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DF Direct Weekly #103: Steam Deck OLED, PS5 Pro, Counter-Strike 2?

DF Direct Weekly #103: Steam Deck OLED, PS5 Pro, Counter-Strike 2?

FromDigital Foundry Direct Weekly


DF Direct Weekly #103: Steam Deck OLED, PS5 Pro, Counter-Strike 2?

FromDigital Foundry Direct Weekly

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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Mar 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

John, Alex and Will take to the mics this week to discuss the possibilities of some exciting iterations on gaming favourites. Do the recent reports of a PS5 Pro make sense? What about an OLED Steam Deck? And if Counter-Strike is so great, why isn't there a Counter-Strike 2?

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:24 News 01: Resident Evil 4 impressions!
00:13:53 News 02: PS5 Pro - is it coming?
00:25:01 News 03: Valve says Steam Deck OLED refresh unlikely
00:32:02 News 04: New Counter-Strike imminent?
00:44:30 News 05: Hands-on with Viture XR AR glasses!
00:47:53 Supporter Q1: Could Xbox Series consoles get small internal improvements, even without an enhanced model?
00:51:20 Supporter Q2: Is the Xbox Series DirectML support just PR? Or is it actually going to be transformative for games?
00:55:21 Supporter Q3: How do you purchase and research older equipment, like CRTs?
00:59:23 Supporter Q4: Could current-gen enhanced consoles run UE5 games at 60fps with hardware RT?
01:03:31 Supporter Q5: Weird Al is “All About the Pentiums”, so what arguments would you say to get him to switch to Zen 4?
01:05:17 Supporter Q6: Alex, what do you think the Next Big Thing is for PC graphics?
01:06:49 Supporter Q7: What do you think about forced DLSS 3 in games, like the PC version of Sackboy: A Big Adventure?
01:09:48 Supporter Q8: Do you still use simple pixel edge counting for determining the resolution of games?
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Released:
Mar 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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