[KingStevo69]

While Xbox 360 owners have been enjoying the benefits of cross-game chat for years now, the functionality has yet to reach the PS3 community. To make matters worse, there’s even a chance we’ll have to pay for it when it (eventually) does.

Quoting from the latest PlayStation: The Official Magazine’s Next Tech section:

“Sony’s current service is one of the PS3’s best features, and so we’d begrudgingly welcome a revamped PSN with extra subscriber functionality, like cross-game chat and exclusive PSN downloads [...] cross-game chat is the obvious next big feature, even though it might be restricted to paid subscribers”.

The indefinite ‘might’ in that final sentence does offer us some comfort, but nevertheless we are saddened by the thought that this heavily-demanded feature could ultimately be introduced as part of a premium PSN package. Watch this space.

[PrO]

I wouldn't mind if they did start charging. As long as the basic online play is free I don't care what Sony charges for :P