I'm not entirely familiar with this "cross game chat" concept. Im assuming you can chat with someone who is playing one game and you a different one. Why is this an important feature? Sorry for me being naive, but I'm truely currious as to why I should look forward to this in my PS3 online experience.

Now all I need are friends who also own PS3's and play them regularly.

Eh...screw it.

Whoa, I didn't even realize PS3 didn't have that yet. You can do it Sony!

I think it'd be awesome if they did this with PSP too. 3000 and Go both have mics, right?

Suurre Sony. Suurre.

If you can do it, Sony, then do it.

PS3 can be used for Science,is being used to cacth lolicons and is been used by cinemas to show movies but it cant give us the ability to speak to friends while ingame...thats weird.

"I'm not entirely familiar with this "cross game chat" concept. Im assuming you can chat with someone who is playing one game and you a different one. Why is this an important feature? Sorry for me being naive, but I'm truely currious as to why I should look forward to this in my PS3 online experience."

This.

The only reason some of you folks don't want it, is either because you've never had it or all you ever do is play game by yourself and don't want to talk to anyone.

Which, if you're playing a PS3, is completely understandable, because A) They don't come with Mics, so not everyone has one... and B) You don't have any Cross game chat.

Going from a 360 to a PS3 is like taking a big step backwards in the social aspect of gaming.

One of the great aspects of 360 is if you're playing a something and a bunch of your buddies are playing some other stuff and you're trying to set up a game of MW2 later so ya'll can meet up, you take 5 seconds, open up your guide, hit x on each of their names which invites them to a party.

Bam, they're all there, you can talk, set up some games and laugh and belittle your buddy for prematurely ejaculating in the hooker you tricked into banging you all for free.

It's just good times, and I know it's something the PS3 needs. As it is, I and all of my PS3 friends do what one of the other dudes up there mentioned... We use our 360's for chat while we play on the PS3.

So, right now, the only way to get a good chat system with the PS3 is to own a 360. You don't see that in the commercials though.. :)

"One of the great aspects of 360 is if you're playing a something and a bunch of your buddies are playing some other stuff and you're trying to set up a game of MW2 later so ya'll can meet up, you take 5 seconds, open up your guide, hit x on each of their names which invites them to a party. Bam, they're all there, you can talk, set up some games and laugh and belittle your buddy for prematurely ejaculating in the hooker you tricked into banging you all for free."

This.

Yeah, theyve done well to give us what we demand. I think this is the last thing as far as online is concerned. Just hope it is soon. Demon's souls with my friends would rock!

MULTIPLE PSN ID LOGINS IS MORE IMPORTANT.

Seriously, I won't mind this at all, but I think priorities need to be sorted out.

I've been crying about this since I got a PS3. I almost never play online anymore and this was one of the reasons. It was generally a pain in the ass to communicate w friends and set games up. I remember having to quit a game, go into voice chat w somebody, figure out what we were doing, and then relaunch the game. It was suck.

I really hope Sony pull this off. That means MS will have nothing to hold over Sony in the online space. More pressure on MS, the more they will have to improve themselves.

@fundando:

Don't forget USB! The average PS3 user doesn't know USB mics are also excellent and cheap as hell!