Naughty Dog Accidentally Confirms Cross Game Chat?
Uncharted 2: Among ThievesIt's one of the few big features still missing from the PlayStation Network, despite the fact that online multiplayer fans have been pining for it since Day 1.
But perhaps we won't have to wait much longer for cross-game chat. The previous rumor we heard said Sony would deliver it in the next firmware update for the PS3 and now, a Naughty Dog developer - perhaps inadvertently - has essentially confirmed this rumor to be true. This happened in the official PlayStation forums and the post has since been deleted, but PlayStation University caught it before it disappeared:
"I think they wanted people to have fun and enjoy the show since all dead players can talk to each other no matter what team you are on. But I will suggest it anyway. Not to mention that the next PS3 firmware update is going to allow cross game chat. So if players use that instead of in game communication then they would also be able to communicate enemies positions."
Okay, good. That might be one of the last big hurdles for the Network and if Sony does indeed clear it soon, that will make this holiday season that much merrier for those who spend a lot of time with their headsets. And once that happens, the gap - in terms of features and bells and whistles - between the PSN and Xbox Live will almost be non-existent, and given the unbelievable original exclusive software on the PSN...well, the online competition may be shifting in Sony's direction.
10/15/2009 10:17:34 AM Ben Dutka
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PicSoul
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:35:27 AM
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Highlander
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 4:50:41 PM
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to_far_apart
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:47:44 AM
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Bigimpactpooch
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:50:55 AM
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:54:05 AM
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DGo8
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:55:13 AM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:16:38 AM
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bigrailer19
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 12:09:22 PM
im all for blondes and elena is nice to stare at on my t.v. lol, but the dark hair the raspy voice, and the hard core attitude chloe has makes me tingle! ;)
hmm oddly enough its comicle we are even discussing how sexy vid. characters are!
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___________
Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 1:56:22 AM
Chloe has a attitude and as sulley says shes a feisty one.
good looking, feisty and has a attitude.
what more could you ask for?
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DGo8
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:56:53 AM
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to_far_apart
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:01:34 AM
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Infinite7
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:17:18 AM
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Ghost_of_Sparta
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 12:12:49 PM
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Snaaaake
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 12:44:39 PM
Never knew that.
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Snaaaake
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:40:20 AM
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By the way, the PS3 I'll be getting is custom tax-free XD.
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goodgamer
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:59:15 AM
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SkantDragon
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 12:19:26 PM
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The lack of this feature has been keeping me from playing online games with my friends.
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inkme101
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 1:28:59 PM
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Streets_74
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 2:11:25 PM
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Highlander
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 4:52:54 PM
Something like, "Hey guys, they're all in the sniper nest above the Ice cave, the one on the left. Nail them!"
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Kangasfwa
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 4:52:25 PM
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Scarecrow
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 5:23:43 PM
Not many I assume
That said, I don't wanna be bothered when I'm playing my ps1/ps2 games on my ps3.
Specially not when I'm playing story-based games.
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Gregory Freeman
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 6:52:20 PM
it sucks playing medievil and getting messages... gotta either save, or lose everything
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Cavan
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 6:36:36 PM
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i dont think it will work like that mate, if your chatting to ppl from your friends list, then the mic wont be activated for the game your playing, so you'l either have ur mic for mag, or to talk to ur friends, you wont be able to hear other ppl talkin to their friends who are playing other games.
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dveisalive
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 8:19:50 PM
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dlte
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 11:04:20 PM
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___________
Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 1:59:55 AM
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i mean seriously, im starting to think people are buying ps3s for the wrong reasons.
if you want to talk to a friend for free buy a psp.
or theres a great new invention called the cup and string.
and best part it only costs a few pennys.
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Highlander
Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 9:53:10 AM
Seriously, I agree. Cross game chat is such a straw-man of a feature. It's continually raised by fans of A.N.Other console as if it was a mandatory 'next Gen' feature. Well, excuse me for being a luddite, but I thought that this generation was all about high definition gaming and such like, not telephone calls.
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Beamboom
Friday, October 16, 2009 @ 11:11:13 AM
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Snaaaake
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 10:31:12 AM
Be it online, online entertainment and gaming.
I guess the PS3 is just a late bloomer, now Microsoft got a lot of work to do and they'll need more than Natal to aid them.
And cross game chatting?
Dude! it's gonna be like this:
Arnold: "Dude!!! I just created a new map in LBP, come on in!!!"
Ben:"Wait, what? NOOOOOOOOOO, look what you've done!!! I lost my match in Call of Duty!!! And I gambled all my property on it!!!!!"
lol
Last edited by Snaaaake on 10/15/2009 10:33:32 AM