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Twitch streaming coming to Xbox One March 11
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Syphon Filter
Member
lmao how did i miss this.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Oh, you can join an xbox one game that's being broadcast? Missed that one.
What's so special about viewing streams from other systems, such as PS4, PC, Xbox 360 etc? Isn't that how it is on the PS4 app, or is it somehow restricted to only PS4 broadcasts, which I don't think makes sense.
Is this part here true?
3rdamention
Member
What about this? This is pretty inaccurate, right? That is not unique in any way.
EDIT: Oh I get it, you can watch ANY Twitch stream on Xbox One, not just Xbox One streams. I read it as you could watch any Xbox One stream from any device, which works on the other system as well (excluding other consoles, which Xbox One does).
Oh man, I didn't even notice Yosp in the comments...bwahaha
R3TRODYCE
Member
That was an epic day on GAF. I miss those times, hopefully E3 brings megatons.
That should be pretty fun especially in racing and FPS games.
Surprised they're going to let people watch PS4 streams from the app. Free advertising for Sony.
Syphon Filter
Member
Dreams-Visions
Member
Agree. Really well done. Considering how much I use Twitch, I am well pleased indeed.
There is no PS4 Twitch app. That's apparently coming sometime in the Spring.
Other stuff not being true is not being able to join matches through broadcasts via PS4, and not being able to livestream in fullscreen.
I don't think MS quite knows what the PS4 streaming service can do.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Just common sense. I mean, why would you prevent people from doing so? They already have an Xbox One, so who cares if they also see something so awesome on the PS4 that they decide they want a PS4 also? I think this is a good thing, to not limit what people are able to see and access, as if we couldn't find it via other means if we really wanted to. The omission would be seen as silly and bordering on insulting, at least imo.
There is no PS4 Twitch app. That's apparently coming sometime in the Spring.
Other stuff not being true is not being able to join matches through broadcasts via PS4, and not being able to livestream in fullscreen.
I don't think MS quite knows what the PS4 streaming service can do.
Thanks for this. You confused me there for a sec, because I'm like "No, you're wrong, the PS4 already has twitch, and has had it since launch," but then I realized that you meant it's had twitch streaming since launch, but not a twitch viewer app.
From Microsoft's Xbox Wire release, it seems they were definitely wrong about the full screen livestream capability of the PS4, with this line here. Or are they lumping the on-screen viewer indicator in with the full screen view and saying that only the Xbox One's version of twitch does those two things together? If the PS4 doesn't have the on-screen viewer indicator to keep an eye on how popular your broadcast is, I guess I can see how they could get away with this line, but it's a no doubt tricky, and people would just assume that there's no full-screen view on the ps4 at all. So they're just being clever with the PR lol.
However, I don't see where they suggested that only the Xbox One allows gamers to join a match through a broadcaster's stream. Maybe they said this to some of the news sites instead? This is all I get from their news release on xbox wire.
Here it seems like they were just referring to the phrase "Xbox, Broadcast," which would of course only ever be done on an xbox console. But the part about joining a broadcaster's game is something put in an entirely different sentence, and not suggested as something only xbox can do. Maybe the gaming sites interpreted this part incorrectly?
I don't get where the misinformation is coming from. You can broadcast to anyone on PS4, not just PS4 owners. You can view full screen, you can join anyone's game.
Uh they already do.
ChosenPredator
Banned
looks like they nailed twitch on xbox one, there has been so much games ive been dying to stream on the system - I hope microsoft cuts a deal with hitbox.tv one day too.
True. I guess to me it's weird XB1 owners can view PS4 games. I would think MS would want all the focus on their own products. But like you said, they have the XB1 already so it doesn't matter.
There is no PS4 Twitch app. That's apparently coming sometime in the Spring.
Other stuff not being true is not being able to join matches through broadcasts via PS4, and not being able to livestream in fullscreen.
I don't think MS quite knows what the PS4 streaming service can do.
You have a link about this? I haven't seen anything about an app on PS4.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Did insiders say it was coming this early?
Who cares about insiders? Twitch themselves said it will come early 2014.
