PS3 Online community?

Hello, i have some questions about the online community for the PS3. I went on the Playstation website under PS3 and looked at the Playstation 3 Network. I only saw a little bit of it, but to me it kind of looked something like Xbox LIVE. My friend just bought Xbox LIVE for his X360 and it looks pretty cool with the gaming community and the chatting and everything. My first question is- Is the Playstation 3 Network simular to XLIVE? Do you get to like add friends and chat with them and stuff while your ingame? And in the PSNETWORK is there like a lobby like xlive with chat rooms and the ppl online and a list of the games theyre playing? And finally, are there like Bluetooth headsets to use with ps3 like they have for x360 Live? If so how do they work?

PS3 Online community?
It's kind of similar to Xbox Live..





You can add friends and "Voice Chat" or send messages to them, but not during a game.


And, Sony is working a avatar-chat for the PS3 called "Home" which will be released this spring, it's like a lobby you can move around and customize your own avatar and, chat with new people and stuff. It also has a Playstation Store, so you could download, demo's, game trailers, ps3 themes and more.. You can also buy some stuff from there too.


For the bluetooth headsets, well.. It doesn't come with the PS3, you need to buy it seperately, any bluetooth set will work. You just scan it on your ps3 and when it locates it, click "Register".
Reply:Well, I don't have a PS3 (plz no thumbs down), but I can give you some answers though by some research I do. Okay, Playstation Home is gonna be HUGE! Here's a vid for it, see if your interested: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY2vwlh5-g


I think its coming out this spring. And yes, you can use a headset. If your asking how to set it up, here you go: http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-10165_7-667... skip to 1:07 to see it but the video gives great other tips as well. You talk to your friends or bother your opponents using it.





Hope I helped.
Reply:To be honest, the PlayStation Network (PSN) is not nearly as good as Xbox Live (XBL). There is no way of contacting your friends while you're playing a game. You can add friends, if you know their display name, which is the equivalent to a XBL Gamertag. As of today, there is no lobby where you can "socialize" with other people. Unles you're in a game like FIFA 08or something like that. Hpwever I recomend looking up "Home" or PS Home. It is scheduled to come out sometime this year and would be like a giant lobby... but look it up, it is really interensting.


If you ask me the online community is not one of the strong points of the PS, by far XBL is way, way better.
Reply:Well the PS3 Network is a work in progress, there is no lobby, you can add friends but you can only send mail to them. And you can only talk ingame via a headset. I use my bluetooth headset that i bought for my cell phone. Its a motorla h550. The PS3 network is going to being update to look kinda of the sims. You will get your own house that you can get furnitre for. You can go out and socialize with other people in different areas. I forget what its called. They running a closed beta in the us right now if im not mistaken. I think its supposed to come out this year. It was awhile ago when i read about it. So the xbox360 is currently better, but sonys looks freaking awesome i can't wait til it comes out.
Reply:that sucks
Reply:1.u can add friends and chat wiv dem but as of yet not in-game


2.no lobbies yet but u can c wot ur friends r playing and join them if u hav da same game eg.burnout paradise


3.yes there r headsets but i find dem really anoying 2 listen 2


ps3 is much better than the 360 - just thought i'd mention it...lets not 4get playstation home - out 2008(god knows when it was ment 2 come out last october just like gta iv)


cya:)
Reply:PSN is under construction. It will work to it's top notch after the release of Playstation Home project. (Much like Second Life, but free).

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