SONY: cross-game chat not possible on PS3 because it lacks RAM

[Ajescent]

smroadkill15 said:

Ajescent said:

lurkerwithnosoul said:

oniyide said:

lurkerwithnosoul said:
I pretty much agree with Kowenicki. You guys just say that because this gen, you can't have it. But unless you are the non-talkative kind, or just play single-player games, you will find that CGC is a much needed feature.

im a non-talker, but could you explain to me why i need to be able to talk to someone who is not even playing the game im playing??? Cause my friends who have 360 dont even use the feature and think its useless too.

 

Why wouldn't you? Isn't nice to be able to talk with a group of friends while playing any video-game? You have always the option to restrict the number of players in the party, or even mute the person you don't want to hear.

Hi, I'm the non-talkative type who just plays single player games. With that said, when play MP games, I always keep my mic cut and everyone else muted. Even when I played MagBeta and Uncharted 2MP, I didn't like chatting unless it was unavoidablly necessary.

Why the need to talk to people? Especially those who aren't playing the same game as you? I can understand wanting to talk to someone playing the same game as you e.g in co-op or just "banter" in versus but talking to some guy playing portal whilst you are playing COD is beyond me, becuase if I were playing a game with story or heck, a single player game like Pro Evo, I wouldn't want some random talking nonsense to me because I want to focus on my game at hand.

I guess I'm just a better multitasker than you lol jk. I understand not wanting to talk to someone playing a engaging story or watching a movie, but in multiplayer(which I mainly do) or If I'm sitting at the dashboard waiting for something to download, I like to talk to people. When I played Portal 2 I was able to keep conversation at the same time concentrating on the game, no problem. Some friends join a party and they want to know about the game I'm playing like I was doing in Portal. I guess I'm just use to talking to people while playing a game because I do it a lot now.

I would understand for someone that mainly plays single player games or has never used the feature very much might not care for it, but I have done it so much now it doesn't distract me when playing a game. For the most part, when I'm in a party with someone we usually talk about gaming not just out of the blue stuff. I know talking to you, your not the general audience, but I'm sure most PS3 owners would love to have this feature on PSN.     

 

What I don't get is what's so pressing that you have to talk to that person whilst your console is on?

If my console is background downloading and I have no real interest in using it at the time then I either switch it to fold or switch it to standby before moving on to something else. I suppose maybe it's because I don't particularly know about 80% of my list but the rest that I do know, I don't feel its necessary to converse with them extensively whilst playing the same game let alone playing completely different games.