Cross-Game chat on the horizon for PS3?

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That’s right. The most requested feature by Playstation 3 owners, the addition of cross-game chat, could be coming as early as the next firmware update. While cross-game chat has been available for a long time on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 owners have had to do without this feature.

The rumor mill is saying that this feature has been in development for several months. Despite concerns from some who continue to suggest that cross-game chat can make things unfair due to the face in team-based games, if users on the same team use it instead of the in-game communications, it is possible to communicate enemy positions, effectively providing an avenue to cheat in some situations.

The cross-game text chat was added in the 2.70 update and our sources tell us that the cross-game voice chat has been in development and testing for some time. It does seem now, however, that Sony will push ahead with the release of this feature and give owners access to what they have been asking for.

While the exact date of this next firmware update is yet unknown, we suspect that PS3 owners will see it added before the end of the year. Of course, Sony is extremely tight-lipped on the issue (as usual) but it does seem that some sources (I’ve heard that Naughty Dog accidentally spilled the beans) are convinced that it will arrive before the end of the year.

[Courtesy of fudzilla.com]

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  1. For me, cross game chat is overrated. I never use it. The only chat I do is in-game with friends. Most of the time on 360, we just use party chat so we don’t have to deal with the annoying people online.

  2. r4 ds

    Cross chat while gaming is very useful and amazing facility for all ps3 user.Thanks for providing this useful information

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