Sony is starting to make way for its new PlayStation 5 console and that phase out support for PlayStation 4. As it is very difficult to get a next-gen console due to the lack of stock, many still play on the previous console, to which Sony is responding by eliminating a service that until now was essential for many, the PlayStation communities.
PlayStation Communities is an application launched in 2015 where we can see our PlayStation Communities, in addition to join new communities on the games that interest us and play or discuss various topics via forums.
The rest of the features are still available for users of the previous Sony console.
As of April 2021, PS Communities will no longer be available on PS4., although users of this console can continue to log in and use the rest of the console functions. For now, it looks like the rest of the features will continue to be available to all users of the old Sony console for at least a while, so if you haven’t managed to get your hands on the new console yet, don’t worry, you can keep playing.
Even if At the moment, PS4 users seem to be able to take advantage of all the features that the console offers., these will slowly decrease until the console is considered dead. In this case, due to the lack of semiconductors that caused the PlayStation 5 to be out of stock, the useful life of the previous console may be longer than expected, as it must be taken into account that the lack of stock of the new generation of consoles could be extended until Christmas.
Source: Playstation