[QUOTE="deleterguy"]Jealous cow is jealous, it's very important. That way I can talk to mah e-friends while playing other games. I'm not jealous, I'm just curious. :? I personally feel that I have no need for the feature, I just wanted to see why everyone thought it was such a big deal.
There really isnt anything great about it. Its just a feature that one console has while the other doesnt so it is a tool used in system wars to start arguements and for trolling.
There really isnt anything great about it. Its just a feature that one console has while the other doesnt so it is a tool used in system wars to start arguements and for trolling.
djohnstonXCII
You're so wrong, it's a very nice feature to be able to talk with people when playing other games.
It's kind of misleading really, since I've only used it "cross-game" once, I don't see the need to talk to my buddy while we're each playing single-player games, they are just an annoying distraction, talking over the cutscenes and stuff. What is great though is PERSISTENT party chat. The fact that I can make a party, fill it with friends, go and play Battlefield and it keeps us all together throughout multiple games and servers, is great. Guys come and go, they only have to rejoin the XBL party and join us again through the game. It supercedes the individual game's party chat since those usually cut you off between games, disappear when the game disconnects etc.
It's not OMG PWNEDworthy but it's an awesome feature. I like having the ability to play Alan Wake, and chat it up with my friends while they are playing a different game or maybe using netflix. The party system all together is awesome.
I love how Cows say it doesn't matter, but once you have it, you realize how amazingly useful it is. Cows wish they had it, they just don't know it.Mythomniac
I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it.
It's not OMG PWNEDworthy but it's an awesome feature. I like having the ability to play Alan Wake, and chat it up with my friends while they are playing a different game or maybe using netflix. The party system all together is awesome. jg4xchamp
So the way it works is that you can talk to your friends no matter what game they're playing? I can see how that'd be fun for games like Bad Company 2 (as a poster above said), but I can't see how that'd be useful for most other games. I do see its use now though. I'm hoping I didn't come off as a fanboy or troll or whatever, I've just seen people talking about cross game chat quite a bit lately and was curious if it worked exactly as it sounds.
[QUOTE="Mythomniac"]I love how Cows say it doesn't matter, but once you have it, you realize how amazingly useful it is. Cows wish they had it, they just don't know it.Ragnarok1051
I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it. See what I mean? Anyway, Cows also don't realize just how great parties of up to 8 people can be.
[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"]I love how Cows say it doesn't matter, but once you have it, you realize how amazingly useful it is. Cows wish they had it, they just don't know it.Mythomniac
I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it. See what I mean? Anyway, Cows also don't realize just how great parties of up to 8 people can be. See what you mean? No I don't see what you mean. What do you mean?
[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"] I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it. See what I mean? Anyway, Cows also don't realize just how great parties of up to 8 people can be. See what you mean? No I don't see what you mean. What do you mean? I'm sorry.
[QUOTE="Mythomniac"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"] See what I mean? Anyway, Cows also don't realize just how great parties of up to 8 people can be. See what you mean? No I don't see what you mean. What do you mean? I'm sorry. Well there's no need to apologize for it. If you're insinuating that I'm a cow and I'm downplaying the feature than yeah you should apologize because you're wrong.
Cross game chat can be useful at times, my buddy was playing MW2 and I needed help on how to do a mission on Dead Space and I invited him for cross game chat right away.
Its helpful and nice to have but it doesnt suck if you dont have it.
[QUOTE="Mythomniac"]I love how Cows say it doesn't matter, but once you have it, you realize how amazingly useful it is. Cows wish they had it, they just don't know it.Ragnarok1051
I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it. And I'm sure cows will claim otherwise. Irony works both ways.
There really isnt anything great about it. Its just a feature that one console has while the other doesnt so it is a tool used in system wars to start arguements and for trolling.
You're so wrong, it's a very nice feature to be able to talk with people when playing other games. Yes that is nice but that is the only great thing about it. 360 fans talk it up like its the greatest feature available when its only a small feature in a list of better features on Live. PS3 fans talk it up like its either crap and not worth it or its the only thing PSN needs to be on par with Live but that isnt true. This is, however, all my opinion and I expect others to disagree with me. I personally dont care whether or not it arrives on PSN because when I am playing a game on PSN I really dont want to talk to someone online when I am distracted by Orphan in FFXIII or Kessler in InFamous. It would be a nice addition to PSN though
I use skype on the PC when I'm playing something like L4D or TF2, and I have friends playing LoL or something of the sort.
It's a really really good feature. I assume you only own a PS3, so you miss out on good features like this, but once you have it you'll be a bit happier with your PS3.
