So, right now, I have to manually check to see if I have friends online most of the time, because most of my friends are pre-crossplay PSN-only friends.

It would be really nice to be able to DM them from within the game interface.Īlso, and I don’t know if this is intended behavior, the “social” entry on the main menu screen only seems to show the number of friends that are online and playing Overwatch. I can still send messages through the console messaging system of course, but that requires minimizing the OW client, which is problematic because I might end up queued into a game without realizing it or something. It isnt a profile bug because it happens on all profiles and Im able to view and send using the app. So, I think what must be happening is that the social menu is failing to distinguish between a console-platform-only friend and a friend. Yeah I have this same problem but additionally after the 7.00 update for PS4 I lost the ability to open, view, and receive messages. I will update with more info when I get a chance to do this.) (Note that I have not had a chance to see what happens if I’m in-game with a PSN friend or have them in “recent players”, so I don’t know if this issue is specific to the “friends” tab or not. If I try to send a whisper message, it fails with an error “The whisper recipient is not on your friends list”. When I click on a PSN-only friend, the menu gives me the option to “whisper”, just like for a friend, with no “add friend” option. You can press the options button on the user selection screen to change your online status.

You can set your online status from the control center by selecting your profile and then Online Status.

Select Online Status and set your availability. When I look at the “friends” menu on PS4, I can see friends from both the PSN friend system and the friend system. Id like to be able to sit working/playing at my PC and monitor what my friends are up to on PS4, in case they start a game we can play together. From the home screen select your profile. However, I have not been able to send friend requests to existing PSN friends, unless I happen to know their full battletag and type it in manually. Since the crossplay patch, I have been able to send friend requests through the “groups” and “recent players” social menu tabs to players that I had no previous friend relationship with on PSN.

See your psn friends list