Xbox One Has Already Lost the Battle for Twitch to PS4

Xbox has put one last stake through the heart of any hopes they had for matching the PS4 livestreaming experience.

[P0werVR]

A lil' too early to make assumptions. Live stream is NOT going to be a huge factor into making any difference. Live streaming is just that, LIVE STREAMING! Nothing either console can not achieve.

[black0o]

''too early'' agreed
''Live stream is NOT going to be a huge factor'' i strongly disagree

[SpringHeeledJack]

Agreed live streaming is going to be big. I've always gone to youtube to watch vids but after looking at twitch to see what it's all about i prefer that to watch real time gaming and the feeling of people watching you play and commenting and talking between themselves is great.

Very surprised xbone doesn't have twitch when apps is usually their strong point, it's a massive deal breaker i predict, especially for all the kids.

[B-radical]

Hahah really? what so a few kids wont be able to show games and review them boohoo i dont plan on streaming anything ever im sure there are others like me that dont plan on streaming stuff also. It is deff not a huge factor for next gen not this early in anyway

[slate91]

Agree black, its too early for assumptions, but live streaming is HUGE! Can't wait for the feature on xbox one. Sucks it was delayed

[MorePowerOfGreen]

@POWERVR Agreed!.

Pushing it back to make it better and polish a service packed with more advanced features hardly means XB1 lost LMAO.

LOL PS fans trying to justify their purchase and/or feel happy about it.

[Imalwaysright]

"live streaming is HUGE" Why? I don't get it. I really don't!

EDIT Is this like facebook and twitter to you guys? Everyone must know everything you guys do, even how you play videogames? I really don't get it.

@Jokes Yeah understand that it if someone has a website why this feature is important but for people that just play videogames like me I really don't understand what is the big deal about this feature.

[JokesOnYou]

Twitch is great but I remember saying unless you are one of the few exceptional gamers with something awesome to show off or you have a site dedicated to specific gaming then its not that big of a deal, nobody wants to watch everybody and there brother just playing a game we all can play or watch something significant/walk through on youtube.

[OrangePowerz]

@Green

It`s more likely pushing it back only because it wasn`t working properly not to add more advanced features. The whole thing about their game DVR and streaming seems to be quickly thrown together after the Sony announcement. They hadn`t shown anything about the recording at the Xbox one reveal besides of saying they have it, plus it records only the last 5 minutes. The streaming on the PS4 is deeply integrated into the system and UI nothing that MS showed so far would suggest that this would be the case at all.

[Boody-Bandit]

Live streaming is excellent. Today is the first time I tried it and ended up spending over an hour on it. It's a great tool to see games in action you are thinking about getting or asking others about game specifics (car, gun, level, sticking points, frame rates, other performance issues, story plot etc, and so on).

Don't dismiss it until you have used it. I shrugged it off when I heard the PS4 had this and I can see myself using this over and over again. Just imagine if a fighting game didn't have a lobby or you couldn't download matches like some offer, etc. You could literally have top players in a genre create a stream and get tips from the best in the game. It's better to hear someone describe to you in their own words than read lengthy write or strategy guides. I was always better at learning from teachers that lecture instead of cracking open a book and reading.

Trust me when you use it most of you will enjoy it. It's a great feature.

[Bigpappy]

People are making to big a deal of this.

[DigitalRaptor]

@ JokesOnYou

Who would you rather watch streaming and talking about games?

A random person? Or one of your friends? This allows anyone to share their game streams with their friends and this is awesome stuff. Downplaying it of course, is not like I expected any less.

@ timotim

PS4 has a web browser than can view any web content, including any Twitch streams.
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Re: the downplaying. The facility is there - Loads of people are already doing this, and loads of people are enjoying it. The ability to share clips was also overlooked and downplayed by Xbox fans until they saw that they could share clips of Xbox 1 games.

