Playstation 4 Vs Xbox One: Which Shares Better? 174
itwbennett writes "One of the new features that both Sony and Microsoft touted for their next-gen gaming consoles was easy sharing of gameplay videos. Peter Smith has put sharing to the test on both consoles, and (spoiler alert), found that both have plenty of room for improvement. There are pros and cons to each, but ultimately, which console does sharing best comes down to personal preference: 'I really hate that the Playstation 4 is limited to sharing on Facebook and I really like that the Xbox One saves to my Skydrive,' says Smith. 'But I hate having to wait for that upload to happen before I can go back to gaming.'"
Who Gives a Fuck, Which Shares Better? (Score:5, Insightful)
Who gives a fuck, which shares better?
The important question is; which is a better game play platform and which has the best games?
Re:Who Gives a Fuck, Which Shares Better? (Score:5, Insightful)
The important question is; which is a better game play platform and which has the best games?
That's obvious, PC. All hail the Gaben. [reddit.com]
Re:Who Gives a Fuck, Which Shares Better? (Score:4, Insightful)
SPOILERS: The Slashdot demographic is a bit off center of the XBox/PS4's main target demographic. (In other words, MS and Sony don't give a fuck what you use it for)
How times have changed (Score:2, Insightful)
Here's me thinking "filesharing on a game console?" and then it's about posting your gaming "achievements" on a "social network". To me, gaming with friends means getting together with friends and playing games. Now get off my LAN.
Spoiler alert: the reviewer is an idiot (Score:4, Insightful)
To quote, from the PS4 section: "When you tap the button your game is paused and the Share screen opens. Here you'll have 3 options: "Upload video clip," "Upload screenshot," and "Broadcast gameplay." The latter starts Twitch streaming, which the Xbox One doesn't yet support, so I won't cover it today."
So there's a feature on the PS4 to allow a form of sharing the XBOne doesn't have yet, so its not included in the line-up? How's that a fair comparison? People who want to share to Twitch should surely know that the PS4 already lets them do that *right now* and that should be included in the comparison, should it not?
Re:Who Gives a Fuck, Which Shares Better? (Score:5, Insightful)
Considering how locked down both systems are, I'd say they care very much what you use it for.
Re:Who Gives a F*** Which Shares Better? (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm a PS4 owner, so I can't tell you how the Xbox works.
Does either platform make it possible to completely disable/ignore the sharing features? (e.g. what happens if I accidentally press a sharing button?)
Nothing! You actually have to choose how you want to share, and if you don't give the PS4 any Twitch/Ustream/Facebook/Twitter info it can't do any sharing.
Can you completely disable/ignore content shared by other users if you're playing against them online?
Yes, nothing shows up during actual gameplay.
Can you run either platform totally offline?
Yes, but you'll miss out on system and game updates that way.