Sony Knows Cross Game Chat is a ‘Huge Thing’
No, Sony is not talking about PlayStation LifeStyle’s podcast, “Cross Game Chat.” Andrew House of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is talking about cross game chat for the PS3.
At E3, CVG asked House when cross game chat would make it to the PS3, but he couldn’t say. However, House did continue:
No, [there are] really not any new announcements to put on that. We know that it’s a huge thing out there. We have continued to do much R&D in the area, but we don’t have anything to announce right now.
It’s great to hear that Sony has put “much” R&D into cross game chat. Hopefully, cross game chat will eventually make it to the PS3 if Sony really has put a lot of resources into it. Also, it seems like House knows how much gamers want cross game chat implemented.
Let us know what you think about House’s statement in the comments below.
47 Responses to “Sony Knows Cross Game Chat is a ‘Huge Thing’”
i have an xbox 360 and honestly i use cross game chat here and there its a cool thing but really isnt needed.
I don’t see what the big deal with cross game chat is. I play games to get away from people. I don’t want to talk to people when I’m gaming.
whats the point of talking to people that are playing different games than you? i wouldnt want to get distracted. oh well, to each his/her own.
I would like to chat with a friend that is playing a different game but I wouldn’t use it that much
I can’t believe NO ONE has mentioned the new interface for the PSN video store. I went to E3 and thought that it was cool that Qriocity is going to be the new video store, and its not a subscription based service. Basically the video store now has an interface like Netflix, and runs very smoothly. I was told there is going to be a beta in the summer.
that is cool
i like Qriocity interface
really i didn’t hear anything about it in any of the website that was covering E3
I completely agree! I searched all over to find just a few posts about it. When is the beta??? At E3 they told me summer as well! I probably spent 20 mins at that booth just toying around with it. Sooner the better I say.
The only CGC I’ll ever need is right here on PSLS
Woot! Thanks, that’s a nice sentiment
Whoa!!! I agree
Party chat/Cross game chat for the PS3? NO THANKS! ! ! I really couldn’t care less about it. I rather them spend time trying to get PS2 playback on a PS3 again(yep, i will never stop asking for that)
The only reason I think Sony should implement cross game chat is so that everyone that wants it (I’m talking a handful of out there) will shut the hell up.
Give us an official feed that we can use to generate trophy cards and leaderboards on forums like PSLS.
if you really want to play sd ps2 games that badly go out and buy a 99$ ps2 , or you would still own a ps2 , why would you have traded in your ps2 if you still wanted to play the games?
What are you talking about?
What does that have to do with cross game chat? Somebody has smoked themselves stupid.
LOL yeah lets act like abercrombie is the idiot while not noticing the comment directly above the one he replied to(the one he meant to reply to) mentioning ps2 BC. Looks like fun!
Shhhhh, Johnny. No one was talking to you.
Is that you nuclearwarfare? Sorry, I didn’t see you pathetically insulting his grammar. I didn’t recognize you.
Johnny, if I wanted a young man to give me any lip service, I’d move to Canada, ok?
In the mean time, shhhhhh.
Haha, you comment randomly on a guy and when I defend him all of a sudden it’s “nobody was talking to you” and “shhhh”. I didn’t take your conversation seriously the other day, I exposed that you’re an elitist and think calling people retarded and stupid is cool. Now you’re all butthurt or something? Give it a rest lol, I’m going to comment on this site and you are too.
“Haha, you comment randomly on a guy and when I defend him all of a sudden it’s “nobody was talking to you” and “shhhh”. I didn’t take your conversation seriously the other day, I exposed that you’re an elitist and think calling people retarded and stupid is cool. Now you’re all butthurt or something? Give it a rest lol, I’m going to comment on this site and you are too.”
-LOL you “exposed” me as an elitist? What are you, some sort of detective, setting out to expose internet elitists everywhere? LOL I think you’ve been playing too much L.A. Noire. If fact, if you weren’t so willing and eager to criticize, you would have noticed that I never implied or even called Abercrombie a “retard” or “stupid.”
But, of course, in your 14 year old mind, every one else is dumb and you’re the smart one, right? God, I remember those days. Those clueless teenage years…you really take me back with your youthful ignorance, Johnny. LOL
The fact that its on PSV proves that microsoft must have a patent on it for home entertainment systems. Unless PS3 will get an update with it when vita launches (I doubt it though) I don’t think PS3 will ever see it .
cross-game chat? nope i’d rather have cross-game play with ps vita and ps3 =D
Cross gaming chat isnt really needed. Its not like Sony needs it to pass Microsoft in world wide console sales. Its doing that just fine without it. lol
That’s shear stupidity.
cant you just call the other player through a phone while playing i mean is not really not that hard
Id love to just bullshit with some of my PSN friends whenever I wanted to. If they happen to be playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure, why should I be forced to go buy that game, and play it, just to be able to bullshit with them about something? If you get distracted by talking to someone about random stuff while playing a game then wow, you epic fail at multitasking. Thats just as dumb as someone saying they cant play a game while listening to music.
theres always txt chat , you can type a message to a friend no matter what game they are playing , if you really want to talk to some one there is always cell phone , skype , ect, ect. i mean do you really have to talk to some one that badly while your playing a game?