[nukeitall]

i can understand livestreaming by a professional gamer, but random joe, who cares?

i would much rather have edited clips of memorable moments personally.

that said, xbox one is getting this shortly too, so what is the big deal?

[UltimateMaster]

Well this sucks.

@Jokesonyou
Still damage controlling, I see.

It sucked when the Ps4 did not had MP3 capacity at launch and it still sucks the X1 don't have stream at launch.

[torchic]

@skyrocket

that's a very nice way of putting it.

+1

[svoulis]

Um there are so many people streaming from their PS4 as we speak. As Am I and about 25 other people I personally know. It is a bigger thing and will play a bigger role when it comes to games like COD and BF4.

[trancefreak]

Yup I was in a couple streams last night of games I have not purchased. It was actually fun with people joking around with the player.

[Ricegum]

Whether you like it or not Twitch is very popular and I use it on a daily basis, it's a pretty big deal. The fact that Microsoft left it until 2 days before launch to announce something like this is going to piss a lot of people off.

[Funantic1]

I agree. I rather play games than watch people play.

[Mosiac77]

I'm with you on this one. But there is another concern for Sony to allow this. Now I can check out other people playing new release and decide if I like it or not. This might hurt sony in software sale

[Jubez187]

You obviously never heard of "League of Legends" if you don't think live streaming is a big deal. Have you seen the players' paychecks?

[Mystogan]

There is no "live stream battle". Both will have twitch in the end. This is just dumb... Obviously flamebait.

[Automatic79]

I bought Xbox one for games first everything else is just optional inclusive of twitch.

[Magicite]

and thats the department xbox sux the most at

[Ashby_JC]

I downloaded TWITCH on Friday and I am HOOKED!!!!!

It was one of the things I wanted to try out first on the xbox one. So its a wanted feature at least for me. Now I and many others have to wait.

What I love about twitch is I can watch people play games I am interested in buying. I can ask questions AND get answers right away.

I have watched...NBA live 14, NBA 2K14, KNACK, DAYZ, FALLOUT new Vegas, Killzone SF and many others.

The people using it are pretty cool and communicate with there audience.

Its a great feature that many who never used it will be like WOW this is pretty cool. Even if someone didnt want to stream. They still can use it as a tool to check out games they may want.

At least for now...we can still use TWITCH to view streams. Just cant stream our content...SUCKS!

[DeadMansHand]

I agree. I'm not a big streamer but a buddy on sat asked me to so he could see assassins creed. I did and we were talking while I played. He was like oh what's that? So I would zoom in for him. He was able to see first hand a game in action AND able to talk to me about it. Very cool. I'd prefer to do that than go to YouTube and listen to some ding dong speed run a game and chatter about stuff I don't care about.

[2cents]

Stake through the heart?

Steady on now

[Mikelarry]

no... just no

http://tgchan.org/kusaba/qu...

[psych]

The Xbox One has not yet begun to fight ! ! !

[Godmars290]

Its not going to have Twitch, something which MS had the nerve to laud about with pride, for months.

The XB1 has been fighting, but its been beating up itself.

Edit:
Streaming on it might get some attention with the next Halo but then that begs the question, when the PS4 apparently has the COD crowd won, what else will the XB1 have which will be worth streaming?

[psych]

Its not going to have Twitch AT LAUNCH.

See, I think you forgot that there.

[Mystogan]

You think the COD crowd are so impatient that they can't wait a 2-3 months to get streaming? There's already DVR. Streaming is not that big of a deal.
And I think early DLC will appeal to them more than one temporarily absent feature. They can still use DVR while they wait. This is not a big deal.

[Bigpappy]

How did you figure PS4 has the COD crowd won. Last numbers I saw had X360 at close to 4 Mil. PS4 lese than 1 Mil. X1 Unknown.

[Godmars290]

"You think the COD crowd are so impatient that they can't wait a 2-3 months to get streaming?"

Actually, yes.

