A new intriguing feature that Sony has shown for the PS5 might make it easier to get players into online games. With the new capability, you may extend an invitation to play a game to someone who isn’t using the PlayStation app or a console. Through the app, the system creates a link that can be shared on any website. The receiver will be able to start a multiplayer session as soon as they click the link. Even being friends is not required. Simple as pie. That is definitely more convenient than sending a long code—sob, Nintendo.
Is this a clear-cut use case scenario? You want to get right into a game without exchanging usernames with folks you met online through social media. You’ll be able to “start playing together right away,” according to Sony. Together with the connection, the application will also create a QR code, which PS5 owners are already accustomed to from playing multiplayer games.
There are certain restrictions. This functionality is exclusive to PS5 titles and won’t be available until later in the year. Sony also cautions that certain games might need to be updated before everything functions properly. Naturally, in order to play multiplayer on most PS5 titles, a PlayStation Plus membership is needed, and the cost of such memberships increased a year ago.
Sony has even developed a custom live widget for multiplayer invites in Discord. When you share a link via Discord, the widget automatically refreshes to show whether or not a multiplayer session is active or not, so you won’t jump into an empty lobby to watch tumbleweeds roll by. Just like the forthcoming invite tool, the Discord widget is only available for PS5 games.
Finally, the company’s working on a related tool that will let people share their PlayStation Network profile on any messaging or social app by generating a link on the PlayStation app, similar to how the aforementioned feature will work. This is also coming later this year.
