Xbox One captures the last 5 minutes of gameplay

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Xbox One will automatically record the last five minutes of a user's gameplay, according to Ken Lobb, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios.

Speaking to GameSpot in a Killer Instinct video interview conducted at San Diego Comic-Con, he provided new details about the console's game DVR functionality.

"It's called 'Project Upload', he said. "So the idea is that you're always recording. We have a ring buffer game DVR basically, so the last five minutes of any game you're playing is always being stored locally on your hard drive.

"Let me give you two scenarios. Scenario one: I'm playing online and I just did the best thing ever. I can't pause [because] I'm playing online. You can say 'Xbox, record that', it'll grab the last 30 seconds and save it for you to play with later.

"So now let's say you're not playing online and you do the best combo or you have the best fight ever," Lobb continued. "You can finish after that fight, that thing you just did is within the last five minutes, you can go into that last five minutes and scrub it for the best stuff - I want that four seconds and this ten seconds and this 30 seconds and then I want that ultra combo.

"We have things, basically a wrapper, so you can put up something that comes before and after, the [example] video we showed said 'best of Evo', and you can also if you'd like voiceover and even put in some stuff from the Kinect camera, do picture-in-picture."

PS4 owners will also be able to share gameplay and screenshots using the DualShock 4's 'Share' button. According to the Guardian, Neil Brown, head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's R&D group, said earlier this month that PS4 uses a dedicated hardware encoder to continually record the last "several minutes" of gameplay footage, without taking up any processor resources.

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TomorrowLandPosted:

You people really should see that the Xbox wins on this. 15 minutes will take up sh*t loads of RAM (don't forget the full HD topping 60fps)...

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

I'm sorry but 30secs is not long enough. It may take that long to do something, then you have to process that in your mind then you have to say to the unreliable Kinect, "Record that!" and it will say, "Phoning Rachael".

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roekzors
darkowl1991
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darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')


And once again Sony waits to see what Microsoft as got so they can one up them


whats wrong with that... I would do the same if i was sony...

roekzorsPosted:

darkowl1991
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darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')


And once again Sony waits to see what Microsoft as got so they can one up them

VisionaryMGMTPosted:

I can foresee them having a really quite terrible editor.

SkreamiesPosted:

Why? This is stupid. just wasting memory.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

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darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')


And once again Sony waits to see what Microsoft as got so they can one up them

roekzorsPosted:

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darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')


This recording stuff is stupid to not buy a console over. All it means is there will be a greater quantity of youtube videos recorded that may just be gameplay and nothing else. I personally would only use one of these features if I were to do something cool, I would go back and make sure it is recorded. But, I wouldn't need a 15-30 minute time window to do so.

RuinsPosted:

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darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')


to be honest i don't think anyone cares about the recording thing and 5 mins is nothing compared to 15

VinewoodPosted:

darkowl1991 tomorrow sony will announce the ps4 can record for 5 min 30 secs


it is all ready announced that the PS4 will record the last 15 miniutes :')