Why Is Playstation Recording Parties? To Help Curb AbuseHome > Gaming > PlayStationSource: Twitter Playstation Owners Are Miffed About the Latest Update That Records PartiesBy Mustafa GatollariOct. 15 2020, Updated 1:45 p.m. ET The world of gaming has been hit with a lot of scandals recently. From Twitch streamers being permanently banned from the platform for allegations of harassment, toxicity, sexual assault, and grooming, to loads of Super Smash Bros. pro gamers being outed as predatory pedophiles, there's no shortage of heartache and controversy. This could be why Playstation owners were hit with a message that Playstation is now recording parties.Article continues below advertisement So why is Sony recording voice chats in Playstation parties A bunch of Playstation 4 owners, while looking over the messaging in their latest console 8.0 update noticed a significant warning: that Sony was now retaining the right to record their private conversations. The reason? Moderation.Source: GettyArticle continues below advertisement While there are a ton of jokes to be made about rage-chatters who throw around racial slurs like they're an auctioning off a work of art at Sotheby's, there are tons of folks who are legitimately concerned. So apparently, in case y'all didn't know this beforehand. But apparently the newest Sony update to the PS4 and will continue onto 5 will be recording your voice while in party chat. pic.twitter.com/T0VIbwIpZe— TSN Ittarra BooOda: Still recovering (@IttarraOda) October 14, 2020 Article continues below advertisement Fears about the implications for breach of privacy, spying, data collection for use of sales and advertising (which many find hard to believe isn't occurring anyway) combined with Sony's past data breach that compromised the accounts of some 77 million users globally, had many folks reacting adversely to the latest update. Not only did sony break every ps4 due to how bad the update was, they're even recording us #PS4 pic.twitter.com/006eQznRdf— Mini (@_Minii17) October 14, 2020 Article continues below advertisement Swat team after they hear what i be saying in my playstation parties. pic.twitter.com/YnT2u7C6bD— Nappier freddie gibbs (@kmoneynoswag) October 14, 2020 After the backlash, Sony had provided further clarification about its new policy on their official blog, writing: "Following this update, users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded. Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review."Article continues below advertisement They continued, "The pop up you’re seeing on PS4 right now is to let you know that when you participate in a chat with a PS5 user (post-launch), they may submit those recordings from their PS5 console to SIE." What that means is that when you join a voice chat, even if it's on a Playstation 4 and you're rocking a brand spanking new PS5, that means Sony will allow another user to listen in and "moderate" your voice chat. Playstation is now recording private party voice chatting for 'violations'. If a group of friends want to make off color jokes to each other privately, talk about freaky stuff or sexual content then that's their business. Xbox is looking better and better lately. pic.twitter.com/wUofBvhLsB— Pimp Master Broda (@PimpMasterYoda1) October 14, 2020 Article continues below advertisement Does Xbox record party chats From the sound of Sony's release, it doesn't really seem like they're actively listening to all user conversations, however, it hasn't changed the fact that a lot of people are upset at this latest development. So much so that folks are wondering if Microsoft records Xbox gamers' sessions on its popular line of consoles. Well, if you were wondering whether or not the Seattle-based tech giant has implemented party chat monitoring on its devices, then the answer is yes, they do. Again, this most likely doesn't mean that someone's listening to every single thing you say at all times, however, it's probably used as a means of collecting data should there ever be any reports of abuse happening online from one player against another.Article continues below advertisement The playstation guy listening in on our party when the boys start free-styling #PS4UPDATE pic.twitter.com/lWCnLuzEQq— Homeboy08 (@papilonglegs0) October 14, 2020 The Sony Playstation 5 should be released on November 12, 2020. When it does drop, it will come standard with the "spyware" that listens in on voice chats, no updates necessary!AdvertisementMore from Distractify Sony Is Giving All PlayStation 4 Owners Two Free Games to Play Right Now Can the PlayStation 5 Play All of Your Old PlayStation 4 Games? 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