In other words, you won’t need to purchase PlayStation Plus – Sony’s version of a paid online service for its consoles – in order to stream or record videos of games for the PlayStation 4.

@jonboi204 no

— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) August 8, 2013

@James1o1o all

— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) August 8, 2013

@JasonBassant no, thanks 😀

— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) August 8, 2013

That’s one more advantage that Sony has over Microsoft, along with the announcement that PlayStation Plus won’t be required to enjoy free to play games like Warframe, PlanetSide 2 and War Thunder. Considering that Sony made the Share button a part of the DualShock 4, thus enabling users to quickly and efficiently upload recorded videos online, this is nothing but good news.

PlayStation 4 is currently slated to release during the Holiday season while Xbox One launches this November.

“We have a lot skill ability in the PC version of [Diablo 3] and with the processing power of the GPU on PS4 we’re pretty confident we can get very high-res graphics and a super rock-solid frame rate.”

Lead console designer Josh Mosqueira is also quite hyped about the new Share button, which he feels “has the potential to really fundamentally change the way players interact not just with the game but with one another and there’s always been a barrier to bring that same kind of experience to the console.

“But the fact that it’s now on your controller, a button press away is such a great thing to bring to players.” He does state that despite the excitement about it, that “it’s not until we see it in action and more importantly see players engage with it and see what they do with it then that is when we are going to see the true promise of the Share button come to life.”

“After the core hardware, the CPU and GPU, had been decided the project shifted to designing and discussing what should be the user experience of people who be playing games on PS4,” Yoshida told Edge.

“So we formed the cross-functional groups of people from SCEI hardware and Worldwide Studios and Sony network services teams to meet every month, almost. And Mark Cerny was heavily involved and leading some discussions. And the idea of sharing and seamless integration with social networks, that was heavily discussed.”

“I think it was Nathan Gary in Santa Monica studios who suggested it: how about adding a dedicated button on the controller so that everybody can just press that button to share? He was helping out the external development, heavily involved in helping the development of Journey and Unfinished Swan at Santa Monica Studios.”

“So Nathan put together a Powerpoint and pitched in this Share button idea,” Yoshida added. “And we all went, that’s a brilliant idea! So it was a pretty quick decision after he suggested it and I’m sure he’s pretty proud of his contribution. That was after many months of discussion of how people should be using the PS4 system and sharing was one of the central experiences we wanted to include in the system’s development.”

How do you feel about the Share Button, and will it change the way you look at play games and make your social experience more enjoyable? Let us know in the comments down below and stay tuned on GamingBolt for more PlayStation 4 news.