Gaming DVR - Gimmick or Genius
With both PS4 and Xbox 1 having the ability to record gameplay what do you think of this new feature. Sony and MS seem to think its a big deal to the point that Sony have included a button on the controller for this feature.
But at the moment I don't really see this as something I would use past recording a few funny glitches I have seen in games. I don't care about recording a kill to show of to random people on the internet.
Are you excited for this new feature?
But at the moment I don't really see this as something I would use past recording a few funny glitches I have seen in games. I don't care about recording a kill to show of to random people on the internet.
Are you excited for this new feature?
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I'd say funny moments like when you plant C4 somewhere and then set it off as people run over/past them are worth recording.
Bit sad I know but it does make me laugh!
PS4 can do at least 15 minutes. Some reports have the PS4 as being able to export much longer clips locally for importing into Final Cut etc.
No idea about the Xbox One re clip time, but I have heard it can only do 720p clips.
If PS4 isn't the same, I'd imagine it'll have settings because 1080p will be quite chunky.
Now that sounds quite interesting, is there any information on this feature yet?
Xbox One has Twitch.TV integration baked into the dash, so if you switch it on people will be automatically able to watch your game streamed live via that website- don't know if PS4 has anything similar off the top of my head.
Uploading highlights from a game of Fifa, or sharing that unbelievable goal that nobody would believe you scored
Or sharing funny glitches or WTF moments with friends
I'm sort of in the middle of the two choices, two useful to be a gimmicky and to not useful enough to be genius
If it is a capture card then these consoles will likely have HDCP (requirement for a Blu-ray device) rendering capture cards useless.
PS4 has live streaming via Ustream.
I don't think it'll be used to much though, people who are interested in doing commentaries will find it to limiting, everyone else will maybe use it occasionally, others will try it and not bother again.
So I would say, it's nice to have it but still borderline gimmicky.
Aha, ta.
And before anyone says that MS is behind a paywall. Remember MS has subscribers already who don't see an issue of applications such as YouTube and Netflix being behind a paywall. It won't be an issue for them.
Sony missing out on Twitch.tv is a massive deal imo.
Me too but I have used Twitch on a few occasions to watch some livestreams. The good thing about Twitch is that they're partnered with YouTube and you have an option to automatically upload your streams from Twitch to Youtube.
I agree entirely that Twitch is better. I have yet though (unless someone is kind enough to post a link here) to hear that it is exclusive to Xbox One.
I used that site to stream the LIVE E3 conferences, it was the only site that could crash my decrepit old PC. Sadly not the best site but I would hope that if someone like Sony has committed to using the site for their uploads and steams it will improve over time.
I have not used Twitch at all so no idea which is better.
Twitch have a deal with Microsoft to integrate the service into the Xbox One at a hardware level, in much the same way as UStream is for PS4, both services are designed to work with the console at a touch of a button. If there wasn't some kind of exclusivity deal going on then I would of thought Sony would use Twitch too since it's a far better known, dedicated videogame stream site unlike Ustream.
That's not to say Sony might not use TwitchTV sometime in the future but that would conflict with the built in Ustream support which is already embedded and to be honest serves much the same purpose. I would imagine Ustream will grow popular with the PS4 integration anyway.