Digital Foundry Direct Weekly
Digital Foundry Direct Weekly
Digital Foundry
DF Direct Weekly #253: Xbox Post-Spencer Aftermath, Should MS Hire Bluepoint? Mario Wonder Switch 2!
1 hour 26 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
Introduction
News 1: Where Next For Xbox? Asha Sharma First Interview
News 2: Should Microsoft hire Bluepoint?
News 3: Death Stranding 2 PC specs drop
News 4: Super Mario Wonder Switch 2 Edition previewed
News 5: Could new Sony upscaler tech replace DRS?
Content discussion: reflecting on Requiem
0:00
1:26:34
Download MP3
Show notes
In this week's Direct, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tells us that "the plan's the plan until it's not the plan" - so is there actually a new strategy at all? Meanwhile, with Bluepoint cut loose from Sony, could the firm deliver the remasters/remakes that Xbox needs? The team discuss Death Stranding 2 specs and the "quietening" of PlayStation PC releases more generally before moving on to reaction to the Mario Wonder Switch 2 Edition reveal? There's a new PSSR patent worth talking about and... finally... what did we know about RE Requiem's new PSSR tech pre-review?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices