Private Voice Chat Coming in the Summer

[Andrew]

Ray Maguire, Sony Computer Entertainment UK’s head, recently spilled the beans on an upcoming feature the PlayStation 3 will be getting – in-game communication. Presumably this means being able to have a private chat with friends while playing a game, similar to what you can do on Xbox Live.

Speaking with MCV on the PlayStation 3 reaching one million units at retail in the UK – a mark surpassed faster than either the PlayStation or PlayStation 2 – Maguire stated, “Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios. I’d personally like to thank our trade and business partners for helping us on the start of the PS3 journey.”

Now it’s unclear whether or not in-game communication is directly a part of firmware v2.4 or if he was referring to two separate items. Hopefully v2.4 will include in-game XMB support, and that will be what enables you to chat with friends while in-game. I know I’d really like to see support added for the feature, so fingers crossed that this is the case.

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It's about time you PS3 noobs got this...

[Dan]

Whats with the ?

And how does owning a PS3 make you a noob? Noob.

[Andrew]

Meh, you just are.

[Dan]

Noob.

[dionusos]

Private Voice Chat. Oh great, so gamers can have headset sex (like phone sex but with a headset instead) while online.

[Black-Ops]

Cant PS3 have chat rooms though? Thats what Xbox needs. Its better than just salking to one person at a time.