Though they bitch at very bug and glitch they know for a fact at this point the next game in the series will have, they still line up for midnight sales and count every pixel.

I bet some of them own the 360 though they bought the PS4 version right along with the console. Will or have already bought the XB1 version before they bought that console.

[ger2396]

It better, its already taken a few jabs and some good upper cuts.

[S2Killinit]

loving my PS4 is all I gotta say. all the other bs flying around is not relevant right now.

[Mystogan]

I wish more Sony fans where like you. Instead of jumping on every Xbox One article to bash, Why not just enjoy your console and stay on your side of the fence?

[Hicken]

And instead of jumping in every Xbox One article to defend, why not just admit when Microsoft screws up?

[DigitalRaptor]

This is a PS4 article as much as it is an Xbox One article. The author made sure of that. Let the folks comment.

[Psychotica]

Can't the Xbox One games be streamed like 360 games in the mean time?

[bessy67]

Yes. There are people streaming already.

http://www.twitch.tv/newgam...

[theWB27]

Yes..including uploading your vids through Skydrive to any place on the web.

[shadowT]

Twitch is fully integrated in the PS4 UI. You only have to press few buttons to live broadcast on PS4. That function is now missing on Xbox One till someday in 2014.

[yarbie1000]

Xbox supports 3rd party external recording devices doesn't it. So everyone who already streams still could right? Or is this not avail at launch?

[Gazondaily]

It is available at launch. Well, it better be!

[ma1asiah]

This is supported at launch so yes you are correct its just the same as it is now in respect of Twitch

[shadowT]

I am wondering about this delay to 2014.

[Gigaguy777]

So it's impossible for MS to ever release a patch for Twitch on Xbox One, at any point, ever, no matter what happens, it can never be patched. Not only that, but it's impossible that Twitch on the Xbox One, which we haven't seen, can't possibly be better than PS4's Twitch in any way, just impossible.

That's what you said with your title, stop being dumb.
And your article is pretty flawed too, just stop. Calm down, take a deep breath, and think. If someone REALLY wants to use Twitch for viewing, they probably already view it on PC. As for broadcasting, it's not as big as you think it is. It doesn't make or break the console.

[AutoCad]

Bought it has won the launch line up war.

[GTgamer]

Bought? I know what war you just lost.

[AutoCad]

ya i dont know why i put that maybe bc i was in the middle of buying my xb1 games.

[GTgamer]

What ever makes you sleep at night (lamest reason of 2013 goes to you)

[SpinalRemains138]

Am I crazy or just old?

Who wants to tune in and watch others play games when you can play yourself?

That's just as bad as watching guys on tv play cards.

[Brix90]

It's a great feature when you want to check out some gameplay before you decide to play a game not mention you can ask the broadcaster some questions live. I know there's youtube but it's faster to go look at a live stream on PS4.

[Ohai]

We'll say I don't have the game yet, and want a regular persons opinion, I can watch their stream. I'd rather that than a media journalist whose views are most times biased.

[ExCest]

Twitch is really good for watching a tournament live. But that's mostly PC. I'm not sure what console gamers use Twitch for besides streaming pub games.

EDIT: "Who wants to tune in and watch others play games when you can play yourself?"

I have the answer in the form of a rhetorical analogy: "Why watch sports when you can play them?"

[Ashby_JC]

Your not crazy or old.

Just download the app. Its free on Android and im sure IOS. Or go to the site and sign up.

Its like others say. its not simply oh im watching someone else play something I could play myself.

It has a few uses...

1. Watch and ask questions via chat about a game you are interested in buying.

2. Watch someone play a game that you have played but may be stuck in a certain spot

3. Get info as far as getting better at a game if you watch tactics used by better players (COD, BF etc)

4. Interact and meet new people to socialize and grow your friends list. I know I will be more will to expand my friends list since it is increased by a HUGE margin from 100 to 1000-2000

[crypticphildz]

It may not stream quite yet but it does have a better app to actually watch streams from twitch that looks pretty damn nice. It will be here eventually so i am not to worried about it.