So im gonna start asking for phone numbers from all my friends ive met online? Lame dude. Being able to seamlessly join a party in seconds and bullshit with friends no matter what game they are playing is huge. First thing I do signing onto XBL is immediately join a group of friends party, or start my own inviting everybody I know and then saying A YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
yeah , in todays world we try to avoid actually talking over things like a phone , so its okay to join a bunch of people and talk to them over a video game console , and its lame to talk to some one on the phone? yeah that makes sense.
Im really pushing toilet companies to add phones to them so i can talk to my friends when i have diarrhea or something. It sucks i have to wait till im done to start talking to them.
Um yes. Having to ask people I met in a video game for personal information like their phone number is retarded, and just gay. Id rather talk to these people I met on PSN…ya know, ON PSN. Im sure your the creepy guy “hello big boy…whats your phone number”
#xDUMPWEEDx then why do you want to talk to them ? lol. i guess that makes you a creepy loser with no friends outside of video games? but by the way you talk calling people retards and gay i’m guessing your either a child , or some one who isn’t that bright , so i don’t even know why i’m bothering with this.
@xDUMPWEEDx then why do you want to talk to them ? lol. i guess that makes you a creepy loser with no friends outside of video games? but by the way you talk calling people retards and gay i’m guessing your either a child , or some one who isn’t that bright , so i don’t even know why i’m bothering with this.
this feature isn’t possible on ps3.let’s just say insufficient RAM for it to handle it at the same time.
clue:just notice how the XMB and texting crawls (laqs)when you access them between a game’s session.
There’s only one chance this could work,if they change the whole XMB interface with something new that uses less ram.
It’s about time to present a new interface Sony.Microsoft has already done it twice.
how about something new and “refreshing”?
i think there’s a technical limitation with the PS3. the xross bar is a resource hog and it doesn’t allow for much else or something like that. if we were gonna see cross game chat this gen, we’d have seen it by now is what i think. it’ll probably be on the ps4.
anyway, i think sony should go one step further and cross the boundary between console and computer just like they did with steam. they should look into getting ventrilo on the ps3. it would be really cool to be able talk to your friends playing WoW while you’re playing killzone 3. they can add it to their PS+ service which would make it a much easier sell.
i think it is really really weird that alot of you guys says that you don’t care.
To be honest i would like cross game chat more than a new AAA title on the market.
Just give me it so i can talk with whoever i want to talk with and not to the whole server, and let me talk with my friends while playing InFamous 2. I don’t like turning on my pc, put on the longer cabels and then sit down to talk on skype, it takes like 5 minuttes (yea i know i am lazy)
This feature would be welcomed by me not just for the cross game chat, but just to know that my ps3 can do it .
Cross game chat is a waste of resource when Playstation could be looking for new innovations for playstation instead of cutting and paste ideas from a service that makes their customers pay for service period and then they just copy it and not even charges PS member for service. I mean your gettin free online play thats stable, video chat, text chat and all this media outlets to get content on a free service and lame ass Voice Chat is what you’ve got to have? Seriously? It’s like complaining to God about not being rich, when your not starving or sick but because somebody else has something you’ve gotta have it. Go buy a fucking 360 if it’s that deep. PSN isn’t the environment for ya bro.
Oh so you’ve done the research? You know the cost of development for cross game chat vs how many people would likely buy a PS3 if this feature was added, and the profits from games sales that comes from those consoles? What about the amount of people that would finally buy a headset? What amount of the people finally buying a Ps3 would be getting a headset aswell?
Looks like somebody has smoked themselves into thinking they know everything.
Wow this whole post just filled up with hate that fast?
Wow abercrombie you faggot im not giving you my phone number stop asking.
Rofl phones, run up a phone bill to talk to a fellow gamer because you’re too ignorant to have a feature implemented simply because it’s on the xbox. Now it’s coming to the PSV so I really couldn’t care if it comes to the ps3 now or not. I know is a playstation fan site but damn these comments are sad esspecially when you know you’d be barking like seals if sony released the feature.
Imagine you’re playing a game, and it comes to a point where things are getting tough and frustrating i.e. seemingly impossible tricky puzzle, or can’t find where to go next or who to kill. You can’t be bothered to check online, but you remember that your friend on PSN has played and finished it beforehand! A quick look and message on the xmb to him/her, and using CGC you can be helped through the said scenario by a friend, without throwing your controller through your nice 46″ HD 3DTV lol
Well that’s one good use for it I suppose. Not much else i can think of to be honest!
I think this feature would be a welcome change for people who want to talk and game at the same time. Some of you think this is a stupid idea, but, imagine the time you’d save if you could chat with with them in real time instead of messaging. Half the people on my friends list CANNOT talk properly while texting me info. Yes there is the option of getting their phone #’s, but think, you just met someone, and you ask for your phone #?… It’s just awkward, +, even if you do get it, you’d have to pick up your phone while playing, put it up to your ear, then have to cradle it with your shoulder while playing, which is uncomfortable. I know, there’s a speaker function, but with some phones, you’d have to almost yell to them for them to hear you. The only phone option I see that would be good is if you have a bluetooth headset. Also, as JohnnyTruant has stated, it will raise the sales of the PS3 even further, and, the headset market would go up because of this. I really don’t see where this is such a bad thing, at all.