UPDATE - Xbox One WON'T record all achievements after all
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The next generation consoles can do a lot of things apart from just playing a random title. For example, they can record gameplay footages for players which can later be shared online, or saved for future references. On a similar note, there’re more new information revealed related to the Digital Video Recorder on the Xbox One.
In a recent video interview (see below), Adam Pollington, Product Manager of Xbox Australia revealed even more about the capabilities of the Xbox One-based DVR. It was revealed that apart from the option of recording five minutes of in-game gameplay footage (which players can choose to record anytime they like), the built-in DVR will also pick up capture footage every time an Xbox Achievement is unlocked.
But that’s not all. Apart from the DVR picking up footages of the gamers’ coolest gaming achievements and moments, the DVR also has the ability to use the Xbox One’s Kinect camera for a two way recording procedure that will also pick up footage of the players’ reaction to the achievement being unlocked. So not only can you relive your glory days like a Bruce Springsteen song, you can also relive your reaction to some of those particularly hard-to-achieve...achievements.
Besides the obvious gloating the footage could allow for, it could also show players how to get some of those truly challenging achievements, or that they are actually indeed possible. Some of the more notable examples over the last few years include "Mile High Club" in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, "Insanity" for Mass Effect 3, "Bladder of Steel" for Rock Band 2, or "I Am Arthur Clark" for War of the Worlds, an achievement which as far as I can tell, has yet to be achieved by anyone.
Microsoft's next-gen console will be able to record five minutes of gameplay, allowing for sharing over social networks and Xbox Live, but only for players with a Xbox Live Gold account. Creative Director Kenn Lobb described the creatively named "Project Upload" to GameSpot during Comic-Con, saying, "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." Like most other features, gamers can control the feature with voice commands via the One's new Kinect.
Microsoft's Xbox One is currently set for a November 2013 release, and will retail for $499.