DF Direct Weekly #230: Switch 2 Ray Tracing - Finally! Hollow Knight: Silksong, 007 First Light! from Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

DF Direct Weekly #230: Switch 2 Ray Tracing - Finally! Hollow Knight: Silksong, 007 First Light!

1 hour 59 minutes Posted Sep 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm.

Introduction

News 1: Star Wars Outlaws impresses on Switch 2!

News 2: Switch 2 carts are too slow for Star Wars Outlaws

News 3: Report: PS5 Digital to get storage downgrade

News 4: 007 First Light gameplay debuts

News 5: Take-Two fails to buy Perfect Dark

News 6: Hollow Knight: Silksong packs good PC tech

Supporter Q1: Has YouTube changed its video algorithms?

Supporter Q2: What’s up with HDR support in recent games?

Supporter Q3: Is software quality the real bottleneck for good performance?

Supporter Q4: Could Prey 2 get a Nightdive revival?

Supporter Q5: Why does Battlefield 6 scale oddly with higher core count CPUs?

Supporter Q6: Could DF hold an anniversary special to commemorate independence?

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In the latest DF Direct, we finally get some idea of Switch 2's ray tracing capabilities via Star Wars Outlaws - and the team likes what they see. Meanwhile, details emerge of just how much slower Switch 2 carts are compared to internal storage and MicroSD Express - and it's a touch concerning. A reported storage downgrade for PlayStation 5 isn't exactly great news, and neither is the final death of Perfect Dark - but 007 First Night and Hollow Knight: Silksong have much to commend them.

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