• In one week’s time, Sony will remove the ability to share content via a PS5 or PS4 console on X (formerly Twitter).
• It is unclear why this is the case, but it may have to do with the fact that access to the X API is no longer free.
• This is similar to a move that Microsoft made back in April this year.

If you enjoyed sharing video clips and content straight from your PS5 or PS4 console onto X (formerly Twitter), that feature is set to be removed. This as Sony is dropping X integration for its gaming consoles from 13th November.

The company confirmed the news in a notice shared on device, as well as in a difficult to find support page.

“As of November 13, 2023, integration with X (formerly known as Twitter) will no longer function on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles. This includes the ability to view any content published on X on PS5/PS4, and the ability to post and view content, trophies, and other gameplay-related activities on X directly from PS5/PS4 (or link an X account to do so),” the notification read.

“For details on how to share game captures from PS5, click here, and for PS4, click here,” it added.

At the time of writing, no definitive reason has been shared as to why Sony has chosen to drop X integration, but the reason is fairly obvious given that Microsoft did the same for Xbox back in April this year.

That reason, as Engadget highlights, is the free Twitter API, which is no longer free.

With developers, researchers, and companies now needing to pay in order to access the API and embed X integration, this is likely a feature that will be gone for good on both the Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

The alternatives from 13th November onwards will be to either share content and clips via the PS app, making use of a third-party app like YouTube downloaded onto the console, or by saving to a USB, uploading to a computer and publishing to X.

None of those options are particularly fast compared to what was previously available, but this is the post free Twitter API world we all live in now.

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