@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 23 days agoAll three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integrationwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square202arrow-up11.66Karrow-down116 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.64Karrow-down1external-linkAll three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integrationwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 23 days agomessage-square202 cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-223 days agoRemember, this was established over a decade ago with the PS4/Xbone. It was a very different landscape then. Regardless Twitter or not, the use case for console -> social media seems pretty clear to me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•23 days agoAlso Nintendo and Sony are Japanese companies and Twitter is (or was? I stopped using Twitter even before it was sold, so I am not quite up to date) insanely popular in Japan, that’s most likely the reason why it’s Twitter.
Remember, this was established over a decade ago with the PS4/Xbone. It was a very different landscape then.
Regardless Twitter or not, the use case for console -> social media seems pretty clear to me
Also Nintendo and Sony are Japanese companies and Twitter is (or was? I stopped using Twitter even before it was sold, so I am not quite up to date) insanely popular in Japan, that’s most likely the reason why it’s Twitter.