The next Xbox will introduce new social network elements, video capture functions and 'cross-game' Achievements, according to a new report.
According to its sources, the unnamed next-gen console will include the ability to capture video during gameplay and then share it online, similar to the PlayStation 4's share button.
Currently the next Xbox will allow users to review captured gameplay and select highlights, Polygon reports. The function can be turned off or set to automatically record during certain in-game events such as FPS headshots or specific Achievements, it says.
The report claims that more control will be handed to creators for how their Achievements work on the new console.
Developers will be able to add new Achievements post-launch without DLC, it says, and tie the rewards to a broader set of events, such as weekend challenges and cross-title accomplishments, such as finishing the first chapter in two different games by the same company.
Microsoft has confirmed it will reveal its next-gen plans at a special event on May 21.
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laughing-gravy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Ha ha! Msoft seen Sony's share function, crapped their pants and are rushing to include it in their next system! Now watch the X-bots crawl out from under their rocks and say it was a good idea all along.
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Not thrilled by any of this news.
All this "sharing" functionality is about as useful to improving your gaming experience as those tennis racquet wiimote add ons and is just going to clog up Youtube with even more pointless vids of noobs getting owned making it even harder to find quality gaming content on there.
As for the post release add ons of achievement thing, ffs, I do a little happy dance whenever I get all the achievements in a game but this is just gonna keep me running like a hamster in a wheel.
Still, I suppose this does indicate that they're opening the platform up a bit, which might be a positive thing.
StonecoldMC on 26 Apr '13 said:
But that tech isn't Sonys. It's an external company who want to have it in everything; consoles, phones tablets.
No bandwagon being jumped on here, I'm afraid.
gmcb007 on 26 Apr '13 said:
I think you should crawl back under that rock and take your bulls**t with you.
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
That's an interesting narrative riddled dribble of consciousness you've emitted there.
I highly doubt your first assertion; it's been the most derided facet of the PS4 reveal for a start and I doubt Microsoft would have had enough time to implement it in just two months (if they have, then Sony should be really afraid).
And secondly, it's a crap idea whatever system it's on.
MrPirtniw on 26 Apr '13 said:
So Youtube is going to be filled to the brim of everyone unlocking achievements/trophies, game glitches and team killing. NEXT GEN IS HERE.
laughing-gravy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Live in denial all you want x-fools! And the post on polygon also confirms always on DRM!
Barry316 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Don't some games this gen already do the video sharing thing? I know Just Cause 2 did. Seems inevitable it would be in everything going forward.
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Very true. Halo 4 has this functionality too, but its uploads are isolated to Waypoint (I think).
So there you go LaughingGravy, it's hardly anything new anyway and it's not as if Sony don't crib other's ideas either (Wiimote vs Move springs to mind). They're all at it.
laughing-gravy on 26 Apr '13 said:
The post on polygon states "Microsoft is also trying to come up with a system for video sharing though all of the details are still being locked down. According to our sources, currently the next Xbox will capture your gameplay as if it were a DVR, allowing you to go back and select highlights. That function can be turned on or off, or a player can set up the console to automatically capture a recording when certain in-game events occur, like a headshot or collecting a specific achievement. Auto capturing those "magic moments" will be a feature only available on next-gen games."
So yeah they have ripped Sony off!
laughing-gravy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Yeah, yeah! Deny it all you want X-bot! They still ripped them off.
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
See my above post, fanboy.
goggy on 26 Apr '13 said:
So, basically the ps4 and nextbox will basically be exactly the same, Wow..
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
How am I an Xbot? Because I disagree with you?
I notice you left the bit out about Sony hardly being angels in the rip off department from my post, classy!
Barry316 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Leave him Catfish, he ain't werf it!
Imagine that in a southern accent for best effect. Just a shame i can't actually do a southern accent.
Barca Azul on 26 Apr '13 said:
Nothing of interest for me either, but I guess for some yes!
I already hate online achievements most of the time.
GlynCR on 26 Apr '13 said:
I wish these share buttons would let you record full gameplays and upload yhem id like to start a lets play channel on youtube but dont wanna fork out the Ł75 quid on a roxio
the achievement and social thing I have no interest in at all
laughing-gravy on 26 Apr '13 said:
How am I an Xbot? Because I disagree with you?
I notice you left the bit out about Sony hardly being angels in the rip off department from my post, classy!
No I used the quote in full go check it out! And your an X-bot because your defending a company that wants to shaft you with always on DRM. Good luck with your new app box!
Padua on 26 Apr '13 said:
Better achievements, social media integration and uploading game play video...
