This week?s release of the PS4 firmware version 8.00 brought with it a surprise that shocked a lot of players. A warning notification let people know that voice chats could be recorded and submitted to Sony for reporting. Misinformation about the feature quickly spread, including alleging that Sony was recording and storing private party chat conversations (which is not true). Sony quickly issued an apology and updated users that this feature was a part of PS5 party chat, but impacted PS4 players due to cross-platform party chat functionality. Now Sony has dropped additional details about PS5 party chats and the recording and reporting function, along with an apology for the way players unceremoniously found out about the feature this week.
Catherine Jensen, Head of the Global Consumer Experience division at PlayStation took to the PS Blog, saying first and foremost that their goal is ?to help foster a fun and positive experience when you?re playing online with friends and other gamers.? The PS5?s new voice chat reporting function will allow players to add a recorded audio clip up to 40 seconds?20 seconds of the main conversation and 10 seconds on either side of the selected clip for added context?in order to help the Consumer Experience Team effectively handle the report and take the necessary action.
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