Microsoft confirms Xbox One only has 5 minutes of recording
As it turns out, however, gameplay recording on the Xbox One might not be as useful as was originally thought. In fact, as Microsoft has now revealed, Xbox One DVR recordings cannot exceed 5 minutes.
This, of course, diminishes the potential for making “Let’s Play” videos using the Xbox One‘s native gameplay recording features. It’s a real shame too, because the Xbox One, as we have now learned, will allow picture-in-picture recording for live commentary using Kinect.
Earlier in the week it seemed like Microsoft was offering limitless recording capability after Microsoft’s Phil Harrison said gamers could record “as much or as little as they want.” Then, Microsoft PR came out of the woodwork to clarify Harrison’s claims with this statement:
”We are committed to giving gamers the ability to produce high quality videos easily and quickly. We can confirm the recording buffer in Game DVR is 5 minutes, which we feel is optimized to take advantage of high-quality production features and advanced social mechanics in Xbox One.”
The buffer element of the quote might be a bit confusing, but Game Informer got further clarification and, yes, gameplay recordings are capped at 5 minutes. Sony’s PS4, on the other hand, has a 15-minute buffer – meaning it automatically stores 15 minutes of gameplay – but there is no recording limit, or Sony hasn’t revealed one. Thankfully, even if there is a limit, Sony has already announced the PS4 will support gameplay capture through HDMI.
In addition to this news on video length, we have also learned that gameplay sharing on the Xbox One will be limited to Xbox Live at launch. While Microsoft has promised that gamers will be able to upload their videos to YouTube and Facebook, the feature will not be available until some time next year.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/27/microsoft-confirms-xbox-one-only-has-5-minutes-of-recording/
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varPosted:
Not much you can do with 5 mins of recording.. I still think there will be bit of lag involved with the recording as this first comes out.
-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:
Although the PS4 has 15 minutes of recording I still think it is short on both consoles. But it doesn't bother me as I have a Game Capture device so I will be using that to record anything longer than 1 minute.
Custom_FirmwarePosted:
Dr-Ponyfile All I am waiting for is for the PS4 users to come over and say the PS4 is better it has 15 minutes just sitting patiently here. But OT 5 Minutes is more than enough I think as you will only want to share clips and then you can download edit add stuff to them makes it easier I think.
You know what, im going to be that guy. Im not going to be one sided about it, I just think that 5 mins is a waste of time if you want to record lets plays for example if you don't have a pvr. 15 mins is more than enough, so Sony is better for lets plays and gameplay videos and Xbox one is not as good as PS4 recording feature, but hey at least they had the decency to add it. But practically its only useful for trickshotters or feeders, also it records at lower quality than PS4 so it is pretty useless, but at least they included it
GaryPosted:
This is pretty pointless in my opinion when people will just use 3rd party stuff like hdpvr.
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
All I am waiting for is for the PS4 users to come over and say the PS4 is better it has 15 minutes just sitting patiently here. But OT 5 Minutes is more than enough I think as you will only want to share clips and then you can download edit add stuff to them makes it easier I think.
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