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Sony Falsely Advertises Cross-Game Chat For PS Plus Members

Gaming Blend "The standard of baseline shamelessness and poor marketing decisions will always be Capcom. They set a new low with advertising features for Street Fighter X Tekken that weren't there, and unfortunately that's not going away anytime soon. Sadly, Sony tried pulling a Capcom with PlayStation Plus members by advertising cross game chat in a new promotion for PS Plus, even though the PS3 can't utilize cross-game chat due to RAM limitations."

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PirateThom4241d ago

William Usher seems to be a bit of an ass. Really aggressive writing style.

iamnsuperman4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

The fact is the guy had to buy the card in the first place means it isn't false advertising as you have to buy the product to see this information. Oversight by SCEE not false advertising. Big difference here I would expect people to actually realise

Army_of_Darkness4240d ago

Someone is trying real hard to find something negative about sonys ps3.... Dude, it's the end of the life cycle, fu*$king relax.

Outside_ofthe_Box4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Interesting that this is mistakenly listed as a PS+ feature. Could this mean that for the PS4, cross game chat could be a PS+ only feature?

Dee_914240d ago

lol
advertise.

If I was this blogger I probably wouldve went a different route and said "Cross game chat possibly coming to ps3" which probably wouldve generated just as much heat if not more.
But seeing that this .. blogger considered this an advertisement im not too shocked that he didnt come to that conclusion.Instead stupid knows negative news is hot news.
Other than that im looking forward to what PR is going to say about this?

Wintersun6164240d ago

@Outside_ofthe_box,

Most probably not because that feature is free on Vita.

MrBeatdown4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

@Outside

Cross-game chat was mentioned once before like this, before PS+ went on sale. It popped up somewhere listed as a feature, and Sony took it down and said it wasn't happening. My guess is that cross-game chat was the plan at one time but it was ditched for whatever reason, and that this text is just an early version of the PS+ description that someone cut and pasted without going over.

SilentNegotiator4240d ago

CinemaBlend trolling against the PS3? I'm not shocked one bit.

antbolton894240d ago

It might mean the vita's cross game chat, ps plus is coming to the vita soon

AAACE54240d ago

Doesnt matter much... Sony has been lying for years! We dont care as long as the good games keep coming!

JBernardo4240d ago

Actually, you're wrong. You don't need to buy a PSN card to see that. If you get into the store and go to PSN+ subscriptions, that little text is there as well. Even before I subscribe to PSN+. So yeah, it is false advertising. Does it bother me? No, since I know for a fact that PS3 won't have Cross Game Chat. But what about those who came from Xbox Live and saw that? Won't they probably subscribe to PSN+? That's the problem...

decrypt4240d ago

Sony falsely advertises a lot of things, this is nothing new and certainly not news lol.

DragonKnight4240d ago

You wanna know how this article's author is full of it? I'm literally looking at the description for PS+ right now and there is NO mention of cross game chat. Granted, I live in Canada so SCEA takes care of things on my end, but if SCEA and SCEJ don't mention it, wouldn't that tell you something? Well, it would tell someone smart that this was a simple mistake and not false advertising, but everyone knows that hating on Sony is the cool thing to do.

nveenio4240d ago

Isn't PS+ coming to Vita? Doesn't Vita have X-Game Chat?

TotalHitman4240d ago

@Outside_ofthe_Box

No, not really. The PS Vita has cross game chat. I don't see why this would be any different with the inevitable PS4.

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kikizoo4240d ago

cinemablend...LOL

retards :
" PS3 can't utilize cross-game chat due to RAM limitations"

lol, complete non sens..

nukeitall4240d ago

Complete nonsense?

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Really?

This is well known and admitted by Sony executives.

Irishguy954240d ago

Haha, this is fact, Sony came out and told us why. It was the Ram. Fair ****s to them for admitting it. Did you forget that already?

http://www.ps3news.com/play...
http://www.thesixthaxis.com...
http://ie.ign.com/articles/...

http://n4g.com/news/827454/...

sjaakiejj4240d ago

Nukeitall and Irishguy, you're both wrong.

