Digital Foundry Direct Weekly
Digital Foundry Direct Weekly
Digital Foundry & Geek Media
DF Direct Weekly #28: New PS5 Model Hands-On, PS5 Upgrade Pricing, Alan Wake, Quake Remasters
1 hour 39 minutes Posted Sep 13, 2021 at 11:00 am.
Introductions00:00:42 New PS5 model00:11:14 Horizon Forbidden West pricing confusion00:21:17 Alan Wake Remastered00:32:18 Quake Remastered00:42:42 Little Big Adventure returns00:44:39 DF Content Discussion: Best of all the animals?00:46:16 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro reveal00:52:47 DF Content Discussion: Patreon update and retooling.00:55:38 DF Supporter Q1: Would you rather a theoretical PS5 Pro doubled the computer units to 72 or added some kind of machine learning core for better AI upscaling?01:03:58 DF Supporter Q2: What are the exact differences between mesh shaders and primitive shaders?01:06:25 DF Supporter Q3: Is getting a reasonably optimised performance from newer PC games starting to require increased hobbiest/technical knowledge again creating a higher barrier to entry for new PC gamers?01:18:07 DF Supporter Q4: With console reviews of late you often mention running a game not at the maximum resolution supported by a console. This confused me somewhat in that having my Series X connected to a 4K display and then setting output to 1080p just gives me a poor quality image01:24:04 DF Supporter Q5: DLSS and performance drawback/gains01:26:47 DF Supporter Q6: Are there any plans to include Crysis Warhead in the Crysis Trilogy collection? If not, why?01:28:28 DF Supporter Q7: Richard does not seem as attracted to older games, despite the fact that he lived and worked through basically the entire era of 2D gaming. Why?01:39:12 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
0:00
1:39:58
Download MP3
Show notes
John, Rich and Alex reconvene for this week's DF Direct Weekly, talking about the new PS5 CFI-1100 model, whether Sony's $10 PS4 to PS5 upgrade policy is justified, plus discussing Alan Wake and Quake remasters!00:00:00 Introductions00:00:42 New PS5 model00:11:14 Horizon Forbidden West pricing confusion00:21:17 Alan Wake Remastered00:32:18 Quake Remastered00:42:42 Little Big Adventure returns00:44:39 DF Content Discussion: Best of all the animals?00:46:16 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro reveal00:52:47 DF Content Discussion: Patreon update and retooling.00:55:38 DF Supporter Q1: Would you rather a theoretical PS5 Pro doubled the computer units to 72 or added some kind of machine learning core for better AI upscaling?01:03:58 DF Supporter Q2: What are the exact differences between mesh shaders and primitive shaders?01:06:25 DF Supporter Q3: Is getting a reasonably optimised performance from newer PC games starting to require increased hobbiest/technical knowledge again creating a higher barrier to entry for new PC gamers?01:18:07 DF Supporter Q4: With console reviews of late you often mention running a game not at the maximum resolution supported by a console. This confused me somewhat in that having my Series X connected to a 4K display and then setting output to 1080p just gives me a poor quality image01:24:04 DF Supporter Q5: DLSS and performance drawback/gains01:26:47 DF Supporter Q6: Are there any plans to include Crysis Warhead in the Crysis Trilogy collection? If not, why?01:28:28 DF Supporter Q7: Richard does not seem as attracted to older games, despite the fact that he lived and worked through basically the entire era of 2D gaming. Why?01:39:12 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices