New Features on Xbox One Make Sharing Game Footage Simpler

Streaming will be easier than ever with Microsoft's new partnership with Twitch, which was announced during Microsoft's E3 conference. With Xbox's One multitasking system, streaming a game on the console is seamless and allows the player to not only stream, but also view the audience chat on one screen. The Kinect can also pick up the player's voice to add audio commentary to the stream.

"This is our chance to break into the console space in a big way. To date, PC games have been the biggest things on Twitch, mostly because it’s incredibly difficult to broadcast console games today," Twitch CEO Emmett Shear said in an interview with Larry Hryb on the Major Nelson blog. "The Xbox One integration means that Twitch users are going to be able to broadcast their console experiences even more easily than they can broadcast from PC."

In addition, the Xbox One will have a new feature called Upload Studio that lets the player edit recorded game footage from Xbox One's Game DVR. The clip can be trimmed, the player can add audio commentary through the Kinect, add a skin for "thematic wrapping" and instantly upload the video online once the player is done.