The long-awaited integration of the popular VoIP and instant messaging social platform Discord with our own beloved PlayStation is reportedly coming in March 2023, and to be more precise, on the 8th. That's according to sources familiar with the subject, who spoke to industry insider Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming.
Henderson's sources provided the clarification following an update to the Discord mobile app last week, which showed PS5 and PS4 functionality. Apparently, voice chat will only be available on PS5, with PS4 users only being able to display the name of the game they are playing. Discord could present the solution to cross-platform play's greatest issue, that of voice chat between competing systems.
It is believed that the integration will arrive as a part of PlayStation 5's v7.00 version update. Obviously, these things can change, as we have been expecting Discord integration to be added for some time now.
Are you excited about the prospect of Discord integration on PlayStation? Make some new connections in the comments section below.
[source insider-gaming.com, via twitter.com]
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hell yes im excited , discord would help so much with online gaming . i just dont know how theyll implement it though and if im overhyping myself
This taken a much, much longer time to integrate then I thought it would..
But then again PS5 folders have still not properly been included and that should have come out the box so to speak so heyβ¦
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"Apparently, voice chat will only be available on PS5, with PS4 users only being able to display the name of the game they are playing"
Well that's a pile of ****.
@riceNpea πππ
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I'd be more excited if it had proper PS4 support as hardly anyone I know owns a PS5
what a ***** joke...
Yeah, really excited. As cross play is becoming more and more common, we need a central comms system across all platforms, and Discord is perfect for that. It will also be on Xbox, so that's all fantastic news.
Shame about PS4 though
not that bothered about PS4 as many of my friends own PS5 already. & that's Eastern Europe so I guess the situation is not as bad with PS5 supply as it seems.
@DrClayman it's already on Xbox
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@DrClayman @Martsmall that's exactly what he said
Itβs already running on Xbox too lmao. The PS5 must suck to develop for
that's further out than I expected
If the integration on PlayStation worked better than the slapdash integration on Xbox, I'd be happier. Otherwise, it's just another case of PlayStation getting a feature Xbox has already had without making it better. I really hope they have better integration, but I'm expecting for it to be exactly the same as on Xbox, sadly.
Voice chat only for PS5, really? Whyyyyyyyyyy
@TheCollector316 what do you mean slapdash Integration ?
@Martsmall I'm referring to the fact you have to use a phone app as an intermediary instead of just having native Discord on the console.
@TheCollector316 you dont now
https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/1582809139230965761?t=4xDiGRTVJ_N_paUUo58iLw&s=19
The join discord voice channel is right there on the chat /parties screen
@Martsmall
Excellent. Hopefully, PlayStation does it like that or better.
It's about freaking time, looking forward to the feature!
@claytortot213 Discord is been more deeply integrated into the PS5 OS, Xbox just has it as a barebones feature.
Seriously PS, you couldn't say "providing everything goes Disccording to plan"?
So, just to clarify, the PS4 lost Communities to make way for the bigger and better Discord and eventually Communities has been replaced with this turd?
It can't be that hard to incorporate voice chat in the PS4, can it?
@AdamNovice $20 says itβs bare bones when it releases in march
What can you do on PS4 other than showing what games you play?
I could not care less if i wanted.
"Are you excited about the prospect of Discord integration on PlayStation?"
I need to see what the full integration is. I was not happy about losing PS communities when they just all of a sudden took it away. Then I got excited when they announced the Discord deal but since then I haven't seen anything worth getting excited over vs what I had with PS Communities.
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