PS5 Discord integration seen in the wild for the first time
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Discord’s PS5 integration has been seen in the wild for the first time, suggesting we don’t have long to wait until we can easily create and join chat lobbies from our consoles.
The update appears to have rolled out to users in theDiscordbeta, according to images shared byReddit user Syhix. The mobile app screenshots show the option to ‘Join Voice on Playstation’ and a request for the user to sign in using their Playstation ID. Similar to the steps you take when linking your Xbox Live account to the Discord app.
In May 2021,Sonyannounced apartnership with Discordto “[allow] friends, groups, and communities to hang out, have fun, and communicate more easily while playing games together.” The first phase of that partnership rolled out in February, but itwas underwhelming– only allowing you to display on Discord what games you were playing on PS4 andPS5.
The main update we’ve been waiting for is proper voice integration. As more games become crossplay, the power of Discord is providing a single voice lobby where you can chat with your friends, whether they’re playing on PS5,Xbox Series X|S,Nintendo Switch, or PC.Xbox players have had the featuresince September, starting and joining voice lobbies from their console and the Discord app like it was nothing, lording it over us Playstation players.
From the images, Syhix shared, it looks like voice integration is only coming for PS5 players. If the screenshots are accurate, the only feature linking aPS4to the Discord app unlocks is the ability to ‘Display the game you’re playing’.
Neither Sony nor Discord has said when this update will escape beta, but industry leaker Tom Henderson claimed in August that it would come in March 2023.
And just like that, the release date of 7.00 gets updated to March 8th, 2023. 🤭Version 6.00 is September 7th, 2022. So Discord integration on the PS5 is March 8th, 2023 (if nothing else changes).August 29, 2022
Discord is rapidly becoming an essential tool for multiplayer gamers, regardless of their chosen platform. Once all the separate consoles are integrated with the app, you’ll have a single place to chat with your friends in and between games.
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Discord is also clearly trying to flesh out what it offers to people on its servers to try and keep them there longer. The developer is now releasingmini-games to play while you waitfor your proper game to start, it’s also building an app store where you can expand the functionality of your app, and it’s released a cut-price version of its subscription service to tempt free users into becoming paid up members of Discord.
Now, if Sony could hurry up and let us get to that homogenized future so my multiplatformWarzone 2group can party up more easily, that would be great.
Julian’s been writing about video games for more than a decade. In that time, he’s always been drawn to the strange intersections between gaming and the real world, like when he interviewed a NASA scientist who had become a Space Pope in EVE Online, or when he traveled to Ukraine to interview game developers involved in the 2014 revolution, or that time he tore his trousers while playing Just Dance with a developer.
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