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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #94 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:
2023-01-14 12:12:59
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2023-01

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The big topic of the moment - has Nintendo Switch hit its limits? Is performance not good enough anymore and do we need a next-gen successor? John, Rich and Alex share their thoughts on the current Switch and a prospective replacement model. The team also discuss Microsoft's new Developer_Direct initiative, Xbox's 'carbon aware' credentials and finally... what on earth is happening at Ubisoft in the wake of its bizarre investor presentation?

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DF Direct Weekly #94: Has Switch Run Out Of Steam - Does It Need A Next-Gen Successor?

The big topic of the moment - has Nintendo Switch hit its limits? Is performance not good enough anymore and do we need a next-gen successor? John, Rich and Alex share their thoughts on the current Switch and a prospective replacement model. The team also discuss Microsoft's new Developer_Direct initiative, Xbox's 'carbon aware' credentials and finally... what on earth is happening at Ubisoft? Join the DF Patreon for EARLY ACCESS to every DF Direct Weekly, pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Podcast RSS Feed: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/ Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:37 News 01: Does the Switch need to be replaced? 00:30:33 News 02: Xbox “Developer_Direct” to showcase first-party games 00:39:30 News 03: Xbox becomes “first carbon aware console” 00:49:43 News 04: Ubisoft has financial difficulties, cancels several upcoming games 00:57:01 DF Supporter Q1: Should Microsoft switch to rechargeable batteries for their controllers? 01:03:31 DF Supporter Q2/3/4: Any thoughts on the PS5 liquid metal console damage story? 01:09:42 DF Supporter Q5: Could shader compilation be handled with a separate app while the PC idles? 01:14:52 DF Supporter Q6: In 10 years, will high-end PCs be able to brute force their way past compilation stutters? 01:18:19 DF Supporter Q7: What do you think about gaming laptops? Is their negative perception just because of price for performance, or is there more to it? 01:23:03 DF Supporter Q8: What does DF think of producing the weekly DF Direct show at 4K?

Comments

d0x360

Fantastic as always. John you should do a deep dive for retro into the Saturn hardware and development for it then contrast it vs the Dreamcast

Rob Hap

The switch is pretty great as it is. I just got a OLED switch today and I'm Impressed, also I dont think optimising games is hard, just watch Digital Foundry or for german viewers Sambzockt and you will learn so much about optimizing games in such a short time. I will definitely try getting Fortnite with UE5 running on a switch. I'll keep you posted for that.

Anonymous

A very timely primary topic. I love my OLED model switch, but that feels like what the OG model should have been in the first place. Assuming they don’t axe backwards compatibility, not really sure why anyone wouldn’t be in favor of a successor (sooner, rather than later).But some gamers/fans seem almost threatened by a Switch 2. I think Rich is right though, we need to be realistic about the console’s capabilities. It most likely will be less powerful than the steam deck’s 88GB/s of bandwidth paired with 1.6 TF GPU.

Beefington von Barnstorm

I'm all for rechargeable AA batteries and that's what I use in my Xbox. They don't cost much more than regular batteries and I've been using mine for years now.

Watershed

i have a hard time beating bayonetta 3 on switch just because of how it runs. rather play my steam deck in bed these days

Anonymous

Alex’s genuine befuddlement at Just Dance 2020 releasing on the original Wii was pretty great 😂