The Xbox One is a pretty great console, but I wish there was a way to share awesome screenshots online easily. The PS4 has that nailed down, and it seemed like the November Xbox One update would finally bring social screen sharing functionality to the console. Turns out that’s still going to take a while.
The November Xbox One update will still feature some upgrades to social media integration, but screenshot capture and sharing will only come next year. Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained that capturing a single frame from video isn’t as easy as one would expect – at least that’s what his engineers are telling him.
“It’s a little more technically challenging than I thought. Two weeks ago, they think they’ve found a good solution for screenshots. They’re working on it. They know people want it. The team has a path to getting it done, and now it’s just prioritizing.”
Have they tried the old and trusty method of hitting Ctrl+PrntScrn?
Microsoft has been really good with their updates, sending out significant upgrades nearly every month. December won’t be as big though, as Spencer describes the festive season as a little bit of downtime. That’s contributing to the delay as well.
I also think Microsoft is trying to figure out the best way to make screenshots easy to capture. The PS4 has the dedicated share button, so the Xbox One will need something just as fast and easy to use. Because right now, shouting at Kinect isn’t exactly viable.
Last Updated: October 23, 2014
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 23, 2014 at 11:34
Can’t the kinect just take a photo with it’s camera? #trollol
Guild
October 23, 2014 at 11:46
But can it take a selfie?
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 23, 2014 at 11:47
huehuehue
Admiral Chief 0
October 23, 2014 at 11:47
I wonder what would happen if you point two kinects at each other…
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 23, 2014 at 11:49
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/241/7/c/Division_by_zero__do_not_do_it_by_BadinBox.jpg
Guild
October 23, 2014 at 11:49
Kinect Implosionneesss
Corrie
October 23, 2014 at 11:58
I have my 360 Kinect staring at me while playing on my PC, I wonder if it is plotting against me?
Guild
October 23, 2014 at 12:27
Run while you still can….If you disappear we will know though
Corrie
October 23, 2014 at 13:17
Oh look somehow a mirror appeared in front of my kinect, Now I can enjoy 1080p’s without the fear of being taken out while I sleep
Admiral Chief 0
October 23, 2014 at 11:47
http://img.rt.com/files/news/21/d7/40/00/9000.si.jpg
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 23, 2014 at 11:47
dun dun duuuuuun
Cadis Etrama Di Umar
October 23, 2014 at 11:35
I must say, I like the share button. At first I thought it was pointless but its pretty awesome and easy to use as well
Jonah Cash
October 23, 2014 at 12:04
I also thought gimmick inbound and now I am sharing my pics on twitter through my PS4…. I am so lame!!!
Kensei Seraph - Staff
October 23, 2014 at 12:05
Of course you are, I mean just look at that punctuation.
Jonah Cash
October 23, 2014 at 12:09
Af die plaas AFRIKAANS…. PUNCTUATE MY ASS!!! Hahahahaha
Admiral Chief 0
October 23, 2014 at 11:48
I’m guessing this will upset JJ, he loves his screenshots
Hammersteyn
October 23, 2014 at 12:42
heh
Kensei Seraph - Staff
October 23, 2014 at 12:04
I can honestly understand why it might be difficult to get it working even with access to pre-existing code.
And that’s assuming the engineers currently working on it are the same guys who designed the whole thing in the first place.
HvR
October 23, 2014 at 12:41
My guess would be taking screenshots isn’t difficult, it just capturing data buffer currently displayed on the screen. The problem is probably doing this AND getting over to the CPU to the HD without a performance drop as data transfer between the CPU and GPU seems to be the weak point in the Xbox One design.
RinceThis
October 23, 2014 at 13:00
LOL. RIIIIGHT.
Pieter Kruger
October 23, 2014 at 15:45
Why the need for screenshots? Really, this is 2014, video is just so much better, and easier “Xbox, record that” done!