[illBled]

This is such a non story. I've had my PS4 since Friday and will be awaiting delivery of my XB1 this Friday. I've yet to use Twitch on my PS4 and won't use it or anything like it on my XB1. Real gamers game. They don't watch videos of other people gaming. Such a useless exercise.

[Blackdeath_663]

"Real gamers game. They don't watch videos of other people gaming." yet it is XBone fans who are heralding its non gaming features like multimedia and tv

[Soldierone]

The Gold requirement is something that kills potential for a lot of thins on Xbox. A lot of Netflix users jumped ship to playStation thanks to the pay wall being removed.

Live Gold should be like PSN and only be needed to play online, thats it. They shouldn't be hiding their apps and features behind it.

[Fireseed]

So wait.. let me get this straight... The kids on here who looked at all the extra features of the Xbox and snubbed their nose at it under the flag of "I just want a machine to play games" are declaring victory because a multimedia feature isn't present in the Xbox at launch...

It's almost too hypocritical to be funny, you know what? It is. It's just pathetic.

[Minato-Namikaze]

I think you misinterpreted. We wanted a games console that did other things. Not a multimedia box that played games. Some might argue that it's semantics but when you look at the ps3 lineup vs the 360 lineup since 2010 you see what we mean.

[TKCMuzzer]

@Fireseed
I think you should think before you speak. Twitch is a streaming service for gamers, so it ties in with the gaming aspect, it's more of an extension to the gaming experience than a multimedia component.
It's kinda of poor that the Xbox one does not have it at launch as they promoted it and Sony only mentioned it in passing and to hold off on announcing this information is a bit sneaky and prevents any last minute switchers.

[DigitalRaptor]

Wow this is a stretch.

Twitch functionality is gaming related. It's a gaming feature. It's completely to do with gaming. Nothing hypocritical about it, but of course you would take it upon yourself at this moment to try and play the victim of hypocrisy.

[kewlkat007]

You people crack me up....sheesh

Twitch battle? Really? Are you serious?

Is there a Youtube battle too?

or Media Playback battle?

[R17]

This article contains several errors regarding the what Twitch isnt bringing to the Xbox One. Watch this clip and see exactly how not only will Twitch be more than 50% operational on day 1 of the launch, but Skydrive will be as well. Skydrive will essentially do everything Twitch does, and more! See this link below to get the real facts, that unfortunately this writer didnt want to tell us.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2...

[TKCMuzzer]

Isn't Skydrive about sharing not streaming?

[Ashby_JC]

I saw this and it does have good info in it.

TWITCH is available at launch just limited for now.

SkyDrive is very interesting and I can see it be used alot by websites etc.

I am bummed that the FULL twitch experience is not at launch. Oh well...nothing I can do. Im sure not cancelling my pre-order lol.

PS - Facts...not alot want to get all the facts out there. Look at the article...instead of putting it out there with ALL the info...they turn it into a PS4 has this and XB1 doesnt battle cry. Pathetic

[Belking]

lol..I doubt that. It's funny how this site would consider this news...lol

[XisThatKid]

To be fair I don't think they do since this is under the "article" category and not "news" category. not being an ass or facetious or whatevs.

[jgrigs09]

I know this is kind of ridiculous to say. Right now there aren't really any good games that's worth streaming :/.

[jgrigs09]

The girl who wrote this, is not really hot.

[Summons75]

looks = good writing?

Either you're an idiot or have no common sense, I'm guessing both.

[jgrigs09]

I'm gonna go lay my head down. Your comment, just blew me away with overreacted to a comment.

[MatriXcian]

Lol Microsoft just keeps failing and failing hard. Wasnt Microsoft the first to even mention Twitch integration? Now they wont even have it at launch?! LMFAO WHAT A JOKE.

