Digital Foundry Direct Weekly
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DF Direct Weekly #221: Disastrous Xbox Cuts, AMD/Sony PS6 Hints, Helldivers 2 Coming To Xbox
1 hour 56 minutes Posted Jul 7, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
Introduction
News 1: Huge Microsoft Gaming cuts
News 2: Is Xbox hardware “dead”?
News 3: AMD, Mark Cerny hint future PlayStation plans
News 4: Donkey Kong Bananza developed by Super Mario Odyssey studio
News 5: Nvidia dropping gaming driver support for Maxwell, Volta, Pascal
News 6: 5070 Super, 5070 Ti Super, 5080 Super reportedly leaked
News 7: Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox Series
Supporter Q1: Are people unfair to multi frame gen?
Supporter Q2: Could the Switch 2’s authentication chip be an issue for VRR?
Supporter Q3: Why haven’t more Switch 2 games used 40fps modes?
Supporter Q4: Could Nvidia launch a competitive game console?
Supporter Q5: Does John own the 1997 PS1 game Ray Tracers?
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Show notes
This week, the DF team is reeling after news of disastrous Xbox cuts resulting in untold job losses, the diminishment of celebrated studios and the cancellation of promising games - this follows on from controversy surrounding Xbox hardware strategy and speculation on future consoles. Meanwhile, AMD and Sony re-affirm the Project Amethyst initative while Mark Cerny drops hints on the timeframe for PlayStation 6. Beyond that, driver support for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs comes to an end while leaks start to emerge on the Nvidia Blackwell refresh. Finally, what does the team make of Helldivers 2 heading to Xbox Series consoles?
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