Sony will close the PlayStation communities on PS4 in April

Sony has announced that the PlayStation Community feature on PS4 will be closed shortly.

A post on the PlayStation support site notes that the “will no longer be supported or available on your PS4 console” feature as of April 2021. However, the company also clarifies that messaging and other elements of the PlayStation communities will continue to work via the PlayStation App. .

This is the first time since the launch of the PlayStation 5 that Sony has made any significant moves to no longer support features on its old console. Over time, more services on PS4 will likely be dropped as Sony pushes gamers to the latest console.

PlayStation communities work in a similar way to parties on Xbox platforms. Users can create groups, post on message boards and play together using the feature. Last year, Sony made it impossible for gamers to create new private groups.