... the trinity of next-gen features that we all dreamed of from Sony and Microsoft. NOT
TechnoWolf on 26 Apr '13 said:
No I used the quote in full go check it out! And your an X-bot because your defending a company that wants to shaft you with always on DRM. Good luck with your new app box!
Why do you hate xbox so much? Would you mind showing us on the doll where it touched you?
timewarp1 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Why say crawl back under your rock? Everyone knows trolls live under bridges ...
The Drunken Spy on 26 Apr '13 said:
Alright, you win. You're absolutely right about everything you've said and your measured and non-biased approach has convinced to completely rethink my life. I also see that you've completely mastered how to use quotes on here and this intimidates me and makes me feel inadequate. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to step away carefully and slowly because some of that foam from your mouth is getting on my shoes.
Barry316 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Well, this went to s**t quickly. CatfishMurphy vs Notlaughingmuch-gravy. Where's Suarez when ya need him.
Random Hangman on 26 Apr '13 said:
But none of this is confirmed. It's still all rumour and "our sources".
laughing-gravy, if you believe everything you read on the Internet, I have some magic beans here that I'll happily sell you...
Random Hangman on 26 Apr '13 said:
...at the dentist...?
Shadmeister on 26 Apr '13 said:
Hi,
Is there an article stating that the Next XBOX has freeview tuners ?.
Thanks and regards,
Shadmeister.
Nimron Tang on 26 Apr '13 said:
That was at lunch time. I think they've finally got him back in his cage now, with fresh bedding and a couple of chew toys.
KesMonkey on 26 Apr '13 said:
Your profile says you're 42 years old. I'm not sure whether to believe that and feel sorry for you, or disbelieve that and feel sorry for you.
Grow up.
ricflair on 26 Apr '13 said:
As I said about the video sharing stuff on the PS4... "f**k all that s**t".
KK-Headcharge78 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Well some would say it makes a change rather than the other way round, I hear the PS4 has cross game party chat
No but seriously mate grow the f**k up, this ain't the Cbeebies forum.......
Unition on 26 Apr '13 said:
Not surprising, but I am glad to hear this rumour. For me, the PS4's share button is an attractive feature and I am glad Microsoft are following suit. It seems as though Microsoft are going to match Sony for functionality, and I suspect that the UI and services available on Microsoft's next console are going to be superior. Only a few days ago, I became a first time owner of a PS3, and the UI (XMB) feels so dated compared to the current Xbox 360 interface. I think Sony are leagues behind in that regard. However, Sony do have more exclusive IPs, and Microsoft need to deliver a strong line-up of games when they announce their next-gen console.
I am currently playing through the Uncharted series for the first time, and Uncharted 2 is the best single player game I have ever played. I'm only 2/3 of the way through it, but i'm amazed at how good it is. The Dualshock 3 is pretty horrible, and if the new controller is not 1000 times better, that in itself will turn me away from buying a PS4.
Microsoft have to get their announcement spot on, and I hope they nail it!
KK-Headcharge78 on 26 Apr '13 said:
Yep I'm not for it either, before you know it the whole world will have virtual friends, never speak to anyone in person or actually see anything with their own eyes...
Reegeee on 26 Apr '13 said:
This sharing stuff is a nice little feature but its not going to make me rush out and buy it.
I like the idea of cross game achievements, but again, not a deal breaker.
budge on 26 Apr '13 said:
I think I used that feature in Just Cause 2 just the once. Ah well, it's there if you want it. All that social f**kbook and t**tter crap can do one though.
MisterBedo on 26 Apr '13 said:
Hey, I've been on the Cbeebies forum, and you're giving numbnuts too much credit.
The IGN forums maybe...
PMIKE5 on 26 Apr '13 said:
I wonder how much extra all these features will cost. Or if, shock horror, they're included in the product you're buying.
masterchop on 26 Apr '13 said:
And 3,4
DC_igloosmile on 26 Apr '13 said:
Agreed! Although, Microsoft most likely had similar ideas, but perhaps not on the same scale as Sony... looking forward to the reveal, and who knows - we might even see a console with this reveal!!!
Down with robots on 27 Apr '13 said:
Completely useless to most people. Reminds me of this Armstrong and Miller sketch about pointless upgrades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OlPg0davL0
Bazcube85 on 27 Apr '13 said:
laughing-gravy you may find that xbox was planning this well before PS4 even announced there share function so make sure you know your fact before you start calling all use X-bots copycats
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/33 ... -suggests/
Article posted on Posted on Wednesday 4-Jan-2012 11:34 AM GMT
jodders on 27 Apr '13 said:
I can see one of the achievements now: 3000 gamerscore! You have stayed ALWAYS online for a full game session. In return we're not deleting your saves! Well done you, you're not a pirate!
