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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. Nothing to see here by 0x15e · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it really news that MS is requiring people to have a Gold account to use online features of an Xbox console? There's nothing going on here that wasn't already going on with the Xbox 360 ... except of course stirring up some more MS / Xbox One hate.

    1. Re:Nothing to see here by sl3xd · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'd mod you up if I could.

      Xbox Live Gold is required for everything except downloading patches. It sounds like a fanboi who really knows nothing about the Xbox is proving his ignorance/making an ass of himeself.

      There's nothing new here; the Xbox Live Gold has been a thing since the original Xbox.

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  2. Re:Good luck with that by alen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why would i buy this compared to paying for 5 years of x box live?

    some of you people are crazy. spend lots of money to bypass some feature that costs less than the workaround