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Microsoft confirms Xbox One only has 5 minutes of recording

Although this previously seemed nailed down, comments by Microsoft Corporate Vice President Phil Harrison yesterday during his Eurogamer Expo talk re-opened speculation about how long Xbox One’s DVR capabilities would allow you to record game footage. While showcasing Xbox One’s Upload Studio, Harrison said users could record ”as much or as little as they wanted.” Microsoft now says that these comments were taken out of context, and that the previously known figure of 5 minutes recording time is still correct.

JimmyLmao3861d ago

hmm i guess 5minutes is okay if you just want to save a quick/funny moment

but it is not enough for the entire gameplay of a match of TDM or something

I think 15minutes is the right amount

but hey, they both have external capture card support, so i guess it really doesn't matter, unless you dont want to buy a capture card.

Gazondaily3861d ago

Can you not keep recording the last 5 minutes over and over? We really need to see how this works.

majiebeast3861d ago

Why is it every time Phil Harrison is on stage it leads to confusion. We are all joking he is a spy from Sony but at some points i actually think he is.

black0o3861d ago

wasn't this an old news

NukaCola3861d ago

I thought Jokesonyou and his peeps said that this was 5 mins on top of the auto 15 minute record feature. I guess that was all a lie. Can MS do anything ethical or right the first time? So many lies and 180s and excuses. Why would anyone support MS and not care enough to encourage them to actually change for the better? It's disgusting really.

Mystogan3861d ago

There has been this misinformation circling around.

It saves 5 minutes AUTOMATICALLY.

And as much as you want MANUALLY. You have to say "Xbox Record".

UltimateMaster3860d ago

Old news.

Phil Harrison goes on stage, says the Xbox Cloud will improve graphics and streams Halo 4 on a smartphone.

And I'm like; Isn't that Exactly what Sony Plans to do with the Gaikai technology on Smartphones, PC, Tablets, Vita Remote Play with PS4 and so on.

Yeah, perfect promotion for PlayStation.
"Not Halo 4 obviously, but a ton of PS3 games will be playable on Smartphones with Gaikai."

Then again, Phil Harrison was hired by Gaikai, so I'm assuming he knows a thing or two about Cloud Technology.

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gaelic_laoch3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

You would like to thinking having to pay for Gold to use this service would get you more time!!!!

Edit: to those that thumb down ye must just love throwing money at XB Gold and getting nothing in return!

SuperWeeb3861d ago

Exactly. If I was in charge of the Xbox, I would have looked at it this way:
"Okay, so the PS4 offers 15 minutes for free. We'll offer 20 minutes for free, AND an additional 20 minutes to Gold members. Giving a total of 40 minutes - 25 more than the PS4".
Not:
"Okay, so the PS4 offers 15 minutes for free. Err... 5 minutes. For Gold members only. Gentlemen, I have a good feeling about this gen".

MajorMayhem703861d ago

We pay for Gold cause XBL has the better online experience. I have Playstation Plus as well and aside from the free games it isn't on par with XBL. Of course that's my opinion but if you don't have both then your opinion will automatically be lopsided. As far as the next generation of gaming is concerned, I'll be paying for Gold because there will be 300,000 servers to enhance my online experience even further. I'll still have PS Plus as well and look forward to see what up grades the PS4 will do to their online service.

boing13861d ago

5 minutes is probably a hardware limitation. I've got a hunch this feature was added after PS4 reveal.

abusador3861d ago

Major mayhem....

I call bs on your online talk. This gen most games were p2p across all consoles reliant on host ISP there was no difference between online play on ps3 or level if anything ps3 had more games with dedicated servers, take that crap myth somewhere else. I played great online on ps3 with minimal issues. Definitely not worth the extra u put out with live and all the plastered adds

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sobotz3861d ago

I thought they already announce this a few months ago.

KwietStorm_BLM3861d ago

Read the article. Or just read the excerpt at the top of this page.

r1sh123861d ago

having a built in PVR in this case is completely pointless.
MS have missed the point entirely, they could have sold an add on accessory for a decent price and made money on it, but MS decided they want to make us buy kinect.
Thank goodness I am not buying the Xbone

OrangePowerz3861d ago

They might have just added it after Sony announced it.

DOMination-3860d ago

I think that seems quite likely ^

MS really seemed to be off guard with the ps4 reveal and xb1 is rushed because of it. Surely MS knew it was time for next gen. Everyone else did.

BallsEye3861d ago

5 minutes is more than enough. Don't want the servers to be flooded with videos of 5 hours of useless gameplay or whatever because people got nothing else to do so they just record and upload just about anything.

SoulSercher6203861d ago

I seriously hope that's a joke.

bryam19823861d ago

Lol xbone keeps getting better and better huh? Ps4 the master machine

Mystogan3861d ago

5 minutes automatically. Unlimited manually. This is a non-issue.

