Xbox One vs PS4: gameplay recording times revealed

Both Sony and Microsoft have revealed some details on the time-limit for recordings that can be made of gameplay sessions on their respective next-gen consoles.

Sony confirmed that the Playstation 4 will record 15 minutes of gameplay data in the background while users play. Gamers can then edit and upload these videos online.

On the other side, Microsoft confirmed that the game recording feature, called “Project Upload”, allows players to record 5 minutes of gameplay.

Ken Lobb, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios, explained: “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.”

“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.”

Lobb added that they have features to wrap video clips with text, add voice-overs, and add picture-in-picture using the Kinect camera.

The Xbox One and PS4 will launch later this year for $499 and $399 respectively.