In what's probably one of the more unlikely news pieces to emerge these past couple of days, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it is going to partner up with Discord to help improve the PlayStation social experience. The Sony and Discord Partnership Is Now Official Hopefully, Sony and Discord's partnership will still include the PlayStation 4.
Discord is one of the most popular communication services used today. Gamers, in particular, favor Discord's simple and easy-to-use interface, over its competition. Thus, it stands to reason why, just a little over five years since its inception, Discord has grown to become so popular. In fact, Discord's popularity has warranted it a $10-billion acquisition offer from Microsoft.
But while news of the acquisition talks quickly went viral, what most people missed out on is how the situation came to a close after Discord ended all acquisition talks. What's probably even more surprising though is how the Sony and Discord partnership came to be.
Sony CEO and President Jim Ryan made the surprising announcement on the official SIE blog. Discord and Sony will work together to bring "the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile." Ryan also adds that the feature will most likely be available starting in early 2022.
If nothing else, the Sony and Discord partnership could mean that communicating with friends and other players online should become easier and more convenient. However, it will be interesting to see if the Sony and Discord partnership will include one particular Discord feature.