It's not RAM limitations that prevents cross game chat from happening. It's the fact that the PS3 is late into its cycle, and games that released use the full RAM on PS3 (e.g. they weren't built to accommodate the extra memory Cross Game Chat would take).

BISHOP-BRASIL4240d ago

@sjaakiejj

Which means exactly the same.

If the whole discussion is about adding cross game chat (a feature that's used while playing a game as the name imply) obviously we're considering how much RAM is left free while playing to run the feature. There's none. Hence the RAM is the limitation.

Change your name to Captain Obvious.

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showtimefolks4240d ago

Been though this it's not possible on ps3 and it will launch with ps4 still for free while people will be aging for it on xbox720

Move on this issue has been posted again and again and mistakes like these shouldn't be happening

Gothdom4240d ago

There IS cross-chat, but in text-form

geddesmond4240d ago

Photoshopped. No store top button in the top left, no Search button, no redeem code button, no view download button, and no view cart button in the top right

makemyteapunk4240d ago

So typical of Sony. No wonder they have lost so many fans to the 360.

Sony really needs to change its business practices if they want to change their fortunes around.

dafegamer4240d ago

"No wonder they lost so many fans to the 360"
WTF? Dont you mean that 360 Fans are coming to ps3 due to lack of 360 exclusives.

makemyteapunk4240d ago

@dafegame

Xbox fans going over to PS? What? The 360 was the best selling console in 2011 and so far in 2012. Sony used to have a majority share of the market, now they have the smallest. Does that sound like keeping fans to you?

Yeah and the 3 biggest exclusives releasing the the near future are coming out on 360 (halo, gears and forza) so where is this "lack of". Just because you Sony fanatics keep claiming there are no 360 games, doesn't make it so.

Pillsbury14240d ago

halo, gears and forza those are the ONLY three exclusives you keep repeating over and over... where are the other great exclusives like the last of us and beyond? go pay micro$oft 50$ a year for nothing and I will keep playing my free service and great exclusives

Edward754239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

@pillsbury..

Keep playing your free service and great exclusives, from a company that is dying. Sony will need to charge nex gen, hands down. If not then I think that the next Sony system could be the last.

Edit... CHANGE not charge

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Amplitude4239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

This is a justifiable reason to sue. I think you guys are really underestimating the effect this can have on an uneducated consumer.

"Little Billy said that he wants an X-Box cause it has cross game chat, but this Playstation Plus thing gives him cross game chat on the PS3! *Buys a PS3*"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT DOESNT HAVE CROSS GAME CHAT IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE?"

Even though the chances of that happening are pretty slim, i could easily go buy a PS3 right now and sue based off of that logic.

They need to fix this ASAP

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MDC314241d ago

ps3 has less ram than my 2001 pc how terrible

Cupid_Viper_34241d ago

You're using a 2001 PC in 2012, how terrible.

NastyLeftHook04240d ago

owned into the ground! you got smashed.

makemyteapunk4240d ago

Who says he uses it? It could just be laying around.

@tenton

Stop acting like such a child.

ugaydawg4240d ago

Runs better than your PC though.

jimbobwahey4240d ago

Hahahaha. Be careful, PC gamers are a touchy lot. $600 graphics cards for games that are grossly inferior to their console counterparts leads to a lot of bitterness.

ExCest4240d ago

@^ Woah woah woah. Grossly inferior? An $80 dollar gpu grossly outperforms current gen consoles. Shut it with your bigot talk.

Amplitude4238d ago (Edited 4238d ago )

Is it just me, or is the agree/disagree system so flawed it's ridiculous?

ExCest has 10 disagrees but nobody comments why they disagree.

ugaydawg has 59 agrees and 11 disagrees, but what he said was factually wrong (console games run better than PC games? Maybe Dark Souls) and had nothing backing it up.

...This site is just runnnnnnnnnn by fanboys. Like worse than ever. Haha k maybe not but still

TheFinalEpisode4240d ago

Try running BF3 on Ps3 settings on that PC

aquamala4239d ago

Bf3 on ps3 settings? Is there one below "low" and limit to only 24 players?

