[Oni]

Sony recently announced a partnership with Discord, which involves some investment and further integration with PSN. This probably lowers the odds of Microsoft acquiring Discord, as was recently mentioned.

At PlayStation, we’re constantly looking for new ways to enable players around the world to connect with one another, form new friendships and communities, and share fun experiences and lasting memories. It’s in this spirit that we’re excited to announce a new partnership with Discord, the communication service popularized by gamers and used by more than 140 million people every month around the world.

Together, our teams are already hard at work connecting Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network. Our goal is to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile starting early next year, allowing friends, groups, and communities to hang out, have fun, and communicate more easily while playing games together.

To bring these experiences to life for our players, Sony Interactive Entertainment has made a minority investment as part of Discord’s Series H round. From our very first conversation with co-founders Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy, I was inspired by their lifelong love for gaming and our teams’ shared passion to help bring friends and communities together in new ways. Empowering players to create communities and enjoy shared gaming experiences is at the heart of what we do, so we are beyond excited to start this journey with one of the world’s most popular communication services.

It’s always a privilege to work with great partners to bring fresh experiences to our fans, and we’ll have more to share in the coming months. Stay tuned to our channels and @Discord for all the latest updates.

Read More: https://www.sie.com/en/blog/announcing-p...h-discord/

[mothered]

It'll be Interesting to see whether any changes will be made to Discord's terms.

If so, fingers crossed It's for the better.

[Spooky]

hell yeah this makes me so happy! they fucked up skype theres no way in hell there gonna fuck up a beautiful app like discord. im glad discord told microsoft to stuff it with there offer. this is great news for the gaming community, considering microsoft has been rolling over every company recently and buying them out.

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It'll be Interesting to see whether any changes will be made to Discord's terms.

If so, fingers crossed It's for the better.

I would love to see further integration with Sony & Discord. Great time to be a Playstation owner!

[Oni]

hell yeah this makes me so happy! they fucked up skype theres no way in hell there gonna fuck up a beautiful app like discord. im glad discord told microsoft to stuff it with there offer. this is great news for the gaming community, considering microsoft has been rolling over every company recently and buying them out.

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It'll be Interesting to see whether any changes will be made to Discord's terms.

If so, fingers crossed It's for the better.

I would love to see further integration with Sony & Discord. Great time to be a Playstation owner!

My only problem with Discord, is that their "values" have become more like Disney's. I'm not sure how much that would change under possible Microsoft or Sony ownership, but I'd love to see them owned by either.

[mothered]

I would love to see further integration with Sony & Discord. Great time to be a Playstation owner!

In that sense and provided there's no negative changes to their terms, the benefits are obvious.