ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAll three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integrationwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up11.65Karrow-down118 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansrealtesla@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.64Karrow-down1external-linkAll three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integrationwww.theverge.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square201fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansrealtesla@lemmy.world
minus-squarebolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-27 months 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-squareFrozenHandle@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months 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.