Quote Originally Posted by Slade View Post
You are probably on to something there. Its probably not something being discussed, but then again they have been preaching all this "global standard" hogwash. English speaking ps3 players will definitely be the last people invited to the party when playing among their peers. I guess its going to maybe the psn network doing something along the lines of supporting vent
I think Yoshi P has a bit more of a global mindset than most other Japanese players, and so he knows what is available out there and wants to incorporate a lot of those things into FFXIV. It was also interesting to read that Yoshi P uses voice chat (as he mentioned in the link posted by Kaplan).

But Japanese players in general tend to be more private, and voice chat would probably be seen by many as an unwelcome intrusion on personal privacy.

For a game where a large percentage of the player base is Japanese, I agree with the first 3 points Yoshi P brought up as the cons of implementing voice chat.

1. There will be times when voice chat will be mandatory for things like instanced raids.
2. In particular, there is a fear that female gamers will get harassed when the say something and will then want to stay away.
3. A gap will appear between those that have/don’t have a mic.
At least for those people who do want voice chat, there are options out there and SE doesn't seem to be against their use.

While not ideal for them, PS3 players who want voice chat may just need to prepare other means for it.