By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
J_Allard said:

Party chat requires Gold and was always an XBL feature. Whether or not some other console came out years later and added it is irrelevant to the question asked in the thread.

Well, no it wasn't.  Party Chat was a featured added to Xbox LIVE with the original Xbox a year or two after XBL was launched, then disappeared with the Xbox 360.  It later reappeared two years later on the Xbox 360 with either the Spring or Fall 2007 update.

There was a big kerfuffle about it missing from the service with the launch of the Xbox 360.