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ps3 text chat

sushiboysushiboy Registered User regular
edited April 2009 in Games and Technology
so am i missing something here? i start a chat with a friend, and when we play a game at the same time, the messages i send him show up in the game, but i have to hit PS and go over to the chat room every time i want to say something. isnt there a way to type without having to keep going over to the chat room? its kinda distracting playing worms when everytime i want to say something i have to move away from the game to type. i dont have a bluetooth headset (yet), so the text chat is all i have.

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  • MarikirMarikir Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Nope. I'm pretty sure you have to hit the PS button to access the chat room. You can hit the PS button while in the chat room to basically toggle between the game and the chat, but that's it. No chatting in game unless it's been put into the game.

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Eh, I used to alt-tab between Dystopia/CSS/Guild Wars to get to IRC back when I had a working PC, so this sort of thing I really don't see as a problem.

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  • BakerIsBoredBakerIsBored Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm sure things will get smoothed out over time. Consider what the PS3 does now compared to at launch. I almost don't even want to reflect on my featureless PS3 at launch :)

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    sushiboy wrote: »
    so am i missing something here?
    sushiboy wrote: »
    a bluetooth headset

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  • BakerIsBoredBakerIsBored Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    JAEF wrote: »
    sushiboy wrote: »
    so am i missing something here?
    sushiboy wrote: »
    a bluetooth headset

    Yea.. this feature is more for people like Unbreakablevow who will not for the life of him, get a mic. But it still needs to be fixed and streamlined.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I was playing RE5 with a friend who lost his mic. The text chat thing came in handy.

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