In the week where a favoured few posted their Steam Deck hardware reviews, and where Nintendo posted a new Direct, it's down to John, Rich and Alex to sift through the revelations and present their views and opinions... of which there are many.


00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:41 Steam Deck review reaction
00:01:09 DF Bonus Q1: Did you receive a Steam Deck and what are your initial anecdotal impressions?
00:11:09 DF Bonus Q2: Do you think display cost is the (only) reason for the Steam Deck not having VRR and do you believe there's a chance we will get a revision with VRR anytime soon?
00:15:02 DF Bonus Q3: What do you think about Steam Deck having a system level FSR, so that the games don't actually have to support it?
00:23:04 DF Bonus Q4: Do you think the Steam deck as a platform would benefit more from frequent (yearly) iterations?
00:25:44 Nintendo Direct 2.9.2022
00:36:46 Call of Duty will stay on PS "beyond the existing agreement"
00:39:51 Google Stadia shifts focus to Google Stream
00:46:18 Crysis Remastered gets last patch
00:53:53 DF Supporter Q1: Alex, are you excited for Total War Warhammer 3?
00:55:46 DF Supporter Q2: Will a fast quad core like an Alder Lake i3 last for the rest of the generation since it out performs a similar 8 core to what is in the new consoles?
01:00:58 DF Supporter Q3: Are there any types of GPU cards that made a particularly strong impression on you?
01:09:23 DF Supporter Q4: Why don't the new consoles use 16x anisotropic filtering?
01:11:02 DF Supporter Q5: Do you think next-gen came too soon?
01:18:03 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think we will see Pro consoles again this generation?
01:23:25 DF Supporter Q7: Do any of you typically go in for collectors editions of games?