14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has confirmed a few new details about the Xbox One's built-in digital video recorder (DVR) function, and how it can either save the last five minutes of gameplay for edition or the last 30 seconds at any given time.
The Xbox One will be shipped with a big 500GB hard drive, allowing owners to store all their installed games, not to mention other types of data.
The big hard disk is also going to be employed by the console's DVR function, which is nicknamed Project Upload by Ken Lobb, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios.
According to a new statement made by the executive, the console records the live minutes of gameplay from any title.
"So 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," he said, via CVG.
The system allows for two specific scenarios, depending on whether players are gaming online or offline and whether they can pause the action.
"Scenario one: I'm playing online and I just did the best thing ever. I can't pause [because] I'm playing online. You can say 'Xbox, record that', it'll grab the last 30 seconds and save it for you to play with later."
"So now let's say you're not playing online and you do the best combo or you have the best fight ever," Lobb added. "You can finish after that fight, that thing you just did is within the last five minutes, you can go into that last five minutes and scrub it for the best stuff - I want that four seconds and this ten seconds and this 30 seconds and then I want that ultra combo."
The built-in editor will also allow players to add different titles, voice overs or even footage recorded by the Kinect.