Easiest setup for becoming a youtube gamer?

October 22, 2015 7:10 AM

My 6th grader has become very enamored by these guys and would like to dip his toes into the youtube gamer world. He has an xbox one (without kinect). What's the cheapest, easiest way for him to simultaneously record his gameplay and his running commentary (picture within a picture - not just audio) as he plays?
posted by ericbop to Technology (5 answers total)

It's fairly straightforward to set up live streaming to Twitch.tv from an XBOX One.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-stream-twitch-xbox-one,news-18472.html

You do have to be 13+ to create a twitch account though, due to generally crappy US law COPPA.
posted by falconred at 7:40 AM on October 22, 2015

Response by poster: So, I need to purchase a kinect sensor for the xbox one, correct? And is there a way to record these twitch broadcasts to upload to youtube?
posted by ericbop at 8:13 AM on October 22, 2015

I haven't tried to do it, but I think you only need the Kinect if you want to show his face in the corner. If you only want verbal commentary, I think you can just get a headset. If neither, I'm pretty sure he can just broadcast himself playing the game.
posted by cmoj at 10:33 AM on October 22, 2015

Also, note that this is Twitch, not TouTube, which may be a critical distinction for your son.
posted by cmoj at 10:34 AM on October 22, 2015

YouTube has https://gaming.youtube.com/ in beta, but I think you’ll need a hardware capture device to stream from an xbox directly to YouTube.
posted by pharm at 2:52 AM on October 23, 2015