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Discord CEO talks About Helping to Improve Switch’s Voice Chat

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Let’s talk about Nintendo in an objective perspective for a second. Nintendo loves to break from the norm and their products reflect this philosophy. The success of the Switch shows just how much this philosophy can work, however, this is also something that carries over to their mistakes.

I mean, the Switch is awesome and all, but let’s not forget their questionable practice of locking additional game modes behind Amiibo paywalls. The prominent storage issues that the Nintendo Switch itself has and, lastly, the abysmal Voice Chat choices they have made, don’t forget this is a thing:

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However, the CEO of Discord Jason Citron talked about the possibility of helping Nintendo on their Voice Chat. In an interview with Rolling Stone’s Glixel, the development team behind the Instant Messaging service is interested in helping the Japanese console manufacturer.

Jason mentions the overwhelming success of the app that successfully made a steady competition to Skype. With an astounding 45 million users as of May of this year, with expectations of having double the number of users by the end of the year. Discord currently sits at 87 Million users as well.

The app is extremely popular among console gamers. One of the main appealing features of the app is the ease of communication through high sound quality and low latency. And, of course, a lot of players who use Discord are, indeed, Nintendo Switch players.

“I have thought about the Switch,” Jason says. “I have spent many hundreds of hours of my life in that little screen.” He then mentions that they would be glad to develop Nintendo’s Voice chat if they gave the Discord team the chance.

Jason also made clear that Discord intends to unify the best aspects of gaming like Streaming or Competitive play like a “Treehouse Scheme”. The communication tool certainly has become quite handy for a lot of gamers and even Content Creators themselves.

I always wanted to be a journalist who listens. The Voice of the Unspoken and someone heavily involved in the gaming community. From playing as a leader of a competitive multi-branch team to organizing tournaments for the competitive scene to being involved in a lot of gaming communities. I want to keep moving forward as a journalist.

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PC Mounts Show PlayStation Trophy Support

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We love the PlayStation ecosystem, especially its top first-party studios, but Sony Interactive Entertainment could do more to build goodwill. The long-awaited Trophy support for PS5 games on PC appears to be closer to reality, though nothing official has been announced.

TrueTrophie’s scanners found a new PS5 Trophy list with “PSPC” as a platform. The list, titled “Trophy Set” and unattached to a game, appears to be a test. TrueTrophies notes that developers rarely submit their own platforms to PSN, suggesting Sony is behind it.

TrueTrophies says this platform is separate from PS5 but can connect to it, suggesting compatibility. As PlayStation fans know, PS4, PS Vita, and PS3 games could share a list. In October 2022, Sony added PSN support to Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered’s PC release, allowing players to link Steam accounts to unlock an exclusive skin. Potentially minor, but something we’ll watch.

TrueTrophies lists PlayStation Trophies for serious hunters. They scrape the PlayStation Network’s ominous underbelly with scanners to provide the most up-to-date trophy lists, sometimes dangerously. TrueTrophies posted Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s trophy list weeks ago, with spoiler titles.

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If Not Already Clear, Elder Scrolls 6 Will Skip PlayStation

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Despite Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls 6 was not confirmed as an Xbox exclusive a few months ago. This happened because Xbox executive Phil Spencer indicated that target platforms hadn’t been selected yet, but it always felt like he was talking about the game being years away rather than the RPG being on PlayStation.

If you’re still holding out, Microsoft plans to release The Elder Scrolls 6 just on Xbox and PC. Documents from the company’s FTC lawsuit were recently released. In the document, Bethesda’s announced titles (both as a publisher and developer) are listed, and The Elder Scrolls 6 is listed for Xbox, PC, and nothing else.

We expected this, but The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced before Microsoft acquired its developer. The Elder Scrolls is a beloved franchise that’s been on various platforms for generations, so this isn’t Starfield.

However, the game isn’t due until 2026 at the earliest, according to the paper, and who knows what the gaming landscape will be like then.

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Xbox Nearly Flashed Warner Bros Cash, Sees Nintendo as Holy Grail

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Xbox CEO Phil Spencer’s mid-2020 dystopian email suggests the business was interested in buying Warner Bros Interactive and Bethesda. Even more alarming, the CEO calls buying Nintendo a “career moment” and “good for both companies” — and there are even rumors that Microsoft was interested in Valve.

While Spencer warns that acquiring Nintendo would be “hostile action” but “playing the long game”, the unprecedented corporate convergence is shockingly casual. He added: “Nintendo is taking a long time to realize their future is off their hardware. A long time… He even ended the chat with a smiling emoji to make it look more evil.

Spencer claims that Warner Bros Interactive was “gettable” when Microsoft was rumored to acquire it. He adds that “we wouldn’t own any of the IP which hurts long-term flexibility”. Because most Warner Bros Interactive developers work on franchises like Batman, Harry Potter, and others, the studios are worth little without the brands.

The email is over three years old, but it reveals Microsoft’s blasé approach to acquisitions and its goals. While its eventual acquisition of Activision Blizzard may have changed its plans, this leaked exchange suggests that Microsoft will not stop until it has absorbed as much of the industry as possible, even targeting Nintendo.

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