This morning, the news broke that instant streaming through Twitch would not be available at launch on the Xbox One. The announcement came as a surprise, especially considering the Playstation 4's close integration with the streaming service.

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Seemingly in response, Microsoft has now announced that Skydrive will be running on the Xbox One at launch and will allow players to save their game videos straight to the cloud. The popular cloud sharing service is already used across all major Windows platforms and would allow players to easily access their content from any of their Windows devices.The service still hinges on what they call "Game DVR," a feature Microsoft has been touting for a while now. Like many features on the Xbox One, Game DVR is activated through voice commands. According to the announcement, Microsoft says that you get to "...choose whether you want to capture the last five minutes of gameplay or quickly capture the last 30 seconds simply by saying 'Xbox, record that.'"The second part of the service is called "Upload Studio," which is where players can edit their clips, share them with Xbox Live friends, or send them to Skydrive. Upload Studio is accessed through the voice command "Xbox, go to Upload Studio," which will switch you over to the app. Microsoft says the app will let players "edit multiple game clips together, trim them, add picture-in-picture video, voice over commentary or choose a skin." Once sent to Skydrive, the clips are automatically put into a folder called "Xbox Games Clips" and saved as 720p mp4 files.Through Game DVR, Upload Studio, and Skydrive, Microsoft claims that the Xbox One is "the only console that allows you to take your clips to any social network, video upload site or professional editing tool" — a clear shot against Sony and the Playstaion 4. However, Game DVR is still a service that requires a Xbox Live Gold Membership to use.

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