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Xbox 360’s Party Chat is the Downfall of Gaming

December 21, 2008 in Blog comments 15

A quick look into the flaws that have come about because the use (or overuse) of people using the Xbox Live Party Chat. A nice addition that maybe shouldn't be allowed in ranked games.

There was a time when I started my 360, jumped online, and messaged a friend to get out of Gears and pop in Halo. He would be greeted by the other people in our party ready to bullshit and kick ass while doing so. With the uprising of the Xbox Live Party Chat, those friends are leaving me with the choice of talking with them or trying to enjoy my game.

Initially I think that chatting with people who aren't playing the same game as me would be quite asinine, and it is, but I still found myself doing it up until recently, now I tend to deny party invites. Sure, it may seem like I'm being a dick, but when I throw in Call of Duty, that is what I want to play and be focused on. I have no doubts that there was some great events going on at school or work, but can’t we discuss that as we throw grenades together?

This problem goes further than just pissing some people off on my friends list, it is now becoming an exploit of sorts in current games....
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    BlackLabel Dec 21, 08
    I like the article but i am getting tired of these over dramatic titles, it may be an annoyance and it will probably have to be patched but unless they can link party chat with the closing down of all these developers than it's not the downfall of gaming and far from it.
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    DystopiaSticker Dec 21, 08
    I wonder why BlackLabel liked the article....

    The guy is kinda crazy. I haven't noticed a huge drop in mic activity to the point where anything is silent. In fact, it's RARE for me to play Left 4 Dead without all four people talking (as long as it's shown they have a mic plugged in).

    I've used party chat when both I and another friend were playing single player games like Fallout 3. That's it. Otherwise, don't choose to play Left 4 Dead while in a party, or just decline the invite in the first place.

    The guy is stating something that I haven't even encountered in hours of gaming as the norm. He's prety far off.
    • 0
      BlackLabel Dec 21, 08
      I like the article because it was pretty well written and outlined a few issues that need to be addressed.
    • 1
      PacoDG Dec 22, 08
      DystopiaSticker, I am not crazy! I swear it!

      The dropped mic activity has been very noticeable for me in specifically two games, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty 4. I do not play either game while in a private party (unless it is CoD4's Team Tactical and I am with 3 people, and even then, I feel like I am cheating).

      The problem comes with others who don't drop out of the party they are in while playing co-op games, it sucks. The only solution I could see that is reasonable, is disable party chat while in ranked games. Private matches or what not, who cares, but when I'm playing a team objective ranked game, it would really help matters if I could speak to my team.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Dec 21, 08
    m$ needs to implement a feature to take away (or at least suspend) headset functionality from members who are frequently complained about for bad language/trolling. if possible anyway.
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      Slumpy monkey Dec 22, 08
      They already do that. Plus you can mute any player on XBL yourself.
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    RabidChinaGirl Dec 21, 08
    I'm just tired of these constant blogs with (as BlackLabel mentioned) overly dramatic titles to lure readers into clicking yet another bloggish editorial.

    Not that anyone is forcing me to read them, but dang, I never thought I'd miss those damn analyst editorials over this stuff.

    Maybe these articles are supposed to be funny? Not sure.
    • 0
      Final Blade Dec 22, 08
      This brings me back to the home article.
  • 1
    Deadman Rules Dec 22, 08
    XBL is just like PSN now, nobody talking in the lobby!
  • 0
    bob8294 Dec 22, 08
    Hasn't there been like 30 articles that say that "Insert random gaming related item here" is the downfall of gaming now?
    • 1
      RabidChinaGirl Dec 22, 08
      Something is always dying in the gaming industry.
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    DragonMaster Dyne Dec 23, 08
    People could still use those "cheating" methods by being in a private chat together though, especially for gametypes like Wingman in Gears of War 2.
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      PacoDG Dec 23, 08
      Not to the point where the whole team is talking to each other.
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    Arcticdog Dec 24, 08
    well in halo 3 there is a way to get your friends into lone wolves with you and cheat to get a 50 which is the highest rank in the game but in the past it was alittle harder because you could only take 1 person with you now you can take all 8 and take turns winning matchs to get you rank up mo on this is the privet chat syster needs to go. because if it stays there is always going to be a way to cheat something like in call of duty 4 you can get you and a friend and go into cage match together and just have your friend let you kill thim over and over again until you rank op and this for the most part is cheating and you should get kicked from xbl for doing this but there is nothing anyone can do about it right now at lest.

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