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NatureOfLogic3861d ago

More MS clarification. They need to get everyone on the same page.

HolyDuck3861d ago

Isn't clarification better than letting people speculate when they're wrong, and them ultimately being let down because it wasn't as nice as they expected?

Blackdeath_6633861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

yes it is but when you have two stories going on it leads to even more speculation. MS seem so disconnected everytime they try and convey a message. disconnected not only from the gamers but also from themselves. easy solution is for phil spencer (the only one who seems to be at the forefront not making an major slip ups) to flat out deny or confirm any rumours or speculation much like shuhei yoshida is doing provided he doesn't use all the PR bullshit that he always does and just gives a straight yes or no answer

Kayant3861d ago

In this case I have to disagree the media is to blame here. They decided to spin it even though it's been already established that it was 5 mins before the media decided to take what Phil Harrison said out of context well it least it don't take about 2 weeks like the fifa incident or 3 days like Ryse.

Freedomland3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

PS4 not only records but also shares any moment that has already passed but you still want to share with your friend, you can go fifteen minutes back, choose, edit and upload. XB1 can only record five minutes.
I think XB1 needs Live Gold to record, without internet it won't record.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1...

PS4 can do with just touch of a button.

Decide yourself.

DOMination-3860d ago

Good luck sharing your content when not connected to the internet.

Freedomland3860d ago

@DOMination-

But atleast you can record, keep it, share it later.

Good luck even thinking about recording with XB1 when not connected.

gaelic_laoch3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

5 mins is about as long my patience is for M$ at the moment!

falviousuk3861d ago

yet you spend far more time trolling xbox related articles for something you are not interested in.

gaelic_laoch3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

Gaming interests me in general and believe it or not I honestly hand on heart do not want to see XBOX fans getting screwed over! :)

But that does not mean I will ease up on my harsh attitude towards M$!

I fully intend on picking up their console in the future once I am happy I am getting what I expect and paid for!

Intentions3861d ago

I'm not much of a gameplay recording type, well tbh I don't care for the feature at all, but for the people who do, does it mean [even though it is really inconvenient] I can record 5 mins, then continue recording until I stop, eg a entire mp match? Or is it ONLY 5 mins at a given time?

This applies for PS4, even though it's 15 mins but still.

Confused :S

JimmyLmao3861d ago

hmm, well they say the Game-DVR buffer is only 5minutes... so that means you can only save the last 5minutes of gameplay, so not the entire match... but i believe you can livestream an entire match.

same situation with PS4, but 15minutes.

forcefullpower3861d ago

On the PS4 I think you can edit the last 15 mins on the system but it can continuously keep recording and there is no time limit on that but probably will due to space.

So not sure if the Xbox can do continuous recording.

Skate-AK3861d ago

Judging by the context I would say only 5 at any given time. Would have to break a BF4 match into 3-4 videos.
Same goes for PS4 but would only have to split it into 2 videos.

Mike134nl3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

So there will be a recording buffer of 5 min, so if you say to your xbox save recording it will save the last 5 min.
Correct me if I am wrong, while if you at the beginning of your playing session say begin recording it will record until you say 'stop'.

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meatysausage3861d ago

at least it saves to the cloud and not the hdd

FlyingFoxy3861d ago

people say the cloud as if its some type of magical thing, its just online storage..

drsfinest723861d ago

Uh that's exactly what he implied.

TheFamous13861d ago

It's not magic? ........seriously?

meatysausage3861d ago

exactly what I said......
Not sure why people are diagreeing with that. Its true

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forcefullpower3861d ago

Xbox will also save to the HDD and its up to you to upload it to XBox live. It will not continuously upload video footage via your internet connection.

MasterCornholio3861d ago

It stores the footage in the HDD first to allow you to edit the video with out any delays then you can upload to the cloud.

Nexus 7 2013

thejoker10003861d ago

cloud?????? LMFAO do you guys believe this shit?!!

meatysausage3861d ago

What? stop being an idiot.
I said xbox saves the footage with online storage. The cloud works for that. Even the ps3 does that.
shouldnt even be wasting my time with you

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Bethesda Needs to Reduce the Gaps Between New Fallout and Elder Scrolls Releases

Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.

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-Foxtrot6h ago

Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.

Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.

When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.

The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.

If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.

We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.

RaidenBlack4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland

KyRo31m ago(Edited 30m ago)

Obsidian should take over the FO IP. They're do far better with it than Bethesda who hasn't made a great game for almost 15 years

Duke1914m ago(Edited 12m ago)

I disagree. Part of these games is the support for the mod community. If they move to releasing a "next game" every 2 or 3 years, the modding support plummets and the franchises turn into just another run of the mill RPG.

Make the games good enough to withstand the test of time, to keep people coming back to them and expanding on them with mod support.

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