Party/Discord Normalization was the worst thing that's happened to online gaming
Do you guys remember when people actually used their mics back on the ps3 and ps4? My friends list is absolutely massive, but I haven't even added anyone to it in years. It's because everyone is to scared to turn on their mics anymore. Any shooter I play - Marathon, OW, Marvel, The Finals, it is so incredibly rare to find someone that will actually turn their mic on and communicate just through matchmaking. Unless they unmute right at the end just to yell about how poorly everyone they didn't communicate with all game performed.
Friends join parties and never switch over to game chat. I don't think it's going to change, but I miss how social gaming on console used to be. When I was a teenager I had some Internet friends through my PS4 that I was actually close to who I met just through playing OW and GTA on PS4. I feel like that will just never happen again. #games source