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PlayStation Home updates to 1.04, temporarily removes voice chat
Destructoid — ... Sony has announced that it will be taking PlayStation Home beta offline for temporarily maintenance, and when it returns, it will be all grown up from version 1.03 to version 1.04.  ...

Voice chat temporarily disabled in Home 1.04
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... " effort towards resolving various connection issues users have been experiencing. While this is a good thing, the PlayStation.Blog also notes one side effect of this new patch: voice chat will be temporarily disabled. The removal of voice chat (for now) should alleviate the crushing bandwidth load on Sony's servers since the official "open beta" launch of the service. ...

Voice Chat Patched Out of Home
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... In an effort to try and resolve the network issues folks are having with Playstation Home, Sony has decided to take out voice chat in the 1.04 release. Instead of actually talking to folks, Sony recommends hooking up a keyboard. PlayStation Blog: ...

Home Beta Gets Beards, Loses Voice With Latest Patch [Home]
Kotaku — ... the two, I assume that's why they removed voice chat. Of course it could also have something to do with all the sailor-talk going on when you run through the bowling alley on a typical night. Sony says they will let people know when they resume the voice chat feature, but in the meantime gamers can still use text chat and private voice chat. Now, about those beards, they better be a heck of a lot nicer than those crap mustaches you tried foisting on me last night. Playstation Home System Maintenance [Playstation Blog] ...

Home downtime to bring fixes, drop voice chat
Opposable Thumbs — ... to little fanfare. Though the service has its pros and cons, it has unfortunately suffered from some stress-related issues thanks to the sheer number of players connecting. To that end, Sony has taken Home down today to address the load issues and upgrade the service to version 1.04. Unfortunately, those fixes came at the cost of voice chat within Home. Sony let word slip on the official PlayStation blog . "The reason for this maintenance is to ease the difficulty some people are having accessing PlayStation Home due to the high demand for the service," reads the blog ...

Home gets updated, loses voice chat for now
Gaming Nexus — ... NEWS - The PlayStation Home has been updated to 1.04 to help with the connection problem to the server. As part of the update, voice chat has been temporarily disabled so the only ways you can communicate with others now that aren't on your friends list is either through emoting or using a keyboard. So, perhaps just disabling the voice will ease up on the network  traffic so Sony can find some ways to optimize the network. In any case, everyone will be silent in Home for now. ...

Sony 'temporarily' suspends voice chat in Home
Joystiq — ... As part of today's PlayStation Home 1.04 patch (13 MB), the PlayStation Blog notes that voice chat will be temporarily disabled in the virtual lifestyle program. "This is a step towards ensuring greater connectivity for all users," explains ...

Home Loses Voice, Gains Facial Hair
Crispy Gamer | Video Game News, Rumors and Updates — To say that PlayStation Home has had a lukewarm launch would probably be one of the biggest understatements of the year. The PS3’s social networking service has been plagued with server crashes, stripped features, and even reports of widespread hacking. Sony seems to be scrambling to fix things, though, as a post on the PlayStation blog is reporting that the service will be undergoing another round of maintenance today to try and fix some of the issues. The new update, moving things up from v1.03 to v 1.04, is supposed to address “the difficulty some people are having ...

Sony Updates Home and Silences the Masses -- Literally
Kombo.com — ... PlayStation Home will be temporarily suspended. As soon as we are ready to resume the voice chat feature, we will inform you via PlayStation.com and PlayStation.Blog. In the meantime, we encourage users to make use of the Wireless Keypad for PLAYSTATION 3 or any USB or Bluetooth-enabled keyboard for text chat and also the "phone friend" features to communicate within PlayStation Home. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and kindly ask for your understanding. -- PlayStation.Blog That's right: Sony just told you to sit down, shut up, and drink your damn milk. ...

Home Going Down, Coming Back Sans Voice Chat
GayGamer.net — ... Your 1.03 will magically become a 1.04. What's new with this update? I have no idea. What we do know is that Sony is temporarily disabling voice chat. Presumably this is to counteract the additional load required to host VoIP communications. Sony promises that they will bring back voice chat as soon as the system is capable of handling the additional load. In the mean time, you'll just have to use a USB or Bluetooth keyboard, or even the onscreen keyboard. PlayStation Home System Maintenance [Playstation.blog] [Image via NeoGAF Videogame Anagram ...

'PlayStation Home' Patch Removes Voice Chat Temporarily, Adds Beards
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Sony has patched PlayStation Home, which will bring the version of the Open Beta up to 1.04 from 1.03. In a blog post on the Official PlayStation Blog, Sony claimed that "the reason for this maintenance is to ease the difficulty some people are having accessing PlayStation Home due to the high demand for the service." ...

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TrueGameHeadz .:Video Game Previews, Reviews, Videos and News For Gamers Everywhere:. — ... Quote from Sony - “The reason for this maintenance is to ease the difficulty some people are having accessing PlayStation Home due to the high demand for the service.” ...