Generation of gameplay video based on social network sharing

A method for generating a gameplay video of a video game, comprising:

• executing, by a cloud gaming system that includes at least one server computer, a session of a video game, the session defining a user's gameplay of the video game, the session being streamed to a client device;
• recording, by the cloud gaming system, the user's gameplay of the video game;
• analyzing, by the cloud gaming system, the user's recorded gameplay to determine one or more regions of interest, the regions of interest being regions of the video game having social network sharing levels that exceed a predefined threshold, wherein the social network sharing levels are defined based on prior sharing to the social network of gameplay videos from prior sessions of the video game;
• during the session of the video game, receiving, by the cloud gaming system, a request from the client device, the request being initiated from a button of a controller device interfaced to the client device;
• responsive to the request, presenting, by the cloud gaming system through the client device, a current portion of the user's gameplay and presenting the one or more regions of interest;
• receiving from the client device a selection of one of the current portion of the user's gameplay and the one or more regions of interest;
• generating, by the cloud gaming system, a gameplay video of the video game based on the selection;
• sharing the gameplay video of the video game over the social network to one or more additional client devices for viewing by one or more additional users.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon for generating a gameplay video of a video game, the program instructions being configured, when executed by at least one server computer, to cause the at least one server computer to perform a method including the following operations:

• executing, by a cloud gaming system that includes at least one server computer, a session of a video game, the session defining a user's gameplay of the video game, the session being streamed to a client device;
• recording, by the cloud gaming system, the user's gameplay of the video game;
• analyzing, by the cloud gaming system, the user's recorded gameplay to determine one or more regions of interest, the regions of interest being regions of the video game having social network sharing levels that exceed a predefined threshold, wherein the social network sharing levels are defined based on prior sharing to the social network of gameplay videos from prior sessions of the video game;
• during the session of the video game, receiving, by the cloud gaming system, a request from the client device, the request being initiated from a button of a controller device interfaced to the client device;
• responsive to the request, presenting, by the cloud gaming system through the client device, a current portion of the user's gameplay and presenting the one or more regions of interest;
• receiving from the client device a selection of one of the current portion of the user's gameplay and the one or more regions of interest;
• generating, by the cloud gaming system, a gameplay video of the video game based on the selection;
• sharing the gameplay video of the video game over the social network to one or more additional client devices for viewing by one or more additional users.