Voice chat returns on PlayStation Home

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 22nd 2008 at 8:15AM }

PlayStation Home has been patched (yet again!), this time restoring voice chat. Update 1.05, available now, adds voice chat to personal spaces and clubhouses. This means you foul-mouthed pirates can chat with each other in the privacy of your own virtual-homes. However, expect public spaces to be as quiet as Sunday mass.

[Thanks, heavenssniper!]

Tags: breaking, home, playstation-home

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

I.AM.IRON.MAN @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:18AM

oh God! does this mean i have to download all the areas... again!

PSN: Aggie_CEO @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:47AM

thats getting old........they need to fix that shit........

if I keep losing unlocks and have to redownload everything(outside of the Addition spaces such as Far Cry & Uncharted) then thats just bullshit.......especially since Home may be updated on a bi-weekly basis.....

PSN: Aggie_CEO @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:46AM

xtole @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:54PM

@Aggie_CEO:
Umm, its a beta dumbass. Be happy its an open beta and stop complaining.

xtole @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:27PM

@Aggie_CEO:
Um... its a beta dude. be happy its an open beta and stop complaining.

will @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:22AM

oh no..... this means i have to download all the places again doesn't it, and it takes ages aswell because the playstation home servers are always busy with everyone doing it at the same time.... :(

C-Onor @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:21AM

wer did that glitch article go to

Jake @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:28AM

i was thinking that

plus it sucks having to download everything over and over

patch it for gods sake!!

C-Onor @ Dec 22nd 2008 12:17PM

same here!! i hate having to earn the echochrome suit again and again every time i log on

Bert @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:36AM

Just tested and there is no need to re-download everything.

Anyone else lost all the stuff they "won"? e.g. Echochrome shrits, statues, etc.? I can win them back in a new session, but when I quit Home and come back, it's all gone. Also, all the customization to my apartment, with "won" stuff is gone. If I win back the items they reapear at the right place.

Nick @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:07AM

Turn all the lights off in your Personal Space. I was reading the PlayStation forums and that was one of the solutions to that bug.

slycooper_rocker [anti-panda death murder squadron force five] @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:19PM

yeah but see, that's not an option when guy friends come over. and i wish it wasn't region locked. my 2 best friends live in britain and australia. *sigh*

what games can you get home stuff from?

dave @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:42PM

If you have friends in a different region, you can always set up a PSN account in that region. Then, if you want to join them in Home, just make sure you're logged into that account.

Deef @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:38AM

it's a good thing the voice chat is not available in public places... when the kids starts calling each other names, i don't want to mute them all :-)
hope it stays this way

having to redownload all the areas is indeed bit annoying, but i'm sure they'll fix it when we have more areas available in time, because it would use to much of their bandwidth

Peter @ Dec 22nd 2008 2:05PM

I don't see much of a difference between muting all the users and having all the users muted. It isn't that hard to hit select and switch voice chat to off is it?

Junction @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:49AM

rofl, it's a Beta after all. At least they brought it out before Christmas in the year 2008 - which is something. :P

bambino @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:05AM

Home = Fail.

I can't believe I'm going to say this.. but I'd actually prefer the NXE over this garbage.

I mean.. we don't even have customisable avatars which can be attached to the PSN ID.

Oh.. and God-forbid they give you decent facial hair options or even allow you to select the colour of your basic free T-shirt etc.

Fail, Fail, Fail.

Jake @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:14AM

beta...

thats all i have to say

HAAS599 @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:13AM

bambino, we get it, you don't like home. You don't need to tell everyone everytime a article about home is posted.

anyway, when I'm in home PSN IDs are displayed over everyone's avatar. So isn't that some form of avatar-to-PSN ID link?

Steve Childs @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:39PM

Beta or not, IF Sony insist on micro (well, not that micro actually) charging for everything bar the minimum in Home, I'll remove it off my system.

I don't mind paying for a few things, but when it comes to paying £1.59 for a sodding virtual T Shirt it takes the piss.

So far owning a clubhouse is next to pointless, there's next to no furniture for it, you can't stick anything up on the walls and they STILL charge you £3.99 for the privilege.

I know, I know, its only a beta, but even still, I feel a bit ripped off at the moment paying £3.99 for a clubhouse which is next to useless. I want to be able to put photos up on the wall, videos etc.. Surely it wouldn't have been too much to ask for in the public beta, especially as they're charging for clubhouses.

Popfrogs @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:48PM

"I don't mind paying for a few things, but when it comes to paying £1.59 for a sodding virtual T Shirt it takes the piss."

Where does it take the piss? And why does it take piss anywhere?

anthonyjh @ Dec 22nd 2008 3:49PM

I'm gonna be honest, I've hating Home since they removed the voice chat. It's a social service that won't let you socialize. I'm not one of the idiots that think Home is there to entertain me, but that I need to get my own enjoyment out of it. But really, how the hell can I do that if I can't freaking talk to anyone!?

ThePlake0815 @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:17AM

TedTheDog said in the forums already, that they're working on the "loosing items from Echo & IceB after logging of" - Problem.

