Microsoft's Mike Ybarra Wants 64-players Xbox Live Party Chat

By Vamien McKalin, | March 22, 2016

Microsoft wants to increase the number of gamers who can chat with each other via Xbox Live's Party Chat feature to 64.

Microsoft wants to increase the number of gamers who can chat with each other via Xbox Live's Party Chat feature to 64.

Ever wanted to have a 64-player party chat on Xbox One? It sounds like a nightmare, but that is not stopping Microsoft's very own, Mike Ybarra, from suggesting it. We're not certain what good it would bring to Xbox or Microsoft, but it does sound interesting.

Mike Ybarra is Xbox Director of Programming in an interview with Game Informer is very much interested in bringing this feature to the Xbox One in the future. It's not because he'd want to be in a party like this, but because it is possible.

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"I'd love to get that to 64 because that'll get Battlefield and games like that which do 64 vs. 64...have at it! Now, I don't want to be in a party of 64, but that's a different problem!"

While it might be possible, we're not sure if Microsoft servers would be able to handle several party chats going at the same time with 64-players. Something would definitely go wrong, and this would likely cause players to revolt.

There aren't many games that support 64-players, so what Ybarra is saying for, now, is just wishful thinking. However, he shared that he was thinking of the future when cross-play between Xbox One and PC is a regular thing with most games.

But even then, we do not see how this would work out well for anyone. Great concept, but having 64-players in a single voice chat would be complete chaos. Just imagine 64-players talking to each other at the same time, that doesn't sound good at all, and as such, doesn't make sense to even attempt it.

At the moment, Xbox Live supports 12 people party chat. We've never tried it before, but communicating with 4 people in a party chat is hard enough, so we're sure 12 would be madness, and 64 would be straight to the mental institution.

At the end of the day, if Microsoft believes this is something gamers would want, then we urge the company to go ahead with it. Nothing is wrong with giving gamers a choice. If folks believe they can handle 64-players in a single party chat, then let them have it by all means.


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