PlayStation Plus is also required for PS3 and PS4 features such as cloud saves and automatic downloads for game updates. "If we continue the free service in online multiplayer as we have on the PS3 and Vita for the future, from a business standpoint, there's a constant pressure to find a way to save costs and still provide good service," Sony's Shuhei Yoshida told Ars about justifying this change.
Sony has historically offered access to online multiplayer for free to all PlayStation 3 owners, but the company revealed at E3 that a $50 per year PlayStation Plus account would be necessary for online multiplayer on the PS4. The price for an Xbox Live Gold subscription rose from $50 to $60 annually back in 2010. Services like online gameplay, party chat, Internet Explorer, Twitter, Facebook, and most streaming video services (including Netflix) require the extra subscription. Xbox 360 users that don't pay for Xbox Live Gold have long been limited to extremely basic online features, such as the ability to purchase and download games and entertainment content, plus a limited selection of video apps. The page lists features like Skype calling, NFL on Xbox, and the "OneGuide" customized view of live TV content as Gold exclusive features. The news comes via an Xbox Live Gold features list published on, and it was confirmed by a Microsoft spokesman speaking to One Hit Pixel. Now, though, we know that Xbox One owners will only have access to that feature if they pay for an Xbox Live Gold subscription.
Microsoft has been touting the Xbox One's ability to record and share video and screens from a rolling buffer of your Xbox One gameplay since the system was first unveiled back in May. UPDATE: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed via three separate Twitter posts that the PlayStation 4's recording and sharing features will not require a PlayStation Plus account.
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