All three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integration

Nobody wants to do business with unstable nazis.

Good. Frankly at this point if you're still on on Twitter I think it's suspicious.

Ha ha! Fuck you Elon. Way to make your shitty platform irrelevant faster.

Summary:

• Nintendo has discontinued support for X (formerly Twitter) integration on the Nintendo Switch console.
• The reason for pulling support is likely due to pricing changes to the X API, which now starts at $42,000 a month for enterprise customers.
• Microsoft and Sony also removed X integration from their consoles (Xbox and PS5/PS4) last year, but didn't specify the reason.
• Slack, a communication platform, also pulled support for X integration due to the API updates impacting its functionality.
• Console gamers will no longer be able to connect directly with X, despite the X Gaming account claiming that its "partnership with Nintendo remains strong" in a now-deleted post.

And nothing of value was lost. I can't imagine ever wanting to read a tweet from somebody's console game.

Can we get a shout out for elon for killing twitter

what have they replaced the X button on their controllers with, then?

This is a great thing.

There need to be material consequences for Nazism.

Surprised that they didn’t remove it earlier

At $42k per month I would have removed/disabled it immediately

Why would I need to pay that kind of money to let my users to post on your social where you’re monetizing it with ads and using the content to increase user engagement? Should be the opposite! The social network paying the game console maker in order to get preferential treatment and prominent share buttons

Fucking good, everyone that still supports that wannabe fascist tool wears it as a badge of stupidity, at best.

They should stop posting company business on Twitter, too.

Worse by every metric. "The Wealthiest Man in the World's Crisis Purchase Putrifies"

I've never used Twitter, but I've heard that it's just a porn site nowadays. Is that accurate?

I think that by having all major console makers abandoning Twitter, that it will keep Twitter / X away from the majority of the younger generations. (which I think would be a good things for those wanting to protect your kids from the content that's allowed to free spread on there.)

Was a horrible idea before Musk also.

How it has not caught on to call it Xitter (Shitter)... I don't know

So... Mastodon integration instead I hope?

All three? Surely you must be forgetting OUYA, KFC and Soulja Boy!

Where's @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world with a Riker trombone pic when you need them?

Elon Musk comes out onto a stage and announces that Tesla is entering the game console market when?

Good. Fuck Lemon Musk and his floral scent.

Looks like we just aXed Twitter integration (get it? Because X)

So X is shorthand for Nazi right?

I'm not a gamer or a xitterhead but what would these consoles do with xitter integration.

Now if only Hello Games would drop it too.

all three? what about soulja boy? as long as he's still supporting it they'll be fine

What is x? Is bobs n vagenes?

Are they going to integrate mastodon instead?

They all have ways to send screenshots to the mobile apps if I’m not mistaken and with Twitter jacking up API prices since Elon took over, it makes perfect sense just to discontinue support

They should add Mastodon integration instead.

I would be interested to know how much of Twitter's use was from these integrations. This could be an absolute drop in the bucket.

It took them this long? Impressive. Idiotic, but still impressive.

Is it happening??

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The integration was removed as part of the Nintendo Switch’s 18.1.0 update, taking away the ability for users to link their X account with the console, or post in-game screenshots from Super Smash Bros.

The removal of these features comprised the majority of the 18.1.0 update, which also includes some general stability improvements and ditches support for linking social media accounts via the Switch’s Friend Suggestions feature.

Nintendo announced these changes last month but didn’t explicitly state the reason for pulling support for X.

Given Switch users can still share their content to Facebook, it likely has something to do with pricing changes to the X API which now starts at $42,000 a month for enterprise customers.

Microsoft didn’t mention X’s API update when it removed the ability for Xbox consoles to share game uploads to the service last April, nor did Sony when it followed suit in November for the PS5 and PS4.

Cost may not be the only factor as Slack said it had also pulled support because the API updates impacted the functionality of its own X integration, but regardless of the reason, console gamers will now have a hard time connecting directly with the platform.

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Y not?

Fuck musk and all that but...

Do consoles even still have much of a social media presence? it feels like all of them switched to a discord app and then MAYBE streaming support for twitch/youtube.

Like, which ones still have facebook or instagram support?

You love to see it! Stand with trans folks ❤️

At what point were we all on Microsoft/Nintendo/Sega's side wtf?

Everyone sucks here.

That sucks M8 I saw the news for the Nintendo switch discounting support shame really would've loved to browse twitter on my switch while I chill in bed maybe listen to some chill music

You're reading too much into this. I'm sure it was because of lack of usage