Xbox One party chat accommodates eight 'at launch'

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Xbox One will limit the number of party chat participants to eight at a time, Microsoft has confirmed.

"At launch, up to eight people will be able to join a Party Chat at a time on Xbox One," a spokesperson told Game Informer.

This is the same limitation placed on Xbox 360 and, as Sony has recently confirmed, is also identical to the party chat limit on PS4.

That Microsoft stipulates that the eight-person limit is 'at launch' could suggest a possible party size increase at a later date, but for the time being this remains conjecture.

Xbox One players will not be able to voice chat with Xbox 360 players due to technical differences, but profiles on each console will be visible to the other, and users will be able to exchange written messages between the two systems.

Microsoft released a sound comparison between Xbox One and Xbox 360 voice chat to demonstrate the improved quality on the new console, which uses Skype tech for its voice communication.




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DespoilmentPosted:

Eight is too much! Having six is already chaotic.

jrfd2Posted:

this will benefit a lot of people who are in clans with a lot of people but for me i could only just cope with 6 i hate people screaming down the mic but i guess its a good thing adding 8

OrthoPosted:

Aggie
LaserShow
Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.




Ortho
LaserShow
Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.


Depends on your friends. My parties are filled with mature people so there's no "baby" nonsense.


Exactly, I usually hit the limit on the amount of people and my parties are just fine.

I would love to see there be more spots available. Would be amazing.


It will happen eventually and it will be pretty sweet. Custom games in halo 5 would be sick with 32 people in the party

SwiftPosted:

LaserShow
Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.




Ortho
LaserShow
Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.


Depends on your friends. My parties are filled with mature people so there's no "baby" nonsense.


Exactly, I usually hit the limit on the amount of people and my parties are just fine.

I would love to see there be more spots available. Would be amazing.

OrthoPosted:

LaserShow
Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.


Depends on your friends. My parties are filled with mature people so there's no "baby" nonsense.

BRSPosted:

Ortho There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32


32, I can't even handle 5 people.

OrthoPosted:

Truth- So no party chat enlargement, disappointed but manageable..
Atleast the mic's are better?


Why the question mark? It's kinda obvious and they will make it greater in the future.

OrthoPosted:

There's a rumor it will be bumped up to 32

BashPosted:

sonds a bit better good its going up to 8 :)

MPAAPosted:

SliceFX
RIAA
-Hardwell Omg really something they both agree on :) #wow

But then Microsoft said only 8 at launch ... so they will probably make it 10 to beat sony :/ even though 8 people is enough anyway


I think even 4 is overcrowded and rather than push the number of voice spammers higher, just increase the overall voice codec quality, I see no technical reason why we cannot have 44100hz 16bit mono for party chat in all seriousness.
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