PlayStation Home Loses Voice Chat, Gains Beards

by Chris Faylor, Dec 18, 2008 10:08am PST

The latest update to Sony's PS3 "3D social gaming community" PlayStation Home removes voice chat, but adds new customization options, such as beards.

The v1.04 patch follows a few hours of system maintenance, which, according to the official PlayStation.Blog, should "ease the difficulty some people are having accessing PlayStation Home due to the high demand for the service."

No explanation was given for the temporary suspension of voice chat, though users were reminded that they can still communicate via text through the in-game keyboard or a keyboard connected to the console via USB or Bluetooth.

Oddly, Sony made no mention of the new customization options in the post, leading Kotaku to break the news that the oft-requested beards have been implemented.

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By: Sailor of Fortune x Show Full Post

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They must have thought it was as a great way to sell that abomination of the controller keyboard.

Dec 18, 2008 11:15am PST

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They must have thought it was as a great way to sell that abomination of the controller keyboard. : Sailor of Fortune
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  How is it an abomination? I havent used one but it looks fine to me? : Funran
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    Yeah. Most people are saying it's better than the 360 one and feels less in the way. : razlebol
    - i like it. the lack of qwerty kept me from using messanging and other tiresome features. now its seamless... : barichnikov
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      How can something that fits perfectly onto the bottom of the controller (so perfectly it looks like it is... : getlefty
      
      It gets in the way of my pinky. I don't like holding it at all. Now I only use it when I went to redeem a... : razlebol
  - Because it's above the controller instead of below it like it is for the 360's messenger pad. Serious... : getlefty
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  Agreed. That thing is crazy. I bet it was another marketing ploy. Just like selling the PS3 without Co... : monchipeters
  - Like I said, $20 more than the 360 messenger adapter and doesn't come with the headset that the 360's doe... : getlefty

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such a clusterfuck. why do they even bother spending money and energy on this?

Dec 18, 2008 11:47am PST

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such a clusterfuck. why do they even bother spending money and energy on this? : nomaad
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- Especially when they're hemorrhaging money as it is, you'd think they wouldn't want to spend more money t... : getlefty

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"due to the high demand for the service" -- Due to still not having enough servers or bandwidth, more like.

It's like those call-centres where when you're waiting in a queue to speak to a human being you are always told that today they have an exceptional level of calls and will get to you as quickly as they can. Exceptional just like every single other time you call them. :-)

I've tried to get into Home for a look twice but even a week after its release it still wouldn't even let me connect. It's the train-wreck that keeps on screechin'!

Dec 18, 2008 1:26pm PST

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"due to the high demand for the service" -- Due to still not having enough servers or bandwidth, more lik... : nudel
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- Or the TV shopping shows where they say the phones are ringing off the hook for this item, and they will ... : deadhorse
- From the makers of a 3 hour game update download... Home. : getlefty

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Loss of voice chat certainly doesn't take anything away from it.
Comments heard on the first day:
"Man, this is a sausage fest. Where the bitches at?"
"This is boring. I'm gonna go look for a chick."
"You're cute. How old are you?"

It's like bar-creeps anonymous.

Dec 18, 2008 7:05pm PST

Loss of voice chat certainly doesn't take anything away from it. Comments heard on the first day: "Man,... : Cruciform

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lol this whole fiasco is a fiasco.

Dec 18, 2008 2:46pm PST

lol this whole fiasco is a fiasco. : deathofrats

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they took away the only good thing about home, harassment

Dec 18, 2008 2:09pm PST

they took away the only good thing about home, harassment : Ruaerikoholic

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By: Deviaant x Show Full Post

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Still no video playlist option? =/

Dec 18, 2008 2:01pm PST

Still no video playlist option? =/ : Deviaant

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By: deadhorse x Show Full Post

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I'm still unsure of the shacks opinion on Home.

Dec 18, 2008 1:18pm PST

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I'm still unsure of the shacks opinion on Home. : deadhorse
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- love the sarcasm here. : geneshifter

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They got rid of voice chat! lol

Dec 18, 2008 10:26am PST

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Home just needs to die a really horrible death. I mean break it's back, fuck it's ass, make it humble death.

Dec 18, 2008 11:54am PST

Home just needs to die a really horrible death. I mean break it's back, fuck it's ass, make it humble dea... : kaijuseijin

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I love how all the moustaches look like I bought them at Wal-Mart

Dec 18, 2008 10:10am PST

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I love how all the moustaches look like I bought them at Wal-Mart : tomservo
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- Maybe I should play this as I can't play any other damn ps3 games. Also your 360 PSU will be going out to... : sigpro

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