[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"]I love how Cows say it doesn't matter, but once you have it, you realize how amazingly useful it is. Cows wish they had it, they just don't know it.SpiritOfFire117
I'm sure 360 fans will claim it isn't that important if the PS3 does get it. And I'm sure cows will claim otherwise. Irony works both ways. Well yeah that's how fanboys work.
[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"] See what you mean? No I don't see what you mean. What do you mean? I'm sorry. Well there's no need to apologize for it. If you're insinuating that I'm a cow and I'm downplaying the feature than yeah you should apologize because you're wrong. Yeah, that's why I apologized, I realized that you probably aren't a cow and anything else I had to say would mean nothing, I apologize.
It's extremely useful for getting together with friends online to play something else, which is mainly what I end up using it for. It's come in handy anytime we're all online playing something different, usually something single player, and decide to play some multiplayer together. It's something that I use often enough that it would be annoying to be without it.
[QUOTE="Mythomniac"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="Mythomniac"] I'm sorry. Well there's no need to apologize for it. If you're insinuating that I'm a cow and I'm downplaying the feature than yeah you should apologize because you're wrong. Yeah, that's why I apologized, I realized that you probably aren't a cow and anything else I had to say would mean nothing, I apologize. First time anyone has actually apologized to me in System Wars. Thanks and no hard feelings. :)
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
gago-gago
That is true. I just don't see myself using it as I don't like to talk to people when I'm playing a game. If I did then it's usually in with games that I'm already playing in that I would talk.
I really don't get the point, I'd like to concentrate on the game I'm playing rather than engage in unrelated chatter. If I need to talk to someone it will be outside the game. I mean would you call your freinds during a movie?
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
Ragnarok1051
That is true. I just don't see myself using it as I don't like to talk to people when I'm playing a game. If I did then it's usually in with games that I'm already playing in that I would talk.
I don't like to either
But there are sometimes I find myself wanting to to maybe discuss a get-together, or something we're planning later that night. Being able to talk while also playing your game is a lot better than texting between deaths, or jamming a phone in your ear, and bending your neck all weird, and even then only being able to talk to one person at a time.
If you had the feature I'm sure you'd use it. Even if only once that's still better than if you never had it available to you in the first place.
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
tomarlyn
So use your phone?
If it's possible on your PS3, why tie up your line?
Don't think anyone or cow for that matter is denying that cross game chat is a good feature. But what we are saying is that its not worth $50 year for it. Yes if we get it with either psn or psn+ I'm sure we will love it. But I'm getting psn+ for its value and just so happens xgame chat is in there so be it. But I hope its part of psn for all to use.
Also I would like to say, that I do not want party chat in games. Xgame chat can be used in menu screens while online to be used as a feature but definitly not used to over ride the normal game channel for communication. That is definitly a game killer aswell as a community killer.
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
So use your phone?
If it's possible on your PS3, why tie up your line?
Most people have call waiting. Also why are you taking up the 360 to talk to your friends, thats rude. Just pick up the phone so someone else can actually play a game lol.
while i agree it's not very important i have to say i use it almost every single time i'm on xbl.
typically it goes like this. "hey dude sup?.... nutttin much how is RDR? (or whatever) pretty cool actually.... how is AC2 .... lulz way better than i expected... wanna play something?... sure.... lets go crush on bf43(or whatever else we both happen to have)
is it a big deal? not really but it sure is handy to have.
I really don't get the point, I'd like to concentrate on the game I'm playing rather than engage in unrelated chatter. If I need to talk to someone it will be outside the game. I mean would you call your freinds during a movie?tomarlyn
Once you use it constantly it's not hard at all, in fact, it helps in some ways too.
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
So use your phone?
If it's possible on your PS3, why tie up your line?
I must be a completely unsociable hermit then, I don't get calls all day long. I'd never have the time to play games either that way.
If you have friends you talk to them regardless of what game you`re playing. For example, while I was playing ACII, I can talk to my friend playing ME2 without having to switch games. It`s very convienent and it`s something that once you have or try, you won`t go back
Having the option of cross game chat is better than not having that option at all. It's better to not wanting to use it but have it, than wanting to use but not have it.
tomarlyn
So use your phone? so stop playing, put down controller, get phone, dail phone, friend has to stop playing and pick up phone, and neither of you can play while talking [unless you use speakerphone which can be awkward to hear]. While cross game chats isn't as 'omg teh best' as some sw users make out to be, its a nice feature infinitely more convenient than using a phone
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