I think it was early in the year that they patched in the feature. I think February/March.
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Social features and integration: Xbox One and PS4 comparison (image heavy)
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I think it was early in the year that they patched in the feature. I think February/March.
They added that like 2 months ago or so.
Industrialist
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A lesser man would say "That's what they're trying to make you think as they try to turn you into a good and obedient little consumer" but that man is not I.
welp thats news to me. good for xbone owners
Added to OP.
I believe it does tell you. it depends on the game just like XBL
You are correct. My friends list is filled with gaffers and I love my ps4 activity feed. There are always screenshots and great videos.
I guess your experience varies by your friends and what they do. I also like that on ps4 I can constantly scroll through activity almost infinitely to see if I missed anything. Xbone has a very small entry limit of like 25 or so entries total and then hard stop.
Oh shit, completely forgot to include that. Will add.
Warablo
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I love the activity feed on the Xb1, which I hate on the Ps4. Xb1 OS is great, just needs more stability. Though the guide button from the 360 OS is still the best.
This is how my friend and I felt when we got a Xbox One after a Ps4.
Its way more useful than the Ps4 feed. Plus you can filter it to achievements, video, or screenshots.
This is how my friend and I felt when we got a Xbox One after a Ps4.
Its way more useful than the Ps4 feed. Plus you can filter it to achievements, video, or screenshots.
i have never once seen that happen but i guess maybe none of my friends have a game that supports it?
this would be rad
Shareplay is the coolest gaming feature by far this gen imo. I don't really connect features like that with the core OS though. If we're talking about social features it should be added.
PoweredByHentai
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I'm not sure why people would even care to know how many hours I spent playing Oneechanbara Z2 Chaos on my PS4.
weird then because it's usually the popular games that have it on XBLPSN, Destiny, COD, etc.
do you mean PS3 destiny/cod or did you also not read my post
I like that stat on xbone. I used it recently when a freind was schooling me and my brother on Mortal Kombat X. It was easy to see he had 50 hours in the game vs our 1.5 combined lol.
Doesn't the xbone activity feed have a very short hard limit on entries? Every time I use the feed I hit bottom at 25 or so and most of those are achievments.
Also don't like how big each entry is. A HUGE graphic for each one. You can only see 2 or 3 entries on screen. A screen on ps4 shows so much more per screen and seemingly no limit.
Don't know anyone playing Destiny on last gen but yes to COD.
Good points OP.
Xbox displays more information but I can definitely see how people could view it as "information overload"; Will be interesting to see how all of that information will be accessed/displayed with the new Xbox interface coming in a few months.
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Xbox kind of has this now with "favorites" but your idea would greatly improve on that. Good idea.
Xbox displays more information but I can definitely see how people could view it as "information overload"; Will be interesting to see how all of that information will be accessed/displayed with the new Xbox interface coming in a few months.
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Xbox kind of has this now with "favorites" but your idea would greatly improve on that. Good idea.
arhra
Member
Isn't that still limited to people who you're also friends with on social media, though?
Which makes it completely useless.
At least to me (I don't use social media much in the first place, and I'm definitely not going to go adding all the random folks I have on my PSN friendslist).
I just scrolled though mine and got to over 100 entries before it stopped. I think it's time-based rather than a hard limit - the last entries I could see were timestamped as 1d ago, so I think it's probably the past 24h or something.
PoweredByHentai
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Ah, I suppose that is useful in its own way. I thought that the achievement/trophy thing would have done the same but I can see how that can be misleading in its own way if someone only specialized on one character in a game.
Yea, I too was overwhelmed at first, but I got used to it and now I find it quite attractive.
I don't have any social media accounts that are friends with others outside of PSN and it still shows up for me, so that can't be it.
So there is still a limit. I have scrolled back several weeks on ps4 before just to test. Is 24 hours then bottom useful? Either way it makes me not want to bother responding or adding to something I see because it will be gone so quick.
Oh and about the ps4 social media limit thing that's in settings. You can make everything public or just share within your social circle.
Warablo
Member
I know it sounds like I'm ragging on xbone a lot here in this thread but this thread finally gave me an outlet to share one of several reasons I did hard switch from diehard xbox fan last gen to more Sony this gen.
The ability to share so easily with a button press and know that my content has a good chance of being seen on ps4 is so cool.
I really want that on xbone but the feed is limited in ways and is burried.
I am very very much looking to the windows 10 os refresh to change this.
The ability to share so easily with a button press and know that my content has a good chance of being seen on ps4 is so cool.