360ICE4240d ago

Well, duh. Have you seen 2001: A Space Odyssey? PCs back then were supersmart, but also kind of evil. You should probably "ram" your PC into the garbage along with your Friends season 7 boxed VHS set, before that PC does something evil like plotting 9/11 or something.

So yeah, there are more 2001 references where that came from.

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GribbleGrunger4240d ago

Look how people dig in the filth to find anything negative about Sony. This guy belongs at a trough, not at a keyboard.

ugaydawg4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Then looks at people who trash every Xbox 360 news on N4G because PS3 is Jesus no matter what they do.

And the 12 GB PS3 announcement following the new Xbox 360 bundle announcement showed pretty much how the N4G community is, totally proved it.

GribbleGrunger4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

You know, the fact that Sony fans get weeks and weeks and weeks of negative news with 360 fanboys pouring into the threads, gloating at every word, and then 360 owners get good news and complain that Sony fans take some revenge, demonstrates quite markedly that you can give it but you can't take it. I lose more and more respect for 360 owners every day on this forum, but I can't say the same about Nintendo fans or Sony fans, although they do have their fanboy moments too.

It's pathetic and I loath having to rub shoulders with them. Anything negative and they come flocking in like sheep bleating the same tedious, hackneyed platitudes.

edit: A link to that thread would be handy my friend. How about you do that and we can see exactly what I wrote which warranted that comment... :)

You are a child, son.

ugaydawg4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Heres a comment I took from the Xbox 360 bundle thread where you still didnt answer:

"ahha gribble, you just perceive anything that isnt praising sony as "anti-sony."

Thats the thing, you are such fanboys you cant even accept legitimate criticism or real facts without calling it "anti-sony."

I bet you think an article about the vita doing badly is "anti-sony" right? Too bad its true and the thing is flopping while they sit by and watch. I have one so I know it hasnt been supported half as much as they need too. "

And this is exactly what I feel from this website.

GribbleGrunger4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

you mean this comment? Which was a response to even more 360 fanboy nonsense:

'Could you perhaps explain to me, if it's the home of Sony fanboys, why the majority of news on here is anti Sony? Are you suggesting that those Sony fanboys are responsible for all that negativity? Or are you a little tightly strung?

The proof is here to see quite clearly. Even in a thread about the 360 people like you still can't help but rag on Sony and their fans.'

This was a response to a 360 fanboys that suggested this forum is over run by Sony fanboys and I pointed out the above. I didn't feel the need to respond in the same way I don't feel the need to swat away a fly at a picnic

guitarded774240d ago

Aww... man... you're both out of bubbles and I wanted to see more back and forth. I'm not a fan of the bubble system. It leaves me unsatisfied.

CalvinKlein4240d ago

haha that comment udawg quoted was me. Funny

Here is the article

http://n4g.com/news/1081775...

haha funny you say your comment "Which was a response to even more 360 fanboy nonsense" when the whole little battle between you and the guy above my comment started when a PS3 fanboy came into the 360 news with a moron comment.

fact is sony fanboys on this site take even real criticisms and truths as "anti sony" and cry about it constantly.

you just did it in this comment even. this is what I hear from your comemnt: "Boo hoo the four 360 fanboys that are as big a fanboys as me and the 100 other raging ps3 fanboys on this site are hurting my feelings. I hate them and they are big meanies. You are a poop head jerk face waaaa waaaaa."

I have all PS and xboxs, but I wonder why you went onto a 360 article at all if yuo hate 360 owners so much. I also noticed you commented under another raging ps3 comment(in a 360 article) and tried to come off as the victims in an anti sony conspiracy.

Neo-Axl4240d ago

Nice name, Very charming.

I think the new PS3 bundle is a bit stupid.. to an extent, 12GB? Hope MGS4 is the only game they plan on buying.. If it's cheap however, I suppose it'll be lovely for those who don't have as much money or want a new PS3 to update the Hard drive or whatever..

The thing is N4G has many, many PS3 users. That's a fact.. I'm one of them, but I also seem to find a majority of the PS3 fans are much more.. mature? Not trying to be a douche, But your name alone throws away any respect anybody would give to you on here buddy.

