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Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay

Posted by timothy on from the nobody-rides-for-free dept.

First time accepted submitter tocsy writes "Microsoft has seemingly not learned from their previous PR fiasco. According to the official site, some features as basic as recording and sharing gameplay videos will require a $60/year Xbox Live Gold account. PS4 owners will of course also have to pay for some online services, but recording and streaming will not be exclusive to Plus subscribers."

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  1. Re:Good luck with that by tlhIngan · · Score: 4, Informative

    HDCP is broken for those willing to go to the effort to circumvent it. That is an extremely tiny amount of people.

    Got a few hundred? This is all you need.

    Or if the console supports component video out, problem solved.

    The 360 didn't put HDCP on the HDMI. The PS3 did, so all the capture cards today tell you to use component in for the PS3.

  2. Not just recording gameplay by Xian97 · · Score: 4, Informative

    They are also putting OneGuide and Skype behind the Xbox Live Gold paywall. It looks like most of the new features they have added to Xbox One will require XBL Gold.The PS4 will let you record gameplay without a PS+ account.

    The main difference I see in PS+ and Xbox Live Gold is that PS+ is per PS3/PS4 where Xbox Live Gold is per account. For those of us with families, that is a substantial difference. Both of my kids and myself would be able to play under the single PS+ account for $50, where for XBL Gold each of us would require our own account, bringing the total to $180.

    1. Re:Not just recording gameplay by suutar · · Score: 4, Informative

      If it helps, xbox live gold family gets you 4 people for $100, if I recall the number properly. Your point that xblg tends to cost more for families is still valid, though.

    2. Re:Not just recording gameplay by spire3661 · · Score: 3, Informative

      If what you say was true, my wife wouldnt get kicked off Netflix on the Xbox because i logged into GTA IV with GFWL on my PC. When it matters, its per person.

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  3. Re:LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Except that Apple's shit works.

  4. Re:Either way. by acariquara · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll bite. I run Steam on Windows and OSX, my Windows client lists 257 games. The same library on OSX amass 167 games, and 83 on Linux.

    Yeah, Linux compatibility is a fraction of Windows Steam titles, but not that low.

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  5. Re:Either way. by Sarten-X · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, Linux compatibility is a fraction of Windows Steam titles...

    As an utter jackass, I feel compelled to point out that every rational number, even those greater than one, are fractions.

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  6. Re:Either way. by Sarten-X · · Score: 5, Informative

    You missed the first definition, and all of the wit:

    1. A numerical quantity that is not a whole number

    Or, you could consider that the default dictionary is simply wrong. Improper fractions representing whole numbers are still fractions, and that limited scope doesn't even cover all of the fields that use the word "fraction". Try this one instead. It's a more complete set of definitions, but it does lack that particular insulting quality that you seem to hold so dear.

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  7. Re: It's called a capture card... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    "you know what was the biggest bullshit about live gold? games like halo4. want to go online with a friend, splitscreen? well fuck you BOTH need to pay for live gold!"

    What?? Are you being serious? That's not true, you can have friends sign into your Xbox with the Guest Live account and play multiplayer on the same Xbox with just one account.

  8. Re:Either way. by flargleblarg · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know, if you were just joking, then you should have just let it go. Now you look like you're grasping at straws to justify what you said, since any (reasonably-educated) native English speaker will be familiar with the definition of 'fraction' that he was using.

    Sarten-X is 100% correct — and his original post was hilarious in my opinion. Fractions do not need to be less than 1 (or greater than -1, for that matter). Common English definitions are irrelevant here; this is a mathematical definition.