PlayStation Home Regains Limited Voice Chat Today

December 22, 2008 11:12 AM

After losing voice chat capabilities a few days back, Sony's "3D social gaming community" PlayStation Home will regain the functionality, but with new restrictions.

Whereas users could previously broadcast their voices at any location in the virtual world, including the virtual theater, voice chat will now only be possible within personal spaces and clubhouses, both of which require invitations to enter.

The update, which brings the freely downloadable PlayStation 3 software up to version 1.05, is slated to be released later today, according to the official PlayStation.Blog.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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deathofrats

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December 22, 2008 11:17 AM

i can't believe no one thought it was a bad idea to allow universal voice chat, especially in a theatre of all places.
- SiW.
  
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  December 22, 2008 11:27 AM
  
  I know. My daughter saw me creating an avatar and wanted to play, and as soon as we stepped outside and realized there was public voice, I quit.
  - sanewave
    
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    December 22, 2008 11:31 AM
    
    no option to turn it off?
- Iwannaacura
  
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  December 22, 2008 11:34 AM
  
  i dont know why sony even bothers with this crap. Wasted time/effort.
  - araczynski
    
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    December 22, 2008 11:35 AM
    
    because 8 out of 10 kiddies will agree that social crap like myspace/youtube/etc are the jizzomb. might as well try to cash in on the kiddies.
    - Gwyndion
      
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      December 22, 2008 12:34 PM
      
      I'm not sure if "jizzomb" had the desired effect. It sounds a lot dirtier than I think you intended?