Apps on the Nintendo Switch are not discussed often, but when they are, it’s usually something we haven’t heard before. A classic example of this is news from Discord, a text and voice application along the lines of Skype and Teamspeak, but developed with gamers in mind. The official Twitter of Discord has responded to a fan asking for a Discord app on the Nintendo Switch. Discord suggested interest in the app, saying “we hope so”. We’ve included their official tweet down below.
We hope so! Be sure to upvote that over at https://t.co/g5Ac2YTqIQ!
— Discord (@discordapp) June 17, 2017
Yes please!
Discord does what Nintendon’t, hah.
Pretty much everyone does… at least in terms of online infrastructures.
Touché. :^)
how have you not heard of discord? the fuck
Really you haven’t heard of discord. I don’t care about it but I have heard of it. I do live under a rock and i’ve heard of discord!
Every article you guys have done on the Switch’s voicechat has had more than half the comments preferring Discord to anything Nintendo comes up with.
You would have to actively refuse to read comments to not hear about discord. But you wouldn’t do that would you? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I don’t mind having this on Nintendo Switch. Besides, discord is much popular then YouTube.
flawless logic
Why
… We NEED this, whoever is reading this comment, please go to that link and vote!!!
That would be amazing! I wouldn’t use the voice chat function that much but to me Discord really shines with its communities and text and image sharing.
I don’t think Nintendo will approve this. They scrapped Miiverse presumably because it was mismanaged and became so toxic. Discord outright pushes toxicity and has a staff policy against moderating itself because it’s the user’s fault if someone’s stalking and harassing them.
honey bun they didn’t “scrap” Miiverse or else it would be deleted which its not
and also honey bun you can’t even compare Miiverse with Discord their nothing alike
One of Ninty’s latest MOs it would seem if they are scrapping Miiverse. “Let’s not fix the problems with this. Instead, we’ll ditch it & replace it with something else.” Wii U was a victim of this & we got the Switch. Maybe things would have been different if Nintendo tried harder with Wii U. *shrug* Oh well. What’s done is done.
After using Discord a bit, I can tell you it’s not as bad as your comment is making it sound. You can block & mute people that give you trouble. It’s not like Miiverse where anyone using it can just barge into your place & start being a total dick to you or anyone else in the post you are chatting with as you can block people from the places you start up & run.
I don’t know if Ninty would go for it. If we can use Discord on our Switch, why would we need their stupid little smartphone app for voice chat?
Speaking of apps, I wish Sony had an Amazon Music app for the PS4. (I don’t want their Spotify because I already decided I’d be going all in with Amazon Music about a year or two before I even got my PS4.)
Even if Discord doesn’t make an app on the Switch, I’ll prefer keeping my desktop open with it rather than having to worry about my smart device.
It’s annoying that Nintendo took some fanboys’ “Just use Skype or something on your phone if you want to voice chat with people while playing games!” bullshit damage control back when people bitched about no full voice chat for Smash 4, Mario Kart 8, & Splatoon.
All we can do is hope Ninty delayed the paid online to actually fix the issues people have with their current plan. If they don’t, looks like Microsoft just kicked Nintendo’s ass in one major way: they actually changed their shit for their console back when they got that massive backlash for the Xbox One’s bullshit when they first revealed it; effectively listening to their consumers & being pro-consumer while NIntendo is still being a bit stuck up & egotistical with their anti-consumer bullshit.. (Hopefully Nintendo is actually listening.)
even in the street on the bus on the train in the car in a hotel room GOOD LUCK WITH THAT YOU MORON
And what are you going to do on the bus? Have your phone on your lap while playing your Switch? Good luck with that.
How can you Run a game AND a Discord App at the same time?
I’m not good with technical stuff but I’m sure there is a way to do it. Of course, this wouldn’t be an issue at all if we could use voice chat through the system & the game itself.
i am totally at a loss to why it needs to be on the switch just run it from your phone or pc
Well I casted my vote. I like what I’ve seen of using Discord myself so far.