I could possibly count from the past a time when I would have liked to have been able to get back to the XMB for a different feature (each time) without QUITTING the game.

If it’s possible, it’s welcome.

In game music because I hate the music included in most games and since my ps3 is plugged to my massively amazing audio system that can unfortunately only play from 1 sound source at a time so it must be the ps3 outputting the music.

Would like the xmb in game so I could browse internet while playing a single player game and pausing it or watch a vid or something. But that one is less important.

Really I don’t see why its so hard to do isn’t 1 core of the cell processor + 64mb ram used only for the xmb (even in game) why is it hard to make the ps button switch XMB on in game?

and we just plain want music, and other crap.

Would be nice if you could issue invites to your current game using this messaging system as well.

Ryan: Thanks, that’s good to hear. This article is more about Sony misunderstanding what gamers want.

One possibility which I haven’t tackled here, is that it is actually the ingame messaging that is holding back the implementation of the whole ingame XMB.

This could be possible since the keyboard takes up so much memory. But with Resistance and Timeshift approximating to ingame messaging, I think this is unlikely to be the main problem for Sony holding back.

The big thing is we all know that we need in-game messaging but, in that process we started calling it in-game xmb I’m guessing. Those who are saying we need in-game xmb are probably thinking about messaging and not all this other crap you’re talking about (at least I hope not).

1- Text and Chat for the online boys
2- In game custom music (after moving from my 360 to a PS3 Tiger Woods stinks not being able to stream some of my own tunes in while I golf.
3- In game browser would be nice, but not life ending NOT to have it.

Just include these options in the textual menu when you hit the PS button..In game XMB is not really what we are after..After a while you could even change that text list into a graphical interface Sony!

My point is that they could stop this and give us one much needed/wanted feature earlier than they can/intend to.

DemSum: That was a passionate speech, and then some! You know I agree with you don’t you? Yes we should have the things we want, and don’t just need. Sony should surprise us…and we should have all the options from the XMB. It’s just about getting one important feature before the rest, and getting the message very clear to Sony, because a lot of their market research is via the internet.

Their recent poll actually shows that people want custom soundtracks over ingame messaging, and I think this is wrong. Plus, that they are asking people for one or the other – is worrying.

BW: Thanks for your comment. Those do seem like problems that could be annoying.

And if I run out of HD space – which is quite plausable on these newer PS3s with the smaller drives, and space-hog games like Oblivion – I want to be able to delete files without losing my *current* game state. In-game XMB would make that possible.

But that’s MY FAULT? I’M to blame for SONY taking their sweet time with PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING? Let’s talk about home and how crucial that is, according to every Sony employee and his mum. And how it’s been pushed back by months. I know that it seems like if anything is worth waiting for these days, chances are that is the case and you will end up waiting longer than you’d like to, but I guess Sony’s policy is that everything they are doing and will ever do is ground shattering because NOTHING they’re associated with is ever done in a timely manner as of late.

In summation, no. You’re the fatty. Fatty fat fat fat-head. Why don’t you cry yourself to sleep on your tear and ketchup-stained pillow. Fatty.

Look to the original text

“To me this is obvious, and it may also be to you and I’m sorry if I’m about to patronise you with subtleties, but somehow I think that what I’m about to say might be a revolution to those muppets at Sony.”

I’m quite aware that you ALL know that ingame XMB MEANS ingame messaging, what I doubt is that Sony understands this. And nerfgun, I really wouldn’t be surprised since it’s taken so long, AND they are giving these possiblities to developers (so they CAN do ingame messaging now) but not doing an overarching system, and that’s why I layed it out here. I don’t think we should have to wait for a full blown ingame XMB for this (or even custom soundtracks which HVBowling has)

phantom, Andrew: I also agree that we want all these other things, but getting ingame messaging is a must that we should have got by itself a LONG time ago. Just like we’ve got with the TimeShift demo. There it is, all by itself…and I’d be very happy if we had that option over all of our games.

However, this is an opinion piece, and so the nature of it means that not everyone will agree. I’m all up for a debate, and so I take all your opinions into consideration. Intead of perhaps arguing/insulting me, let’s debate and disagree.

@ Cavin.
where did you hear the on screen keyboard takes up that much memory?
im not saying you’re wrong, i just wanna check it out too if you can provide me with a link. sounds odd that the PS3, in all its glory, are having problems with a damn on screen keyboard ^^