Mo @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:04AM

Cydonia said all of our unlockable items are there, we just cant see them. When they fix it they will all return. HOWEVER ANYTHING YOU UNLOCK WHILE THE PROBLEM EXISTS WILL GO AWAY WHEN THEY RETURN OUR STUFF.

so, just wait.

you guys were all hot in the pants for the beta, well here ya go enjoy :-)

Fane @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:56PM

Did TedTheDog mis-spell "losing" or did you? I don't know, because it's inside your quotation.

loosing = releasing, making loose
losing = misplacing, making lost

ThePlake0815 @ Dec 24th 2008 2:59AM

yep, sorry =)
that was me... :-P

Phil @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:30AM

Voice Chat in private places and clubs only? Well then i dont need voice chat. because im hearing impaired. Yikes! i feel more peace! ahh!

ryan @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:01AM

Are they working on private chat for the main menu yet and have that carry over to any and every game? This would help out alot for White Knight Chronicles.

will @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:43PM

with the voice chat, they should have certain areas with certain channels that you can join the the Home Square..... that way you don't have to join, or you could set up your own private channel chats, with like a maximum amount of people being allowed to join so you could have a group conversation when people are at different places so you don't have to ring them.

Juthan @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:29AM

Wonderful move, Sony! I hated having to turn off voice just for the few bad apples. Scratch that, for everyone, as it turned out.

/sigh

No sign of intelligent life out there anywhere!

Peter @ Dec 22nd 2008 2:12PM

If a feature is being abused then you remove the people abusing it, not the feature itself, I don't want the text chat removed because people go around saying 'gay' as if imparting great wisdom and magnificent put-down in one fell swoop, that would just be silly.

Jerses @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:56AM

have any of you played the japanese HOME? man that place is cool. Siren, soulcalibur, namco (you can play pacman and win shirts, arcades for youre home,etc), everything is diferent. And we are having problem with voice chat and red bull not coming this year :P lol

Japan people are really getting the love for home.

Joe @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:03AM

You can have unlocks from the Namco Arcade in any region of Home. Just download it from the Jap store, then play it on your EU/US account.

Mo @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:05AM

how can i get the jap store?

MattLive @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:18PM

I still want voice-chat in all areas not just my apartment, why not make distinctions like "Underground", "Pro" etc and other forms of filter to get the young kids who like to bash each other their own square. Pacifier toys could also be nice to add to that area as well. ;)

Censoring is just a lost effort. Let people be people, but have smarter voice options availble to filter out annoying "noise".

slycooper_rocker [anti-panda death murder squadron force five] @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:21PM

i would just be happy if they removed the voice changer.

Lovidovi @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:21AM

I am superglad that I dont have to listen to everyone in public places. Scary enough being chased by 4 male avatars wherever I go , imagine hearing everyone too :o I would probably just end up playing without sound all the time.

rgoff31 @ Dec 22nd 2008 12:17PM

This feels like something that was released too early. I know it would have looked really bad if this hadn't come out this year, but it feels very rushed.
I've gotten into that 30+ thread and met alot of really nice mature people.

Tim Parsons @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:03PM

Game Launching is still disabled,. and WTF every goddamn time they update your clothes and Home space reset to default and you lose anything you unlocked,. GET A CLUE SONY!!!

I was disgusted when I first heard about when(when Phil Harrison annouched it) and now I'm getting disgusted all over again ,. Home is turning into an Epic Fail

Fane @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:00PM

And yet, you ended up in the closed beta while many people who were eager for it didn't. C'est la vie, non?

mercurywa @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:50PM

I'm done with the constant re-downloading. Here's the deal Sony, I'm deleting Home from my PS3. You let me know when in 2011 you have all the bugs worked out, and I'll consider reinstalling it.

Lulz4Food @ Dec 22nd 2008 1:51PM

Wow... just wow... What part of the word "beta" do some of you folks not understand? Home is in beta. Last time I checked that meant subject to change at any given release. Maybe it would have been better to have kept it in a closed beta. But then the same people would be begging for keys to get in. I guess you can't please everybody.

Peter @ Dec 22nd 2008 2:11PM

I don't understand the part of beta that says untested finished feature-complete product.

Sorry, I meant you don't.

dave @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:47PM

Then again, most people are complaining about bugs in existing features. A beta has bugs. The point of a beta is to find and get rid of them. People should expect issues with Home, at the moment. Many seem to be expecting a fully tested release.

Gonzo @ Dec 23rd 2008 11:22AM

But what if it's still only the total d-bags who talk? Can they turn it off again?

Sony @ Dec 23rd 2008 9:16AM

I dunno...Gmail beta is pretty awesome. Google Chrome beta was as awesome as the the regular Chrome is...so beta doesn't mean it has to be shitty.

Peter @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:47AM

True enough. People on the other side bug me almost as much as the "It's a beeeetttttaaaaa" crowd.

jimmy @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:18PM

whats really upseting me is that sonys trying so hard to stop the foul language... i mean like... are you serious? regardless if you find ways to stop us were just gonna find new ways to get around it, so were always a step ahead... their best best would be to jus hire a teenager to help them with that... its dumb... they needa lets us be able to talk in a socializing game... because either way its gonna happen....