PlayStation's Discord Integration Dovetails Well With Sony's Bungie Acquisition

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January isn't over yet, and 2022 has been stuffed with major video game industry news. After Take-Two Interactive acquired Zynga for $12.7 billion, Microsoft announced its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Just today that's been followed up by the New York Times buying break-out success Wordle for «low seven figures,» as well as Sony acquiring Destiny 2 developer Bungie. The sale of Bungie may pale in comparison to Activision Blizzard, going for $3.6 billion, but it's also not the only PlayStation news circulating.

Discord confirmed it is beginning to roll out connectivity with PlayStation Network this afternoon. A major partnership between PlayStation and Discord, one of the biggest instant messaging and community building platforms online right now, was first announced in May 2021. Features included in this initial roll out aren't extensive, but combined with Sony's Bungie acquisition it points to the giant console manufacturer consolidating its idea for what the future will look like.

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Discord's ubiquitous status connecting friend groups and larger communities has resulted in multiple deals allowing users to attach accounts. There were 10 prior to PlayStation Network: Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net, Facebook, GitHub, Reddit, Spotify, Steam, Twitch, Twitter, Xbox, and YouTube. PlayStation's integration works the same way; users go to the «Connections» setting and authorize their PlayStation Network account, at which point they can choose to display information on their profile or specifically as the status that appears underneath one's Discord name.

Once that integration is complete, anytime users boot up a game on their PlayStation 4 or