PlayStation Access has confirmed that you will be able to use free party chat with up to 2000 players in your friend list with the PS4. This feature will be accessible without needing a PS Plus account.
Really, 2000 friends? According to Facebook, I currently have 515 friends, and I can tell you now I wouldn’t recognize half of them if I saw them on the street (old school friends seem to get drastically fat or thin), and I probably wouldn’t want to play games with 10% of them. Who needs 2000 friends on PlayStation?
Other things that were confirmed in the latest PlayStation Access video include that you will need PS Plus to play online and that the PS4 will not support the old DualShock 3 controllers, but it will support the PlayStation Move. Oh, but you can carry over your PS3 avatar to the PS4. You can watch the video here if you want to see for yourself.
Last Updated: July 30, 2013
Concerned
July 30, 2013 at 08:36
2000 friends?? To trump MS it’s also going to offer 2x unlimited online storage…….
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 09:06
cute
Sageville
July 30, 2013 at 11:50
To trump MS is offering 2001 friends as per their “We’ll wait and see what Sony does” methodology.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 08:38
Who even has that many friends 0_o???
FoxOneZA - X-Therminator
July 30, 2013 at 09:28
People without social life’s ofcourse.
Gavin Mannion
July 30, 2013 at 08:39
Honestly while 2000 sounds stupid I find it stupid that there is a limit.
Who cares how many friends you have? 1 way to hit the limit would be for your local sports club to setup a PSN account that joins all the members… suddenly you hit a limit and have a problem.
Makes no sense
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 08:39
Always the logical thinker. You make a good point however
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 08:40
Man me and you just have amazing minds….. See my comment below!!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 08:50
Lol. Great minds think alike
Vampyre Squirrel
July 30, 2013 at 09:17
Fools never differ 😛
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 09:21
Thank you for raining on our parade!!
Vampyre Squirrel
July 30, 2013 at 10:17
You’re most welcome.
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 09:07
Does indeed.
That limit is not imposed by any variable size or anything. It is arbitrary.
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 08:40
Why do you always have to be so rational? And so early in the morning? 🙂 Have a good one!!
Gavin Mannion
July 30, 2013 at 08:41
Early? I’ve been up for 4 hours already… catch up people 😉
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 08:42
3 and a half hours for me. Not too far behind you 😛
Trevor Davies
July 30, 2013 at 09:30
I’ve been at work since 04:40. Do I win?
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
July 30, 2013 at 09:31
No buddy. That’s a lose. Sorry man
Trevor Davies
July 30, 2013 at 09:46
Damn it! I thought we scored this like golf.
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 09:35
ouch. On porpoise?
Trevor Davies
July 30, 2013 at 09:46
Sadly, yes lol At least I get to leave early, more gaming time.
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 10:36
well that is ok, sort of.
Miss traffic
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 10:23
Bloody hell, dare I ask what line of work you do? a hitman perhaps!
Trevor Davies
July 30, 2013 at 11:38
I wish, at least then I’d get out of the office regularly & meet new people, however briefly.
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 08:43
Did your child wet the bed? I have been up since 06:30 because my daughter hates to sleep… but on the plus side she slept the whole night. That is the 5th time that has happened since she was born… 3 and a half years ago!!!
Gavin Mannion
July 30, 2013 at 08:47
ouch… nope my kids are big they sleep through everynight. I generally get up at 5 everyday to get the site ready
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 08:55
So what time do you go to bed???? I get up at 4 about twice a month when I need to go the PE or East London for work and I am toast the next day… I am one of those 8 hour sleep or I’m a zombie people!!!
Gavin Mannion
July 30, 2013 at 09:04
I only normally need 5-6 hours at most but at the moment I’ve been crashing early.. working too hard apparently 😉
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 09:18
Having a day job and running a successful gaming site will do that to you I guess!! But with such a nice a community at your back I can see why you persist….. hahahaha… runs and pat myself on the back!!
TiMsTeR1033
July 30, 2013 at 10:22
what line of work you do anyway?
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 09:04
Nah, sleep 5 hours a night for me and all good. I pulled some semi all nighters last week and realised two things:
1. Technical staff cannot seem to estimate time for a task.
2. I am getting on and cannot work like that anymore. Perhaps if I still smoked?
Vampyre Squirrel
July 30, 2013 at 09:19
I tend to only get more than 6 hours in winter… then I can easily sleep 13 hours HAHAHA!
Brady miaau
July 30, 2013 at 09:03
Ok. That is dedication. I am at work an hour early, but you know, that is at seven.
Nice going. I find it very impressive that you hold a day job and keep this site going.
Sageville
July 30, 2013 at 11:47
I only goto bed at 3 and up again at 8…
When else are you supposed to play games?
Harvey P. Cheesewinkle
July 30, 2013 at 08:52
Hah, 4 hours. I see your 4, and raise you 15 😉
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 08:54
Why do you hate sleep though??? Or do you work night shift?
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 09:02
Pffff, these people with their sleeping.
😛
Jonah Cash
July 30, 2013 at 09:16
Dude you don’t understand if I don’t get my 8 hours I become this
Admiral Chief Minion 47
July 30, 2013 at 09:17
LOL
r1g0
July 30, 2013 at 10:21
My guess would be that for most people won’t matter, but they dont want anybody messing with that… maybe they shouldn’t have given that weird number and let the people doing weird things like 2000 friends find out later
Johann Smith
July 30, 2013 at 08:44
maybe it’s not just 2000 friends, but apps accessing your details, some people hacking their way through and all that other social goodness we get in our internet pie’s… i’ve only got 5 friends 🙁
Harvey P. Cheesewinkle
July 30, 2013 at 08:54
Could be good for schools, universities, and various other entities with large amounts of people and a need to communicate with them from time to time.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 30, 2013 at 13:15
3…2….1… And Microsoft unveils the same. When you’re reacting, you’re predictable.