After the news that PlayStation announced that Discord is coming in PS4, the fans went wild about it. The popular online communication service promises to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile early next year. Any details about it we do not have, but Sony’s announcement says that the two companies are working hard to make it real.
What about is Discord, and why are so many talking about it?
Whether that means a full-fledged Discord app coming to PlayStation consoles or a more limited integration has yet to be announced.
Because of the new partnership, Sony is also investing an unspecified amount of money into Discord as part of its Series H investment round as a minority investor. Discord is one of the biggest online communities, especially for gaming enthusiasts.
It has over 140 million active users as of December 2020. There are talks that Microsoft acquired the company in a 10 billion dollar deal earlier this year. Those talks ended when Discord decided to stay as an independent company.
So, can you use Discord on PS4?
You will hear talks about using Discord on PS4, but is it true? Let’s make it clear. They say you can, but sending the messages is always an issue.
So, with that fact, you will need a keyboard. After that, another issue is when you cannot join a chat channel. The only thing right now that you can do is just read.
Maybe, just maybe, we will see this fixed by the companies soon. In the meantime, we could see agreement and non-agrees from the fans about all this.
One side says they need it badly because the cross-play functionality is becoming increasingly common between the major consoles and PC, and they need a proper cross-platform voice chat utility.
While the other side says that they already have their voice chat system and that Xbox and PS will probably neglect Discord because of this.
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