Xbox One Records the Last 5 Min of Your Gameplay (PS4 15 Min Confirmed)

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LemonSlice said:

ethomaz said:

LemonSlice said:
Makes sense, since it's busy recording the last several minutes of your pathetic life through Kinect. ;)

PS4: Seems like a waste of half a gig of RAM for just 7 minutes. Maybe it records 15 min in 720p?

PS4 didn't use the SytemRAM for this resource at all... that's what I read.

 

512 is a very "RAM-like" number to me, lol. It seems like a waste of memory even for just this feature in general, but if it's writing to disk, won't it slow down loading times and reduce HDD longevity? Or does it have a separate RAM module just to store video? That would best IMO.

yes and yes, but my cable box does the same with 2 hours of past view... the HDD in the PS4 will last alot more than 5 years (my last cable box had more than 5 years before they change it because of optic fiber, also Windows use the HDD to cache information ALL THE TIME and my work laptop is always read/writing and has more hours on his back than 3 or 4 consoles put together) and recording to HDD can use less than 10 mbps (just to get a sense of what that number is, a HDD present in PS3 can go higher than 120 mbps but the average is between 60 and 80 mbps and the bluray drive on ps3 reads 9mbps from a bluray disc) so the loading time will increase just a little bit. the ram will help the loading times to be low or even unnoticeable.