Unless your name is Guybrush Threepwood...
PS: I wonder if anyone's done a parody video of Bon Jovi's 'Always' to coincide with these 'always' online rumours?
jodders on 27 Apr '13 said:
That article makes no explicit reference to recording gameplay it simply says recording 'media content' while games are running.
Not saying the other guy's totally correct either, just there's a hole in your argument you could drive a bus through.
Gameoholic007 on 27 Apr '13 said:
Its pretty much going to be what company your going to back by the time these consoles release, since their practicly going to be the same damn thing. Both companys are lacking the inovation this time around, with Sony grabbing ideas from everyone to shove into their new controller like a combo deal, and now MS pretty much humping Sonys leg, and mimicking what they already have chisled in stone for their console. Its down right pathedic, but I reminding myself that this is M$, and not to expect anything really different from them.
Biohazardamo on 27 Apr '13 said:
I miss the days when consoles were about games if i wanted to talk to people id go outside, social media integration is a bigger off-put then the always online thing. at this rate id be paying for more functions and gimmicks then id actually use kinect doesn't interest me at all so being forced to have it on the nextxbox is pushing me towards spending the money on pc parts instead and now this has pretty much secured the deal.
gayrath on 27 Apr '13 said:
X-bots? X-fools?
Nothing like a next generation to bring all the 5 year old troglodytes out from under their rocks.
Come on guys, there is no winners,or losers. There is no console that is better then the other. It is just what we prefer and then go and buy. It's true you know. The only thing worse then the games industry are gamers themselves, and their constant fanboy wank-offs.
Personally I'll eventually own both. They both have excellent 1st party games, they both offer things that I want out of a games console. So, as a gamer, why the hell would I not own both?
ted1138 on 27 Apr '13 said:
nb_nmare2 on 27 Apr '13 said:
Such a feature is hardly the pinnacle of programming. It's unlikely it would take a programmer even two hours to implement, provided they used pre-existing video capture software.
Sony had motion-sensing hardware and software long before the Wiimote came along (in the form of the Eye Toy for the PS2), so I think you'll find that it is in fact Nintendo who owes a debt to Sony in this regards.
Ah. Apparently you haven't heard that the next XBox will be using Windows 8, or I doubt you would be talking about it having a superior UI (Sony would have to have a complete mental breakdown in order to produce a UI that was any worse).
That was a good long while ago. I seem to recall people bitching because the PS1 could play audio CDs
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That's just not true. A console which has few quality games and which has inferior system specs *cough* Wii U *cough*, is objectively worse than a console with many quality games and which has superior system specs.
Ali_ on 27 Apr '13 said:
1000g: Couch Potato
Watched continuous repeats fo Jeremy Kyle for 24 hours wihout a break.
Jarmez on 27 Apr '13 said:
No they don't. There was this accessory for the NES, named the Power Glove. It was released in 1989, waaaaaay before the Eye Toy idea was even planned. Whilst it was rubbish, and didn't work as well as its motion control successors (It wasn't very popular either), it was the first to sense human hand movements on a television or computer screen in real time. Not as advanced, but still counts.
PS4 and Next Xbox have loads of games? Do you know something we don't...? Besides, "inferior" system specs doesn't mean it's bad - 3DS is outselling PSVita, and Wii outsold PS3 (even though PS3 has an objectively better library of games), the only reason it'll catch up now is because the Wii's popularity is slowing down, as well as the fact that Sony will continually support the PS3, even after 7 years, and after the launch of PS4 (PS2 had support for at least 10 years I think). Plus WiiU will get more games, games take time to make, they don't grow on trees.
Articles like these always makes people overreact. Who cares if the next xbox has a share function or not? I'm more worried about the other rumours in regards to Xbox (Always online, block used games, etc). I guess we'll definitely know for sure on May 21st.
TehSlenderMan on 27 Apr '13 said:
Or they added it from the start since its the logical thing to do for a next gen console? Fu**ing fanboys I swear. You will think of anything to insult it with won't you? Besides, you act like Sony created the Share function and is suddenly the only one that can use it.
nb_nmare2 on 27 Apr '13 said:
What you didn't mention is that the Power Glove wasn't actually designed or developed by Nintendo - it was a Mattel product. Which means Nintendo still didn't get there first
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I can't comment on the next XBox, but Sony produced a list of around 175 developers already working on PS4 games (and of course, many of those companies will be working on multiple titles). From what we know, that's considerably more than the number of companies working on Wii U games.