New account, New name, Same attitude, Same guy.
Then we'll have a proper adult conversation :)
Laters!

Azmatik4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Lmao i had a xbox fan kid on facebook today post this, ps3 kids are just broke ass boys who cant afford live gold membership or whatever! Lmfao!!!! I didnt even bother to reply a post. Thats how pathetic xbox kids are.

insomnium24240d ago

@ calvinclein

"
fact is sony fanboys on this site take even real criticisms and truths as "anti sony" and cry about it constantly. "

http://edgevsmeta.blogspot....

Things like these really take the fire away from your comment.

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PersonMan4240d ago

Says the guy with the Anonymous mask for his avatar.

Azmatik4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

Lmao i gues thats anonymous mask now eh they own it and they didnt rip it off a movie call V for Vendetta right ahahhha. wow just like were talking about xbox kids probly not even old enough to know what that movie is.

Reverent4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

The Guy Fawkes masks do not belong to Anonymous... Lol.

Time Warner owns the rights to its image. They even get paid a little bit for each mask that's sold.

PersonMan4239d ago

I suspected only 1 reason why a guy on a gaming site is using that image for his avatar.

I know it's from a movie, I'm not dumb, but it was used a lot for the Anonymous crap when hacking PSN was cool.

Reverent4238d ago

I can understand that thought, but in his avatar, the person also has long straight hair and a hat much in the fashion that the actual Guy Fawkes would use. I think this indicates that Gribble is probably either a fan of his, or simply likes the look. Anonymous is more settled with a combination of a suit, and the mask by itself.

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BrutallyBlunt4240d ago (Edited 4240d ago )

@GribbleGrunger

http://n4g.com/news/1078833...

Now ask yourself, would he have said the same thing in a Playstation Move article? Very doubtful.

If this is false advertising then comment on it. Instead people like GribbleGrunger look like Sony fanboys because they can never actually discuss the topic at hand. Instead they deflect because for some odd reason they don't think negativity is part of improving things.

Sony put themselves into this situation long ago with Cross-game chat. The media and fans asked years ago and never got an answer. Then they hinted it would be a feature in PSN+ that never came. It wasn;t until Vita came out that they announced they can't do it on the PS3. Mainly because they wanted to advertise the feature on Vita but the only way they could is to explain it wasn't coming to the PS3.

I own a PS3, i know what it does well and what it struggles with, so why are so many people bothered so much about anything negative? Stop using lotion on your skin. If you had thick skin these topics wouldn't be a problem.

Jazz41084239d ago (Edited 4239d ago )

If sony fans dont run this site then I guess its the xbox people that are giving xbox supporters all those disagrees. Its not even worth arguing and its obvious the ps fans outnumber the xbox fans on n4g by alot. The negative media articles on here are because there has not been alot of positives to say about sony latley. This site is full of sony news good or bad and mostly its good and the few bad ones that come through rile up the base like a republican convention.

BrutallyBlunt4239d ago

@Jazz4108

http://forums.n4g.com/defau...

There is over double the amount of activity on the PS3 forums than the other 4 main game forums COMBINED. So yes, as far as the members it seems to favor more PS3 owners.

As for the negative media it's all around. I've seen article after article that's negative towards the Wii U. It's a common theme in journalism because they know negative topics get more hits.

GezForce4240d ago

bubble to you... for most intelligent comment :)

xXBlondieVanHarlowXx4240d ago

hmm.. I like Banana Bread... Better than regular bread that's for sure. Bubs+ :D

You better bubble me too though monkey >:( Don't screw me over on this. lol >_<

Azmatik4240d ago

I love banana bread especially with icing :D

Reverent4240d ago

I freaking love you Monkey.

Dms20124240d ago

Great, now I have to drive to Publix.

ArmrdChaos4239d ago

Plain....or full of nuts like this site?

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urwifeminder4240d ago

Some can dish it out but crumble and cry as well, say what you like about my fav plastic it wont be a conspiracy.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

CrimsonWing697h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker7h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing697h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

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Profchaos13h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto12h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger8812h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies2h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.