Paying for online gaming, THE OUTRAGE!

[OdinHades]

DarthVolod said:

Chevinator123 said:

DarthVolod said:

It seems like everyone is ignoring a part of an Xbox Live Gold sub that Sony does not offer, cross game voice chat. Only Xbox offers this service.

The closest comparision I can think of is a Ventrilo server. A 10 slot server goes for about $2 to $3 per month. An Xbox live party can hold 8 players and, as someone pointed out earlier in this thread, you can get your Xbox live Gold sub for as low as $2 a month.

Whether or not you agree that $2 a month for cross game chat is worth it is irrelevant. I believe it is, and that is why I pay to keep it. Sony doesn't offer it, and neither does Nintendo.

As soon as a different company offers the same service for less we can talk.

Vita offers Cross game voice chat, free of charge.

We are talking about home consoles here (Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360). Vita is not a home console, it is a portable and its direct competitors are the 3DS and cell phones not 360 and Wii U. Apples to oranges. Xbox is the only home console that offers this service, and that is kind of implied.

Soo... Cross game chat on the Xbox 360 is like totally awesome becaus it's on a home console. But on the vita, it's not worth mentioning because it's a handheld and all? You know, you could just use your vita while playing PS3. It's a little inconvenient, but after all it's free. Besides that, I'm playing a lot of vita at home. 

But with the PS3 it's really just a hardware issue. It's not about money. If the PS3 could handle Cross-Game Chat, it would be there, for free. And it will be there on the PS4, you can count on that. It won't cost a single Cent. It will be even able to Cross-Chat with Vita owners so you can even invite your buddies in the go. 

Also lol at kain_kusanagi. You're really butthurt about PS+, aren't you?