PS4 Friends List Displays the Console You're Playing On

Would be cool if it showed that you were playing on Ps3, but this alone is cool.

I deduce that Liam Croft is playing Amnesia: Rebirth. When does the review land?

Hey that's definitely not me

It's odd that this was a feature on the app for years rather than on the actual console. Baby steps!

Noticed this last night. Nice little touch.

@BowTiesAreCool yea I was thinking I thought that was possible already. Must have been the app I'd seen it.

@get2sammyb @HotGoomba One of my friends uses both the PS3 and PS4. I can see from my friends list which he has used last.

I noticed this yesterday, yes like you say it's a cool little touch.

Could've sworn this was a feature back when the PS4 first launched too. I remember feeling mighty smug being one of the few PS4 players amongst a list of PS3 players😆 Good times!

@Ryall oh, that's really cool!

Kudos to the person playing Dreamcast

I like the new remote play on pc app

"including titles that have been untouched for years."

Interesting

Lol I don’t know what you guys drink, eat or smoke but whatever it is you guys gotta quit that stuff, this has been a feature since ancient times the icon for the PS3 is a console standing like the PS5 but the difference is that the PS5 has like half white or something like that can’t remember

These icons are nothing new. They've been there for awhile.

@HotGoomba It does show if your on PS3 and Vita.

@hoffa007 does it play differently from before? I tried it a few times, but the the image quality would often suddenly drop for no reason, so I stopped using it

@GKO900 Woah dude how do you know the icon for the PS5 when it's not even released yet 😆😆 You must be confusing this new feature with something else.
@Ken_Kaniff this is definitely NEW. Check your friends online. OR maybe it's been a thing on the App which I barely use but it's definitely new on the PS4 console itself.

Did it not always show this? Same way if someone is logged in on the app it shows a phone logo

Tbh should've been a feature at launch and the ability to see if someone is on Netflix or other streaming services so you know to maybe not disturb another player.

What's the point because everyone will be on PS5 in my list by 6 months from launch if not on launch day. I'm just keeping my PS4 got to many great titles to play and I'm back playing on pc gaming now anyway must admit like the new tweaks like picture in picture view and dashboard looks compact and neat

@TheArt I don’t know how to post a picture here, but I know how the PS5 icon looks because it was in the PS blog information of the latest new updates on PS4 and no, this is nothing new it’s just that some people never notice this minor details the only new thing coming is the PS5 icon obviously

@Zedoardo yeah resolution is better but I wouldn't say it lags any less than before but the interface is better and also can choose which console you want to play on after you sign in.

I noticed they have messed up how it displays friends alphabetically now. If you have close friends (you can see their real name), they don't appear alphabetically in the Friends List where they should. Instead they appear where their username falls.
For example a Close Friend called 'John Smith' with a username of 'Wanted' would appear in your list under 'W' but still show the name 'John Smith' first in the list.
It's a small issue but a pain to have to look through 100+ friends trying to find what people have as a username when you know them by their real name.

@TheArt Maybe thats where I've seen them, but I know they've been around for awhile. I swear I've seen them on PS4 to, but I could be wrong.

@Ichiban I think thats one of the main reasons for the "feature". If you see all your friends playing on the new system, you are more likely to get one too. Like the obnoxious "Sent from my $PHONE_BRAND" email tags.

I wonder if it shows a PS4 when playing PS4 games on a PS5.

Thought it already done this but realised it done it with the messaging only

@BurnettPlays It already does tell you if someone is using Netflix. Or the Sky app, or Prime Video. It tells you whatever they're using. Even on a hacked Vita, friends can see if I'm using some dodgy FTP transfer app, it literally just gives the name of the app you're using at all times.

@Alex79uk I have never seen it appear someone is on Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Video or any video app unless they're using those apps via a PS3

That's a tiny space for the icon. I don't think the PS5 icon is going to fit there.....

It always has.

That is a great peer pressure sales tool. No kid is going to want to stuck with a PS4 marker as he's mates start to move over to PS5.

That's always been there since day 1. Why are you noticing it now? It's been like this on the vita too, since that came out. N when the ps4 came out, you could have seen if they were on ps3, vita or ps4 with the icon.

@TooBarFoo that's exactly what it is, it's to drive sales. It's seedy but I can only admire that level of successful cutthroatery.

I like that it will display people who are on PS5. It always baffled me how PS3 would never show people who are on PS4.

Im going to make fun of everyone on my list that couldnt get a ps5 this holiday. Either they poor, wait to upgrade or downright werent resourceful enough to get a preorder. Hehe

For the life of me, I was sure this has always been around, as I recall seeing PS3 and PS Vita players (or me, if I'm dual wielding) with appropriate icons.

The ps4 shows when people are playing a game on ps3 so no idea why this is news you must be running out of content lol.

@Ichiban
Yeah it has always been there, or at least it has always had an icon to show when someone is logged into a ps3, ps vita or mobile, I can't remember if it had an icon for the ps4 but I assume the new thing is that they added an icon for the ps5