Popular Post Smashero Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) Just got it:Welcome to the PlayStation®4 System Software 8.50 Public BetaThe Beta code below can be redeemed by up to 20 qualifying accounts, so share the code with friends who you know would be happy to take part (they must be over 18 years old to participate).YOUR VOUCHER CODE:2766-E8NN-JFBHCode Expires: 31 May 2021 Just installed it, console didn't brick, lol ;). Of course, can't see a "real" changes except for some social stuff nobody is really interested in.https://www.gamesradar.com/ps4-update-850-will-remove-psn-communities-and-is-now-in-beta/https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/03/03/ps4-firmware-update-8-50-beta-system-software-update/ Edit: One more: AA79-DLNH-NM9K Edit 2: Version 8.50 Public Beta 3.00 available. Edited March 23, 2021 by Smashero 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 RIP communities. Hopefully this doesn't cause a shit ton of issues like the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xyleh Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 Removing communities is dumb. It's a great place to find people dedicated to a single game. I'll try one of the codes on my launch PS4 and see how it goes (if codes are still working). 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saiyanbloodstyle Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I thought it was a PS5 beta but disappointed that it's PS4 as the PS5 really needs updating. But if anyone needs my code i'll just leave it here, works on 20 accounts and i have no use for it. CDF9-5CNP-6QK4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth4424 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I hope they don't forget to increase the subscription of their ''services'', they are offering us so much they feel they need to keep removing stuff.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ShadowSkill Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 That sucks they removed communities, its helped to keep friends and find groups for coop games. They removed communities from apps last year and feel like they will do that sooner on ps4. some codes for share: EU: MFCE-XNNF-3FNG JP: NLLL-MJNJ-596N 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradRedwoodFox Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, ShadowSkill said: That sucks they removed communities, its helped to keep friends and find groups for coop games. They removed communities from apps last year and feel like they will do that sooner on ps4. some codes for share: EU: MFCE-XNNF-3FNG JP: NLLL-MJNJ-596N I got one! Thanks! PS Communities will be missed. R.I.P. PS Communities Edited March 3, 2021 by BradRedwoodFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-1138 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 ...And I'm almost shocked to see they didn't remove the activities feed while they were at it. Never really used Communities myself... but a a lot of people--including folks I know--are gonna be worse off for the removal of another social outlet in These Uncertain Times™. It's hard to come up with worse timing to do something like this even if you try really hard... like, supervillain hard. Haven't a clue what the suits in PlayStation Towers are thinking. What, is "minimalism" their mantra of the month? The diametrically conflicting concepts of Removal and Improvement are only one and the same, ever so rarely... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PooPooBlast Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashero Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, PooPooBlast said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EDGES Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) I'm surprised it took them this long to remove communities, and I don't understand why they still leave what's new, activities, events, all those should be removed and merged into messages/groups/status notifications, no need to have 15 dedicated sections for gaming updates/talk, make it simple and easy Edited 13 hours ago by EDGES 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissDreamer Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, ShadowSkill said: That sucks they removed communities, its helped to keep friends and find groups for coop games. They removed communities from apps last year and feel like they will do that sooner on ps4. some codes for share: EU: MFCE-XNNF-3FNG JP: NLLL-MJNJ-596N I used a code. EU. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I personally will miss the communites as being a mod in a inclusive LGBT+ community on the PS4 led me to meet and get to know many fellow gamers from all around the world even though this was bound to happen as they have been phasing out out many social features (can't even send a message with my friend requests anymore). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LoveInHell Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 I seriously do not understand these decisions. They removed the activity feed, they removed the option to write a message in a friend’s request and now they removed communities too. Do they want people to not socialise? Are they going for an extremely individual “world”? What the F... are they thinking? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 After communitues was removed from app i figured it was a matter of time for ps4. Sony doesnt want to hire a team to deal with the 100s of daily community harassment reporting. Probably the same idea with no message in friend request. People use that to message people who block incoming messages from strangers. Sony trying too hard to remove griefing from their system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HuntingFever Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) I personally won't miss the Communities, because most of the ones I used, either descended into nothing but screenshots and ego massage, died out within a few months or became so toxic as to be unusable. Also, it will mean the UI is less cluttered so should run better. Edited March 3, 2021 by HuntingFever Fixed typos. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mina Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I find it odd that Sony didn’t make their platform more social, like a social network page almost. They have the whole “likes/comment” thing going on and could’ve made it go further, but the app overhaul got rid of all such features and the PS5 has nothing of the sort either. Though the UI is quite fresh on the PS5 considering there aren’t even themes available, so perhaps it’s still in the works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turniplord Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Those asking why it's being removed - it's moving in-line with the PS5. Instead of adding the feature to the PS5, they're removing it form the PS4. Chances are, when PS5 stock is normal, they'll add a newer version of the communities to the PS5 OS. Regarding activity feeds though - some regions actually have a replacement on the PS5, I think NA has it and maybe Japan. that highlights new releases, news updates, and I think it was going to show what you're friends are doing - as the PS4 version does now. But, as it's only in a few regions atm, that's still being tested on Sony's end, I imagine. I'm hoping features like being able to mute certain people and hide certain games from being seen will make it to the PS5 soon - hiding the game is great for us reviewed as some PR and Publishers ask us to hide our account if we play certain games pre-launch, this'll mean we can just hide one or two games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xyleh Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, HuntingFever said: I personally won't miss the Communities, because most of the ones I used, either descended into nothing but screenshots and ego massage, died out within a few months or became so toxic as to be unusable This is a good point, and true for almost every community I joined. The most recent one was for Contra Rogue Corps; while trying to lay out a guideline for the people involved, I was told basically "you're not the boss. we don't need you. you can leave if you don't like it". so, I left. Literally, the very next day, they were all messaging me to come back because they were lost and literally couldn't perform the tasks without me. Then, I got to read all the shit they said about me after I left. Good times. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sky_RykerXD Posted March 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2021 Won't miss communities either. After they removed it from the app, I switched to subreddits and discord. Honestly, they have tools more suitable for communities. Hopefully, this will make other aspects of PSN better. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyegg Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) FTT6-LQNR-7DXB here is my code 19 more people should be able to use it edit: code is from belgium Edited March 4, 2021 by luckyegg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveInHell Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 8 hours ago, Helyx said: This is a good point, and true for almost every community I joined. The most recent one was for Contra Rogue Corps; while trying to lay out a guideline for the people involved, I was told basically "you're not the boss. we don't need you. you can leave if you don't like it". so, I left. Literally, the very next day, they were all messaging me to come back because they were lost and literally couldn't perform the tasks without me. Then, I got to read all the shit they said about me after I left. Good times. Jeez, people are so toxic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSleepyBeauty Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Can't wait to tell my 35k sims community this one. BIG YIKES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaRejectz Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Communities was such a poorly made feature (IMO). Discord is just miles ahead of it & somewhat off topic, the PlayStation App is so garbage, like literally, you’d think it was made by a single 12 year old. Didn’t they already delist the PS communities apps from iOS & Android ages ago? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, OmegaRejectz said: Communities was such a poorly made feature (IMO). Discord is just miles ahead of it & somewhat off topic, the PlayStation App is so garbage, like literally, you’d think it was made by a single 12 year old. Didn’t they already delist the PS communities apps from iOS & Android ages ago? Sony would have been better off just patching in a Discord App and leaving it at that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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