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

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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