[Pascalini]

Although not major

Ms have failed with this- it was shown at e3 as a big feature and tou are telling me they couldn't get it ready for launch?

Hmmm dodgy

[XisThatKid]

It was confirmed for X1 before Ps4 too.

[BobBelcher]

Not really a 'deal breaker' but it seems to me that Twitch should be in the same expected format as netflix/youtube on consoles.

[JackB99]

This generation will be 7 years long. Only a fool would claim victory after 4 days.

Probably the same kind of person, who claimed victory after E3. Every business has the ability to adjust. Pricing, features, policies, partners etc...

So much panic and negativity so close to the Xbox One launch. Relax. Take a deep breath.

There are also 2 things the article fails to mention.

1 - All Xbox One users will have a camera, which is a plus. Especially if you're trying to develop a Twitch stream with a following. It adds that personal connection to the viewers.

2 - Xbox One can play a game and watch a twitch feed at the same time via Snap. The PS4 can't do that, so you can have a friend help you in a game by showing you on Twitch how to do something while you attempt it in the same game. Co-op etc not needed for this to work.

Again. Whoever wrote the article is jumping the gun.

[notyobizhwispndmymny]

Still getting an Xbox One. I like its potential.

[urwifeminder]

I like to play not see other people play.

[DigitalRaptor]

Before you hop on a game, you see your friend playing a game. They're currently live streaming it. You check it out and view the live stream, perhaps whilst waiting for a match to begin. if only for a few seconds. It turns out you just saw a great moment of gameplay from your friend's console with some nice commentary. it looks awesome, and you want to play that game with your friend. Either that, or it's a talking point between friends.

They click the Share button and post it to their social networks, but that doesn't matter to you - you saw it there live, as they were playing it. That is priceless.

For the guys that go on about XBL being top for social interaction and friends, you sure as heck like to downplay something great like this.

[urwifeminder]

Um no not for me I don't want or care will not use these features if you use it fantastic millions of people streaming and uploading crap zzzzz.

[bmx_bandit]

So wait, I have a question:

What about Copyright? Why can someone just broadcast Scenes from a game to
the public? Isn't that copyright infringement like it is when i show a hollywood-movie
to the public?

I mean, buying a game is like buying a software: U buy a license to use it. Not the right to distribute pictures/cutscenes and stuff to the public…

Or am I wrong? How did they solve it?

[ExCest]

Well, you're not exactly uploading the game. Just the video of the game. So you're not distributing a copy of the game, which means you aren't infringing on COPYrights.

That's why people aren't sued for using Twitch to upload themselves playing LoL, Dota, or some random FPS.

[bmx_bandit]

I know but u got me wrong.

I mean i just can't use for example a photo of a ferrari i havent shot on my homepage. Because it violates the publishing copyrights of the photographer.

And since Games use Moviel-like Cutscenes/Photos and Music which is all clearly copyrighted and where Artists worked on, why should it be different?

[ExCest]

Well, my point was that you're not uploading the whole game, which is what is actually copyrighted. Sure, the music (I seriously doubt the cutscenes are copyrighted) can be licensed as well but you're not exactly uploading the whole package, just chunks (with your scrubby writing and talking all over it). That's why people are allowed to upload small chunks of movies or TV shows or even music; it's just when they upload the whole thing, the whole package, that copyright agencies come in.

Take this for example: Play-throughs of games. They don't get taken down because they're not uploading the game, but instead their video with their scruffy words plastered all over it.

Now, I'm no expert on this stuff so I don't claim that any of this is fact. This is just my own reasoning.

[Master-H]

I thought Twitch supported 720p steaming.... sorry couldn't resist lel

[PFFT]

it does and it also supports the WOBBLE.

[MasterGuard08]

Losing the broadcasting function at launch isn't and shouldn't impact your purchase decision. It's not really that big of a deal. People are over exaggerating this way too much. Least we can still watch live streams :)

[_LarZen_]

Flaimbaite headline, no one has lost anything. It's coming soon.

