Discord Enters Partnership with Sony, Will Be Integrated Into PlayStation in Early 2022 May 3, 2021 14:36 EDT
Just a few days after Discord talks with potential buyer Microsoft fell through, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced a partnership with the company. As part of the latest funding round, Sony has made a minority investment in Discord, too.
The exceedingly popular communication service (as of December 2020, it registered 140 million monthly active users) will be integrated into PlayStation starting early next year.
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.
Sony is teaming up with Discord to bring the chat service to Playstation next year kmclaughlin@businessinsider.com (Kelly McLaughlin)
Sony is launching a partnership between PlayStation and the videogame chat service Discord nest year.
As part of the partnership, Sony is investing an undisclosed amount of money into Discord.
Discord had turned down a $12 billion acquisition from Sony rival Microsoft in April.
Popular Searches 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, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan said in a press release.
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Only weeks after chatting with Microsoft about a potential sale, Discord has forged a partnership with Sony and landed a minor investment from the PlayStation company in the process.
That partnership, along with a minor contribution to Discord s Series H, means that the two companies are now working to integrate Discord and PlayStation Network to some degree both on PlayStation consoles and mobile by 2022.
The exact shape of that integration is still taking form but Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan says that the partnership will ideally 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.
Sony Invests in Discord, Full Integration Coming to PS5, PS4 Next Year
Sony has made a minority investment into social network
Discord, with full integration coming to PlayStation next year. The announcement – which perhaps explains the closure of Communities on PlayStation 4 – was made by bigwig Jim Ryan on the SIE Blog, with the executive explaining that “our teams are already hard at work connecting Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network”.
He continued: “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.”
Monday, May 03, 2021
PlayStation is partnering with Discord to bring even more ways to connect your PSN account with friends and other players. The partnership is expected to see fruits in early 2022, connecting your PlayStation Network experience on console and mobile with your Discord account. As part of the PlayStation Discord partnership, Sony has made a minority investment into Discord.
“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,” said PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan. “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.”