Xbox One News: New TV DVR Feature Possible This Year, EA Access Growth Is Promising

Microsoft has been faithfully monitoring the community requests for features on the Xbox One. And so far for this year, it has not yet disappointed. For the Xbox One May System Update alone, fans saw the addition of voice messaging in a party and multitasking capabilities.

However, sometime this year, another requested feature may debut on the Xbox One. Polygon reports that the TV DVR feature, which will allow Xbox One users to record live television may come in 2015. While there has been no official announcement yet of the feature, the source claims that this is, in part, due to the absence of the Windows Media Center on Windows 10.

The latter information had been hinted by Paul Thurrott, a tech blogger, who cited anonymous sources that said that the replacement of the Media Center will need the Xbox One. He added that the console’s current limitation of only allowing live TV viewing will reportedly change sometime this year to allow for recording.

If this is the case, then it marks quite the integration between the Windows 10 and the Xbox One. For now, it is best to take this with a grain of salt, at least until Microsoft releases an official announcement.

Another development related to the Xbox One is the EA Access. The subscription service has been available for Xbox One users since August of last year. But it appears that all that time, Electronic Arts and Microsoft have not taken solid steps towards promoting the service.

EA has announced during its quarterly financial conference call that the EA Access has exceeded expectations in terms of its performance, reports DualShockers. In fact, the company has projected high hopes for the service in the coming year as its collection of games continue to grow.

This will be accelerated by the plans to start the service’s promotion with Microsoft come the summer season. According to the report, while the number of subscribers is still on the rise, it has not yet been factored in the overall financial computation. But given the steady growth, EA will be keeping a close eye to track its expansion.

The developments for the Xbox One comes alongside reports of the console’s steady growth in its sales department. Ars Technica made a recent analysis of the sales growth of the three consoles, the PS4, the Xbox One and the Wii U. Findings show that, despite still lagging behind Sony’s next-gen console in terms of hard numbers, the deficit between the Xbox One and its biggest rival managed to close a little bit this year.

Whether or not the integration of the Windows 10 and Xbox One and its future updates and added features will be able boost console sales remains a question. But Microsoft should be complemented its mindfulness of fans’ needs for the Xbox One and the adaptability to bring in as many requested features as possible.

EA Access on the Xbox One (Credit: YouTube/IGN)

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