I really think Xbox could win the battle for the living room.<p>I'm more excited for it as a media center than as a game console. The fact that they let you pass through your cable box to an HDMI-IN shows me that they have been paying attention. I believe this was something that the Logitech Revue pioneered but unfortunately didn't take off due to being too slow a unit. I've been waiting to see who might support this and so far it only looks like Microsoft has. You may not appreciate it, but being able to flip between games/sites/cable instantly goes a long way in making your living room experience seamless, and I really think that will be the difference in this short term (while people still own cable boxes) if Sony/Apple/Google don't follow suit.
Great, more long ass unedited amateur videos.<p>I used to upload gaming videos (moments/montages) to youtube. The share feature is nice on PS4 and Xbox one, although the reason for my comment is I quit uploading, because I always received copyright notices from YouTube, and even if I won an appeal...it still lead to copyright notices AGAIN later. Aside from the notices, my friends and I were monitoring through Adsense, after the notices would happen, I'd noticed that earned adsense revenue would be subtracted from FINALIZED earnings. I wrote a blog about this out of anger [1].<p>Anyways, the reason I stopped uploading was, because to actually get views and subscribers, editors need to....edit....their videos. Although when I uploaded, it taught me how to edit and compress videos, I realized I was editing and reviewing footage a lot more than playing.<p>[1] <a href="https://medium.com/p/6caf19d2c542" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/p/6caf19d2c542</a>
I wonder if this will clash with content-id systems. It'd be interesting to see a DMCA takedown from a game studio against a video uploaded through xbox's featureset.
I wonder if Google wanted this or Microsoft pushed for it.
I think Google Hangouts with the Xbox One and Kinnect would be a great combination.<p>Will Microsoft allow it when it would make Skype look bad or do they just want users on their platform? Youtube uploads suggests to me they want functionality from any source to get an edge on the competition.
This did make me chuckle:
<i>"...when’s the last time you heard someone talking about their favorite viral OneDrive video? Never? Yeah. Probably never."</i>
Doesn't the PS4 already do that? I mean they demo'd a continuous recording feature at the original announcement last year. Uploading those recordings to YouTube/Facebook/etc seems like a natural next step for that.
when i played 'dance central' for xbob 360, my friends and i loved the little session where they take a few pictures of you dancing. i have no idea why they didn't let you post those to facebook. comic gold!
so, Microsoft is not going to compete in the market for online video and concede that battle to Google? Im surprised, given how much grief GOOG has given MSFT over developing a YT app for WindowsPhone.