Popular!=good. If popularity were a mark of quality, crap like Britain's Got Talent or the X Factor would be the greatest TV shows ever made... which they quite clearly are not. People are stupid, and stupid is a poor judge of what is good or bad.
Nintendo consoles have never been especially good at attracting 3rd party publisher interest; even the SNES didn't really have that many great games which weren't published by Nintendo. With the Wii U performing so poorly sales-wise it's rather unrealistic to think that's going to change.
Just look at the number of recent and forthcoming multi-platform games that are not getting Wii U ports. If that's happening now, when ports for the system should be relatively simple to do (due to the Wii U having the superior hardware), what will it be like once the next PS and XBox come along, making Wii U ports more difficult and more expensive?
Jarmez on 27 Apr '13 said:
Even if that's the case, it still means Sony weren't first to do motion control, it was a third party who developed it for Nintendo. Sony have copied numerous ideas from both Nintendo and Microsoft, so yeah, they're not exactly masters of innovation. At the end of the day, business is business, and companies will try to do what will earn them more money, even if they have to copy and change something from a competitor. All three have done it at some point.
Who's to say that the games by these 175 developers will all be good? There's probably quite a few of those developers that will do download only titles for PSN, some short games. Plus there might be a few clone games here and there. I really hope there aren't too many in the same genre, otherwise it'll create the wrong impression. I like FPSes, but please, not too many thanks (that's not to say that it'll have just FPSes, it was just an example to support my argument).
Popular does mean good. Look at the comparison of Nintendo's Pokémon and Sony's Invizamals. Which one is doing better? Pokémon is more popular, and so is doing better. The perspective of quality differs with each person. Unfortunately, there are too many people that only think about the graphics and "power", rather than the game and it's content. Obviously how the game looks will determine whether people will want the game or not, but it shouldn't be the only factor. I doubt it'll change come PS4 and Xbox...
Funny you should say that, I remember people saying that 3DS would never pick up, due to poor sales, and that PSVita would out sell it tenfold. Look what happened, after some price drops, several advertisement campaigns, and software being released for the system, the 3DS is outselling PSVita (a more powerful system) by a lot. Come October, there'll be a lot more sold (because Pokémon X & Y). There's quite a few being released these next few months, including Fire Emblem: Awakening (19 April, last week), Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Project X Zone.
This is what Nintendo need to do, they need to release tonnes more software, release tonnes of ads and perhaps have a bit of a price drop, WiiU sales will pick up. It's too early to judge how well the WiiU will do without knowing what games will be released in future (since people did that with 3DS, but the situation has changed). I've read that Mario Kart WiiU and the 3D Mario games will release this year - Mario Kart sells loads, so that'll make the console sell quick. We'll only know around June time, via Nintendo Direct (not E3) and through news sites. It's not "unrealistic" to think it'll change, because it will change once more software is released.
You're kidding right? PS4 and Xbox WILL have ports, no console (past, present or future) can escape them. So far, PS4 has the following ports confirmed: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Destiny, Watch_Dogs, and Diablo III. Metro: Last Light and the next Call of Duty game are possible. That's just a start, there's bound to be more (don't forget Sony will still support PS3 at the same time). I wouldn't be surprised if Xbox had just as many ports. Plus, Nintendo aren't to blame for ports, nor are Sony and Microsoft for that matter, it is actually the fault of lazy developers trying to get quick cash.
nb_nmare2 on 28 Apr '13 said:
You completely misunderstood what I said. My point is that next PS and XBox will have lots of ports, while the Wii U won't, and this is a bad thing (as it means lack of 3rd party games). I'm not sure how my comment could be interpreted as having the exact opposite meaning
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the elz on 28 Apr '13 said:
sounds crap , another useless feature, so far the "next gen" console info has been very underwhelming, ive never been so apathetic about new console reases as these ones. no big jumps in tech or gadgets, graphics, uses.... there just all stuff you can do on a PC already....might just upgrade my PC & buy the games for that, there cheaper after all.
Kieran 12 on 28 Apr '13 said:
Microsoft has to release a new Halo or Gears. I can't see a brand new IP attracting large crowds of gamers straight away.
iucidium on 29 Apr '13 said:
itd be nicer if you could 'spectate' your friend's games. something i expected this generation of consoles to do as standard.
maybe if Microsoft threw a big pile ofmonet to Twitch....
NEO_SUPERMAN on 29 Apr '13 said:
I liked the part where he got owned.