing at me, cant you see i am texting a friend here” i mean come on sony, listen to one of your largest markets here, give us something back, and please dont make me regret selling my previous console to replace it with one that the has nothing to offer me beyond its launch date specs!!!

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:04:26 +0000

setotitan,
We have some hookups at Sony and we asked them this, and essentially the problem boils down to this:

* American’s love multiplayer/multi-chat/online-tools/etc.
* Japanese don’t care about it all

And unfortunately, the Firmware/PS3 platform development team is entirely done at the Japanese headquarters.

So while Sony-America can bitch and scream all day for online support, Sony Japan just doesn’t see the importance of it because in *Their* reality, “no one cares”.

I don’t understand this personally… I mean jesus, you only need to say 1 thing to prove that it’s important: “World of Warcraft”

Ummmm… biggest game ever anywhere… I think that proves that people like online support for stuff

By: setotitan

setotitan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:01:37 +0000

i so freaking know! damn, ever since i got my PS3 in 06 i’ve wanted in game chat! every single update that comes out i check to see if they add it. this article says it all, why the fudge can everyone else seem to figure this out except Sony?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:46:11 +0000

Yea, Private Chat Would Be Awesome