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DarthVolod on 06 February 2012
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oniyide said:
DarthVolod said:

Some people will turn anything into an excuse to take a jab at a rival console they happen to not like. A couple of things this journalist fails to mention ...

Yes, Microsoft asks for $40 per year (only idiots pay $60 since 12 month always goes on sale once per year to $40), but in exchange you get cross game chat thanks to the party system. I can not stress how useful this is (especially to achievement people like myself who like to coordinate events between groups of people who are often in several different games). I really don't know how people get by on PS3 without it. I got nothing against the system, but if it was my main console I would have to get something to communicate with others with like skype or, as some of my friends do, play on PS3 while having their Xbox turned on so they can party chat (lol).

I will admit that there really is no good reason why we can't play multiplayer without Gold, but it really doesn't matter to me as I would gladly pay the 40 dollars a year just for cross game chat. Besides, are you really going to go play multiplayer all by yourself with no friends/relatives/Live friends there to play with you? Sounds kind of boring to me. Is kind of like playing against a bunch of bots with each AI set to a random difficulty ... may as well just play singleplayer.

Maybe next gen things will be different, but it is irresponsible for a supposed video game journalist to pick a meaningless fight like this for hits while also completely ignoring the fact that Xbox Live and PSN are not on equal footing merely because the PSN has made great improvements since its abysmal start.

Me and my friends get by without it, I dont understand how someone could love cross game chat. Why would you want to talk to someone that is NOT playing the same game as you??? Whats the point, if im playing a single player game, i probably dont want to be bother, if I have to talk to my friend that bad, ill pick up my phone and call him/her. If im playing a mulitplayer game online I sure as hell dont want to talk to someone playing FF13 or something. IMHO


Unless I am playing a highly engaging single player game that requires my full attention (only game that fit this category for me this year was Deus Ex HR) I prefer to talk to my friends when playing a game. Who cares if we are not playing the same game, we can talk to each other without setting up a conference call or something with our phones every time we want to chat. It is just a nice feature that makes the mostly solitary experience of playing a video game a far more sociable and fun experience. I don't have the luxury of having a bunch of friends who never have work/other commitments to take up their time so party chat is one of the few times I can catch up with them. A bunch of people I know use it just for this one purpose, and it is also a great way to keep in touch with people who are out of state.

That is just one perk of the party system. It is also a great tool for achievment boosters who are trying to get groups of people organized for a session. 

Lastly, you may not want to talk to someone playing Final Fantasy 13, but I bet they desparetly want to talk to someone ... I know I did since I had an abysmal time with that game start to finish and it was nice to have friends there for moral support : )