In Game Voice Chat, Why doesn't this game have it and would you use if it did?

[Sigma-Astra]

How does a Playstation user clear ultimate when the other 7 players are on PC and using Discord and the Playstation user won't/don't have phone or laptop with discord?

Easy, get a phone or a laptop. I mean, I don't know how it is for you, but I literally do not know a single person who does not have a personal smartphone at the very least besides the elderly who sometimes still like to use those "pay-as-you-go" flip phones. The person who is playing on a PlayStation 4 would have either a laptop or a smartphone easily in this day and age, if not both outright.

We do live in a technology heavy era now and the only people being left behind on it are the baby boomers mostly. And it's rare to find a baby boomer who actively plays on a PC or PS4, let alone XIV.

[silverlunarfox]

Easy, get a phone or a laptop. I mean, I don't know how it is for you, but I literally do not know a single person who does not have a personal smartphone at the very least besides the elderly who sometimes still like to use those "pay-as-you-go" flip phones. The person who is playing on a PlayStation 4 would have either a laptop or a smartphone easily in this day and age, if not both outright.

We do live in a technology heavy era now and the only people being left behind on it are the baby boomers mostly. And it's rare to find a baby boomer who actively plays on a PC or PS4, let alone XIV.

It's not that easy. Many people have outdated technology or simply dont have the know how to operate some of it. Some may not have the best internet/router for it.

While the era is technology heavy now, it doesn't mean its always so, or it always works, or bad things dont happen to it, or people have the funds to have more than one item of technology. As for its rare for a baby boomer to play, I know quite a few that play on PS4 in FFXIV. and thats AWESOME, even if they don't understand how a phone works....... (true story right there to tell another time)

[Sigma-Astra]

It's not that easy. Many people have outdated technology or simply dont have the know how to operate some of it. Some may not have the best internet/router for it.

Well, the thing is, it's a double-edge sword. You have to ask yourself: how does one know how to properly use a PS4 or a PC and not a cellphone or laptop? Out of the three devices: cellphone, PC/laptop, and PS4 when concerning the inner workings of each device and their user friendly interfaces....a cellphone should be much easier to figure out by a much larger margin than a console or PC.

On a scale of difficulty for ease of use, I think it should be.

Smartphone ---> PS4 ----> Laptop/PC.

If one can figure out how a PS4 functions, even more so if they use a PC mainly, one can figure out a cellphone at the very least or you'd think they'd be able to.

The "not having enough funds" can be a understandable issue, but if a PS4 player's excuse (and I play on PS4 while using my laptop for Discord) is that they can't figure out how to get Discord to work on their smartphone or their laptop...I don't know, I'd have to start questioning if they knew where they should put their HDMI cable for their PS4 into their TV then...because yikes...