SpecDotSign
Unconfirmed Member
I raised an eyebrow on that one. I'm pretty sure you can do that on PS4. It was one of the first things they showed off when showing off their Live from Playstation stage demo.There is no PS4 Twitch app. That's apparently coming sometime in the Spring.
Other stuff not being true is not being able to join matches through broadcasts via PS4, and not being able to livestream in fullscreen.
I don't think MS quite knows what the PS4 streaming service can do.
I'm upset the PS4 chat doesn't have twitch faces though. I need my FrankerZ!
rogue_nine82
Member
Chalk one up to competition.
Its early but a lot of momentum is going Sony's way this early in the next gen war. This was a step in the right direction for MS as for once so far they can claim to have one upped Sony. Granted their twitch app was late but it appears that competition has given consumers a better offering. Its also nice to read some positive press for once coming out of the MS camp.
Its early but a lot of momentum is going Sony's way this early in the next gen war. This was a step in the right direction for MS as for once so far they can claim to have one upped Sony. Granted their twitch app was late but it appears that competition has given consumers a better offering. Its also nice to read some positive press for once coming out of the MS camp.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Oh, had no idea they said that. I thought MS just said it was on the way, not that Twitch was working on it specifically.
You can watch anything on Twitch using the Twitch application on XB1. Whether it is Nintendo or Sony doesn't matter.
theprodigy
Member
aw yeah, time to spam Kappas! /s
Are you new to Xbox? You need gold for everything. Seriously funny that this gets brought up every time.
rogue_nine82
Member
Yeah...that is kinda garbage.
I thought I read that somewhere, but I'm looking everywhere and I can't seem to find anything. o_o
Huh, that's weird. Could have sworn Twitch or Sony said an app was coming.
Given how terrible the mobile Twitch apps were for so long, I wouldn't have advertised that, hah.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Yep, unless I am dreaming I have viewed PS4 games on XB1 already.
statham
Member
I thought Microsoft created all their apps, is this new that Twitch created theirs?
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Microsoft works with them, I believe for the kinect integration and other system integrated features. For example, netflix also created the xbox one netflix app, project halo.
Last time I remember hearing anything being said about a release date was, "uh before E3..."
So, I certainly wasn't expecting March 11th.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Ermm am I missing something here? Why has there been no mention of streaming video of yourself with Kinect (without a headset and with full head tracking) while broadcasting?
Surely that is the number one differentiating feature of an Xbox one stream as the PS camera is optional.
edit: ahh. Its in the vid. My bad.
Surely that is the number one differentiating feature of an Xbox one stream as the PS camera is optional.
edit: ahh. Its in the vid. My bad.
statham
Member
ah okay.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Interesting, the tracking feature might be coded into skype, but it may not necessarily yet be coded into skype just yet, although that would be a good question to ask MS. Or maybe it's a system wide feature that doesn't need to be coded into specific apps.
Says in the article that archiving is there.
Microsoft will open up for all app developers eventually.
Stillmatic
Member
Apparently you can on Xbox1. At launch you could archive on PS4 but Twitch disabled it a couple of days later. I wonder if MS had anything to do with that?
At BUILD I hope.
Ah ok thanks. I read over the article but must have missed that detail. Looks like the Xbox One has some really nice features over PS4's Twitch integration.
D Bo Chops
Member
Nice update! Looking forward to it. Honest question though. Other than larger name streamers, who the hell is actually gonna get views? Majority of the people who decide to use it (myself included) are just regular jackasses that nobody cares to watch...so whats the point??
3rdamention
Member
That was exactly my point, I read that like being able to stream The Xbox One and watch that stream on your smart phone, desktop or tablet was "unique." But the PS4 is already doing that.
It appears the difference is you can watch PC, 360 and PS4 streams on the Xbox One, which you cannot currently do on the PS4 Live with PlayStation App.
3rdamention
Member
Yeah, the Live with PlayStation App's Twitch Integration has a "Play Game" button right there on the screen. You must obviously own the game though. And it sounds like you send a request to join the game on the Xbox One, and the streamer then decides to let you join? Is that how it works?
Yeah, I never really got it either. The people who are serious about streaming are still going to use capture cards and other equipment so they can customize their stream with overlays, donations, etc. I think some people might want to stream for real life friends though and I could see the built in twitch functionality being a draw for those people.