| superchunk said: Maybe I'm crazy but what's the benefit to chat with someone you're not in the same game with? |
Have you never been on Skype with someone while you're playing different games on Steam? Or even just sent messages to someone who's in a different game to you on PSN/XBL/PC?
I suppose the premise is that many people keep in touch across media such as games nowardays. As much as I'd love to continue couch gaming with the friends I grew up with; lives move on, people move off to University or new jobs elsewhere. Gaming habits don't change though, and being able to keep in touch through games is a good idea, in my opinion. If you're limited to only talking to each other when you're both in the same game, it's a bit of a drawback if one of you wants to play FIFA and the other wants to play LittleBigPlanet. I know this is a problem I often come across on PS3. We send messages, sure, but it's clunky and nowhere near as fun as simply talking to each other.
At least, that's my take on it. PS3 doesn't have cross-game chat and I 'get by' without it, but I sure would prefer to have it given the option (which isn't an option on PS3 due to RAM or whatever).
