I do know that you cannot chat in a game while you are connected to a private chat, even if the other person has left the private chat. You must manually go in and close out the private chat before you can chat again in the game room.
Recently, i purchased my xbox 360 and ghost recon advanced warfighter. When i get online to chat on the xbox live multiplyer games, it does not work but when i privately chat, it works. Does anyone have any idea what is going on.

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