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wraggster
February 14th, 2008, 19:50
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/02/xmb-hint-490.jpg

For a brief moment this week, the PlayStation 3 site touted (via NeoGaf) the ability to "talk to others during gameplay." The ability to access the cross-media bar (XMB) and send messages in-game has been long at the top of our wish lists, especially given that Xbox Live users have long enjoyed that feature.

However, despite our longing an in-game XMB update still isn't on our systems. The PS site has since been updated, removing the tantalizing phrase. It was promised at CES 2008 to come out this year. Was it a goof in wording or a hint at a spicy GDC announcement? We'll know next week.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/14/in-game-messaging-for-ps3-spotted-on-official-site/
F9zDark
February 14th, 2008, 20:24
The same site had some information on Home which was also removed. Chances are, someone at Sony was a little "trigger happy" and released this information early. I suspect that this information will come at GDC (which was probably when the website was supposed to get this information)
Accordion
February 14th, 2008, 20:52
lets hope they do similar to Apple and say "now available" during its unveiling.
F9zDark
February 14th, 2008, 20:58
lets hope they do similar to Apple and say "now available" during its unveiling.

That would be awesome :)
-Xandu-
February 14th, 2008, 21:18
Similar to Xfire?
DPyro
February 14th, 2008, 21:30
Theres a google cache of it if you want to see.
Mister Klownes
February 15th, 2008, 19:44
Would be nice to see both on the horizon.
chip19
February 16th, 2008, 18:59
That feature is really needed if PS3 wants to compete with Xbox Live.