I really want that on xbone but the feed is limited in ways and is burried.
I am very very much looking to the windows 10 os refresh to change this.
Hidden One
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Rather not have hours played on PS4..Don't want people seeing how much I no life >_>.
arhra
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OK, yeah, I just double-checked and scrolling through I did see a few screens/videos in my list. They're few and far-between in comparison to my XB1 activity feed though.
I guess that's down to the fact that the XB1 implicitly shares any screen you take/clip you record, whereas on the PS4 it only shows stuff people have explicitly shared to twitter or whatever (which you might never do if you prefer to use a usb to transfer them to your PC so you can get the best possible quality).
So yet another layer on xbone to see what ps4 does by default.
I would love make a video on this if i only had the time. If people that don't have both or have good pool of friends on both could see both side by side.
I wonder if with the Elite controller, you could set up to use one of the paddles as a "Share" button. One paddle for screenshots, another for videos.
That's a lot of money to drop on social options alone, but it would be a nice add-on feature. I doubt they would market it if it could do that, so who knows if it will.
That would be great!
Didn't they add some share button press combination with a recent update for those without a kinect?
arhra
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The website is the easiest way: https://account.xbox.com/en-GB/social?xr=mebarnav
Just scroll down and hit the 'See more' link when you hit the bottom. I just checked and it goes at least a week back and was still going.
Double-tap the Xbox button, then hit X to save a clip (last 30s, same as "Record That"), or Y to save a screenshot. And those are automatically uploaded to the cloud and shared on your activity feed.
Pretty sure you won't be able to map those to the Elite's paddles though, it doesn't have any kind of macro features, it just lets you map them 1:1 to any existing input.
Yea, but the recording feature is on a system level, not game level, so it wouldn't be hard to add with a firmware patch. I mean, they have done crazier things.
OP I can't see you mention cloud storage for videos and screens. Om X1 it's uploaded to your one drive, you can share clips outside of the UI which is one of the most convenient things about media sharing for me .
Id say X1 has more features. Speed should be fixed in new UI.
You're right. I will add screens for the screenshot/videos share features.
Your screenshots can go straight to your one drive uncompressed so u can do whatever you want with them on your PC.
Memorabilia
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This is a GREAT idea.
It also speaks to the single biggest problem with both UIs...the almost total lack of customizability. The Xbone at least allows pinning tiles to home, etc.... But both OS UIs would benefit greatly from allowing users to turn off unwanted/unused features completely. At the very least being able to organize things differently onscreen (like the "friend groups" idea) would be huge for visibility as well as usability.
Right now the Xbone "feels" way ahead in social features to me, but its also a giant cluster-F in terms of finding various features or locations buried under a mountain of screens. For example, I like the Xbone activity feed...but the Xbone store is a complete mess & a giant step back from 360 in terms of finding games you want to buy or how its integrated with social features.
The reverse seems to be true with PS4 in both form & function. Its fast & easy to get to most functions/screens, but lacks features & games don't "feel" like a social experience compared to Xbone. The OS lacks no-brainer customizable organizational features (like folders) that could be easily applied to social features (again, like the friend groups idea). The activity feed, in particular, may go on forever...but its totally useless. And the PSN store sucks just as bad as it did on PS3, altho thankfully browsing around at least no longer takes forever & doesn't hard lock/reset the PS4 (like it still does on PS3...I mean, seriously, Sony?)
Basically, the PS4 gets you where you want to go relatively quickly, but it lacks features & doesn't make gaming feel socially connected. Xbone makes gaming feel socially connected, but if you go deeper into the OS/features than the Home screen without a Kinect its a dumpster fire.
Edit: I should add that my personal feelings on all the video/pic sharing stuff is that I generally couldn't give a rats ass & unless I start a Twitch feed that isn't going to change for me. The "share" button on the DS4, for example, is a useless waste of space to my preferences. But, I recognize to some others this stuff is important, so in that one way at least it seems the PS4 has a "social features" advantage by putting a physical button on the controller.
Lion Heart
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Xbox UI has been shit since the NX. The overhaul is much needed.
I like PS4s although there are a few things I would add.
I like PS4s although there are a few things I would add.
Final Verdict
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Love all the cool features on my X1, but I think it needs to be a bit better organized.
PS4 seems ok too, but I don't own one so IDK
PS4 seems ok too, but I don't own one so IDK
alright can't speak for CoD but my frustration stems from games that DO support that on 360 but not on PS3.