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Xbone Twitch streaming 'a few more months' away
- Thread starter Canis lupus
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king grimlock
Member
how were they the first to announce the partnership but the last to get the functionality
Isn't that the same with the PS4 and its standby functionality? That's just how it happens sometimes.
Terbinator
Member
I'm not overly fussed by this as I can't stream for toffee on my connection, but I don't understand how something like this is taking so long to implement? Surely they just exploit the GPU's H.264 features to blast out a stream?
MS was busy flipping switches after Xbone 180 announcement.
Yea, people fell for their faked UIs and demonstrations at E3 as well.
Assuming they're adding Kinect support, perhaps they ran into some snags along the way?
I like to watch games I'm about to buy. So if there is anything I don't like it's a no purchase.
breakfuss
Member
lololol! Mostly agree, but I like watching channels like rev3 and people i know.
The Stig
Member
fair point, but you dont need a livestream to see gameplay footage
Yeah, screw options and the people that like livestreaming of games
no need for aggression
Twitch were very clever in organising their seperate deals for the Xbox One and the PS4. Xbox gets their timed exclusive viewing app while PS4 got their timed exclusive streaming app. That way Twitch appeared on both consoles at launch.
Only the 'real players', apparently.
They "showed" it at E3, obviously it was faked, but they were the first to show something outside of screenshots.
As you can tell from the viewer count no one wants to watch OTHER people play games
Those numbers are around double during the evening in NA
funkystudent
Member
They probably only got to announce it first because of exclusive marketing bullshit.
Who knows how long they have actually been working on steaming. Could have been a late addition after some late PS4 leaks and that explains why they are so behind on it.
Canis lupus
Member
You can actively ask streamers their opinon and experience with the games too and ask them to try out stuff in the game real time though which you can't with youtube videos.
No aggression, just highlighting how blunt and stupid your statement was.
The Stig
Member
As you can tell from the viewer count no one wants to watch OTHER people play games
Those numbers are around double during the evening in NA
pewdiepie is actively bringing down the IQ of the entire english-speaking world.
MilesWebber
Member
I do... It helps inform me about other games I want to buy or helps me pass parts I'm stuck on. Plus some channels can be really entertaining. I guess its for REAL GAMERS ONLY.
Well you can do this already on Xbox One, but yeah, no broadcasting as of yet.
The Stig
Member
fair enough. sorry guys, I just got to work half an hour late and forgot to take my happy pill.
What does one person on youtube have to do with any of this
Better yet watch non PS4 live streams from the browser. I mean a dedicated app would be best for general twitch viewing but for now this works fine."Exclusive viewing app" You can view (PS4) streams on Live from Playstation.
ebullientprism
Member
Pewdiepie isnt even on Twitch AFAIK.
qa_engineer
Member
Ps4 accounts for 20% of twitch's streams. Even if you don't care about watching other people game, there are those who do. Also having an option to do so is better than not.
Boogalogist
Member
Oh yeah man, the Xbone can like, totally run at 4k resolution too.....a few more months away...
Excellent if there's a game you want to see outside of broll footage before a purchase...or learn things etc. It'll be the biggest new thing to happen this gen.
Baroquemantic
Member
I don't know about anyone else, but this video shows why I can't stand the guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFbVKL-Meo0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
LilWayneSuckz
Member
I like watching the streams on PS4. I was on the fence about buying Lego Marvel and after watching a stream I decided to buy it.
The streams will be even more interesting to watch once the PS4's library starts to rival PS3s. The Minecraft streams alone will be fun to watch
djplaeskool
Member
ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your elgatos ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
The Stig
Member
watch him. it's worse than nails on a chalkboard
iMorphball
Banned
It's okay. I'll just keep streaming on PS4 for now.
Kinda ridiculous to be completely honest. I think they launched it a bit too early. I imagine if they had maintained the old Xbox One concept, we would've gotten a completely different console.
Kinda ridiculous to be completely honest. I think they launched it a bit too early. I imagine if they had maintained the old Xbox One concept, we would've gotten a completely different console.
IHaveCandy
Banned
If you don't care for it that is fine, but it's obvious a lot of people want it. So it's kind of silly to ask that.
No, MS have not at any point shown live streaming. They showed how to upload a short gameplay clip using Killer Instinct at E3.
Metalmurphy
Member
They announced the Twitch partnership first, but Sony announced Streaming capabilities first I think. They probably just jumped on a partnership as soon as Sony announced it and never had plans to actually have the feature.
MaximusPayne
Member
What is the difference between this and upload studio/skydrive???
But watching a guy who mostly screams or acts half his age is funny.
Luckily there are streamers/LPs out there who are enjoyable to watch though.
Live streaming versus random uploaded short gameplay clips.
BruiserBear
Banned
I certainly don't mind seeing a little bit of a game here and there, but yeah, people who watch entire play throughs of games are one of the mysteries of the universe for me.
McHuj
Member
There are dedicated encoder and decoders for video.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I remember when "Microsoft is a software company, Sony is not" used to be a bullet point even I would have duly noted as a plus to the Xbox brand. I'm just not seeing any meaningful gap in expertise anymore, but often times worse. MS really lost their way during this W8 generation which is a shame since X360 and W7 were damn strong.
Senor Kami
Banned
Taking this long to launch, it better not be ultra basic and missing basic things like being able to ban users from your channel and more chat display options from within the app itself.
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