Why doesn't consoles have chat?

[Ghost of Razgriz]

Consoles not good enough for it or something?

[Bumsy]

It'll take a while to reply on console and most people say "gg ez" before quickly hitting continue anyway. It'll be nice to have console see chat post-game though.

[BISHONEN]

I rlly wish they had access to chat even if it takes them ages to write a sentence, sometimes i be having really fun games and can't even chat and say something nice at the end

[Foxx]

Honestly its either a gg or toxic chats so you aren't missing much. Very rarely you might ask or give advice, but for the most part it's nothing special. Most people say gg and move on or nothing at all. Before, console communicated the way they always did, through messages. So the chat box itself wasn't necessary tbh. They just never bothered to add it for cross-play.

[peppermint hollows]

Probably just because they don't have keyboards. Most console games I've played don't have text chat even if the PC version does. Voice chat is much more common on console especially since starting last gen they all come with microphones/headsets.

[MagikarpMagi]

So I can kill them and let the Steam survivors live, and not have to hear whining. I use the symbol to choose victims if I don't need to kill everyone.

[SuaveMonke]

Because console users are illiterate.

[Jess]

It takes too long to type on console also to be honest I've really been enjoying not having to hear disparaging remarks everytime I play killer.

[Zapp Brannigan]

As a former console killer main, no. Just no. They never have anything good to say. Not even to their teammates.

[D:]

Wrong question. The correct one is: Why does PC have chat? Rarely anything useful gets said there anyway except "gg", "you're trash" or "eeezzzz".

[XYA]

People which say that console people aren't missing much are missing the whole point. They don't have a choice while PC players can just skip it and hit next. It's an 18+ game where the 1-2 minutes endgame chat is stronger censored that an entire csgo match. Where console players don't even get the choice to be toxic or not toxic. This kinda babysit is weird

[Jess]

You say that like chat exists but I don't see any chat options for DbD on my switch.

[peppermint hollows]

Origineel geplaatst door XYA:

People which say that console people aren't missing much are missing the whole point. They don't have a choice while PC players can just skip it and hit next. It's an 18+ game where the 1-2 minutes endgame chat is stronger censored that an entire csgo match. Where console players don't even get the choice to be toxic or not toxic. This kinda babysit is weird

I don't think it's really babysitting or devs trying to censor the console players (not that I am saying devs aren't censoring chat, they are) so much as they are following the norm which is to not give console players chat. As I said in my own post in my experience most games that have also PC version that I've played on console simply don't opt for text chat. Likely because voice chat is way more common on console than on PC in my experience, and again also because nobody has keyboards so typing is slow. On PC there are a lot of people who prefer text chat because they don't like talking or don't have a mic but on console everyone seems to prefer voice.

[Jess]

To Xya can't quote you cause my IPad is terrible like that: a much more legitimate gripe would be the pre-game potential to discuss stuff with your teammates. The right to insult people post-game is far less legitimate as complaints go.

[Jess]

Also to peppermint hollows I mean the only other online games I play on switch are Warframe and Animal Crossing and they both have in game chat though admittedly Animal Crossing has a very roundabout and limited version of chat. But Warframe is pretty normal.

[peppermint hollows]

Origineel geplaatst door Jess:

Also to peppermint hollows I mean the only other online games I play on switch are Warframe and Animal Crossing and they both have in game chat though admittedly Animal Crossing has a very roundabout and limited version of chat. But Warframe is pretty normal.

I have a PS4 and if you don't know, one of the benefits of Playstation's online service is "free" (for as long as you remain subscribed, but you lose access if you unsubscribe) games every month and I've played a lot of online games from that as well as free weekends, etc. and a lot of them don't have text chat even though PC does. I also don't count AC because it's only on the Switch, I was specifically talking about games that have a version on console and a version on PC.

And if you google "Why doesn't console have text chat" this is a very common complaint online so I don't think I'm the only one who has noticed console versions tend not to have text chat.