Now, this is less of a confirmation and more of a slip, but it does give us hope. According to Gizmodo, Sony let it slip in a recent comment to MCV that in-game chat is on the way.
“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.”
This is interesting, and I’ll remain hopeful. But what’s with all the teasing? We’ve grown tired of waiting for this tech that the other camp has had for awhile. Teasing doesn’t cut it any more.
This little slip gives promise, but no details. The "in-shirt XMB" shirts handed out at GDC were cute, but we didn’t hear anything about in-game XMB after that. […]
Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back
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