PS4 continually records the last 15 minutes of gameplay

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PlayStation 4 will continually record 15 minutes of gameplay data in the background for users to capture and publish online, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed to computerandvideogames.com.

Confusion surrounding the length of the recording process arose when 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.

This claim was misheard and led to some reports suggesting PS4 captures "seven" minutes of gameplay data, while other articles claimed the console records "several minutes". But on Monday a spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe told CVG PS4 will continually record 15 minutes of gameplay data, as initially reported.

Recorded PS4 data can be brought up using the DualShock 4's Share Button, allowing player to edit and crop footage and share it across the PlayStation Network via Ustream.

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox One will automatically record five minutes of gameplay and allow users to share that data across Xbox Live and social networks.

Ken Lobb, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios, said over the weekend that the gameplay recording initiative is internally called "Project Upload".

"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," he said.

"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."

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I-DA-KINGPosted:

Just shows how much sony is trying to seem better then the Xbox, There waiting for them too release info before they release it, I think sonys scared of xbox being better then there ps4, Also i hope that xbox increases the time that it records to compete with the PS4

DubleJayJPosted:

I love what Sony is doing. It's pushing Microsoft to what they should be doing.

-CPPosted:

Wagering Wow, 10 minutes more than Xbox. I better brag about it because I'm 12 and don't know any better.


You're too young to be here, GTFO.

generalhunterPosted:

Medion Better specs mean nothing, look at the PS3 and Xbox... It all comes down to OS and games.


Agreed you buy a console for games I had a PS2 and not the original Xbox which had better specs cause the PS2 had more games and I don't want a PS Vita I'd rather get a Nintendo 3DS as it has more games

FundsPosted:

Wagering Wow, 10 minutes more than Xbox. I better brag about it because I'm 12 and don't know any better.


Pretty sure you have to be 13 or older to be on this site

-Lewis-Posted:

What about HD PVR users?

WageringPosted:

Wow, 10 minutes more than Xbox. I better brag about it because I'm 12 and don't know any better.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx Get **** yet again Microsoft


When you think about it not really, Yes the xbox1 only records the last 5 mins but it can also record 30 secs at any time.

TomorrowLandPosted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx
-Nuclear
DyeVibe Well then that is way better then xbox one. PS4 is putting xbox in the dirt.


Why? Because you can record 10 extra minutes? I understand about the specs being better too, but game developers won't overload Xbox Ones system for the ps4. Wow... Take a look at the ps4 its basically an upgraded Xbox 360. There are few features to make it next gen and Sony has made for paying to play online. Microsoft has done the noble thing to move to the next generation, and every one seem to stop giving them a hard time. Microsoft has and always will
Be, Console kings.


So the PS4 has better eveything, yet is an upgraded xbox 360 but is somehow wrose than the Xbox One. You don't make ANY sense, and need to sort out your allegiance. It's a games console, you don't have to favourite your budding Mircosoft when you are saying the specs for the PS4 is better, yet the Xbox One is somehow better. Please, grow up!
All the PS4 is, is an updated PS3. "SORRY WE DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WANTED THE EXACT SAME PIECE OF SH*T!"

MedionPosted:

Better specs mean nothing, look at the PS3 and Xbox... It all comes down to OS and games.


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