[Chaotic_Lament]

This reads like a fangirl rant.

[mhunterjr]

lol the lost 'the battle for twitch'. What hyperbole! Both consoles will support it.
Did MS win the battle for YouTube then?

[ironmonkey]

A lot of gamers use twitch so yes its a big deal!. You see games in action and ask questions before going out and buying a game. Also noones claiming victory after 4 days of launch but as of right now sony is doing everything right for a gamer.

[Ashby_JC]

Im bummed. It was one of the features me and my friend talked about. Hell we talked about this type of feature years ago.

The ability to have friends watch and comment on your gaming. Mainly we wanted it for sports games...leagues. So say your in a league. You can view other players in your leagues games.

Twitch was one of the first things on my list to try out.

Not even going to say the usual....oh well at least its coming out in 2014.

NO!! I wanted this NOW...it was a promoted feature that I and many looked forward to using.

Rant over lol.

I guess I will be spending time messing around with skydrive and this edit app or whatever they are calling it.

[srd4484]

I was upset as well. Probably for the best though. After seeing the PS4 streams and how they're not good quality, i'll wait for MS to make it better.

[falviousuk]

A feature that isnt available launch that will come later, just like the PS4 has features that were talked about but are not yet available and will come later.

But yet here we have a posting about a feature that only the xbox doesnt have yet, are there any about the missing PS4 features, are they on here.

[KingDadXVI]

This is absolutely the biggest Trolling blog I have seen yet.

"Xbox has put one last stake through the heart of any hopes they had for matching the PS4 live streaming experience."

Give me a break. Just the way this is written has I hate Xbox all over it.

They are delaying it so that it works correctly and is not a laggy piece of shit that everyone would be screaming about.

I normally try to stay level headed but this article is written by an absolute PS4 fanatic douche bag.

I think that pretty much encapsulates this flame bait article.

[srd4484]

Have you seen the PS4 streams? I haven't found one good one yet.

[KingDadXVI]

Haven't seen anything either.

[jacksjus]

The math tells you Sony wins this battle even after the X1 gets it. However it won't matter unless Twitch suddenly becomes a hit. I didn't know what it even was until I got the PS4. Broadcasting is not my cup of tea, but I found it entertaining to watch.

The true gem in this is that you know longer will have to depend on someone else"s opinion of a game, just turn on the system and see for yourself.

[starscream420]

Oh noooooo what am I going to do?!????!!!?? No twitch until 2014?!?!?! Oh wait I dont care.

[Grimhammer00]

I streamed asscreed for 10mins to show a friend who lives an hour away. Worked perfectly.

But holy crap! I was burning bandwidth like crazy!
Here in Canada monthly limits are crazy expensive.
I'm already seeing this being a problem since I'm not going to upgrade and pay $100 a month for 300gb a month.
But at 60gb I'm hurting huge!

[jimbobbeers]

So what. PS4 can't upload directly to YouTube. Which is a bigger deal for ME.

Both consoles have positives and negatives, they always will at launch.

[chiefconcern]

Xbone is getting it so nothing to worry about. I think the upload studio is pretty cool. I'm not a fan of streaming but I will watch other players to get some tips.

[terrordactyl]

It didn't see the point of Twitch until I tried it at PS4 launch.

It's great watching people play live and answering questions that others type in. Much more interactive than Youtube.

[boodi]

little wrong timing to come out with this article ... ;) just look @ xbone sales from now to christmas .
Forza and Ryse are out and reviewed , and are easily the best games available to play on next gen .

[sYRes]

Lost!? How? I can still stream the same way I've been streaming on the 360, with external streaming devices unlike PS4 owners that have to stream thru the console.

[Flames76]

Haha sony fanboys are funny and stupid

[srd4484]

Maybe if the PS4 streams were ACTUALLY CLEAR i'd say so but i haven't found one stream with great quality. Almost not watchable.