Xbox One can connect to PS4; play "Ryse and Killzone at the sametime

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Many consumers would love to buy both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles when they arrive this November. Now it turns out that hardware developments from Microsoft and Sony will allow people to play a game from each console on one TV at the same time.

Earlier this week, Sony announced as part of its Tokyo Game Show presentation that the company would allow for capturing of game video with its HDMI port. This is an interesting move by Sony since it established HDCP copy protection over an HDMI connection in its current PS3 console.

Microsoft has put an HDMI pass-through port in the Xbox One, which allows it to output video from another hardware device. The port was put in primarily to allow Xbox One owners to connect it to a cable TV set top box so they could watch a TV show in snapped mode while also playing a game. Microsoft has also confirmed that the Xbox One will work with external video capture devices.

Now that Sony has said there will be no video capture copy protection for games with the PS4's HDMI port, Microsoft has revealed that has opened the door to a crossover between the two rival consoles. In a GameSpot interview, Microsoft exec Albert Penello (spelled incorrectly in the article as "Albert Panello") talked about the snap feature in the Xbox One's user interface. He said, "... any application can be snapped to a game…this could be the live TV feed, so if you wanted to be playing Ryse and Killzone at the same time, you could snap that."

This opens the door to some interesting possibilities as game reviewers will be able to really compare the looks of both the Xbox One and PS4 versions of one game at the same time. It also would seem like the Xbox One's HDMI in port could also connect to the Xbox 360 or the Wii U.

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Ted-Posted:

This is pretty cool how you can cross platform play.

Evo8Posted:

Gunna want a big TV for this.

vmigetPosted:

since xb1 has a hdmi in port, does that mean i can plug in my pc (it has a hdmi out) to it and use my pc thru my xb1?

DarnedNutPosted:

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DarnedNut Does this mean I can play a xbox one game on ps4 and a ps4 game on xbox one?


no what it's saying it you can plug your ps4 into your X1 and play through your X1, you still need the ps4. Microsoft is just confirming something we suspected back when they said the X1 as a hdmi in port.


Oh so basically you can use the Xbox One if you like their controller better. That's what i'm getting from all of this.


Nope it's just a video feed
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=82953285&postcount=121


ok cool, I guess I understand :)

Third_EyePosted:

Well, this is new. The title had me thinking that you could do some sort of cross-console game sharing. Didn't seem believable, but I know it's not that..now.

Camin
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WWF I think that is pretty cool. If only you could have cross platform communications.


Maybe that will be released in the future.


I don't see that happening


Lol right

Corn_DogPosted:

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WWF I think that is pretty cool. If only you could have cross platform communications.


Maybe that will be released in the future.


I don't see that happening

raefonPosted:

So what you can effectively do that now, you still need both consoles to play the games and plugged into the same TV.

Exactly what you can do know but use picture in picture to bring both of them up using different HDMI ports.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

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DarnedNut Does this mean I can play a xbox one game on ps4 and a ps4 game on xbox one?


no what it's saying it you can plug your ps4 into your X1 and play through your X1, you still need the ps4. Microsoft is just confirming something we suspected back when they said the X1 as a hdmi in port.


Oh so basically you can use the Xbox One if you like their controller better. That's what i'm getting from all of this.


Nope it's just a video feed
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=82953285&postcount=121

EvoVIIIPosted:

Scared_of_Water
DarnedNut Does this mean I can play a xbox one game on ps4 and a ps4 game on xbox one?


no what it's saying it you can plug your ps4 into your X1 and play through your X1, you still need the ps4. Microsoft is just confirming something we suspected back when they said the X1 as a hdmi in port.


Oh so basically you can use the Xbox One if you like their controller better. That's what i'm getting from all of this.

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

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WWF I think that is pretty cool. If only you could have cross platform communications.


Maybe that will be released in the future.


If they did it would be a major improvement and a lot of people including myself will be happy I am looking forward to hearing more about this in the future.


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