DF Direct Weekly #212: Big Xbox Price Hikes, Doom The Dark Ages Path Tracing, Far Cry 4 60FPS!
Description
Microsoft's astonishing price hikes for Xbox Series consoles dominate the discussion this week, before Rich, John and Alex move on to discussing topics as diverse as Doom: The Dark Age's path tracing, Far Cry 4's 60FPS update, along with RTX 5070 Super and 5080 Super rumours. Meanwhile, Alex gets to grips with Oblivion Remastered PC anti-stutter "mods", trying to figure out if any of them work. Meanwhile, John is not particularly happy with Nintendo's virtual game cards stripping out a key game sharing feature.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:54 News 1: Microsoft hiking Xbox prices
0:21:55 News 2: Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot shows off path tracing
0:35:40 News 3: Oblivion anti-stutter mods tested!
0:54:24 News 4: Switch update strips some online game sharing
1:03:49 News 5: 60 FPS update released for Far Cry 4 on PS5
1:16:27 News 6: RTX 5070 Super, 5080 Super reportedly pack VRAM boost
1:30:48 Supporter Q1: Why are prominent games journalism sites being hollowed out?
1:44:02 Supporter Q2: Will we see a lot of fully-featured UE5 games on Switch 2?
1:49:32 Supporter Q3: Why does Switch 2 have RT cores?
1:55:16 Supporter Q4: Is 8K TV tech pointless?
2:00:32 Supporter Q5: Are high end CPUs necessary for 4K60 PC gaming?
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