DF Direct Weekly #152: Industry Lay-Offs Continue, Devs Take Back Control, Yuzu vs Nintendo

Another big DF Direct Weekly sees John, Rich and Alex tackle the massive issue of lay-offs in the industry along with the welcome response from some developers in taking back control of their own destinies. Meanwhile, the team reacts to THAT Kingmakers trailer, while assessing Nintendo's legal action against the Yuzu Switch emulator. Finally, what is DirectSR?

0:00:00 Introduction

0:01:42 News 01: Massive gaming layoffs at Sony and EA

0:28:39 News 02: Studios take back control

0:39:37 John’s game buying interlude

0:41:59 News 03: Kingmakers trailer impresses

0:49:03 News 04: Nintendo seeking Yuzu emulator shutdown

0:57:12 News 05: Pentiment PS5 doubles Xbox version FPS target

1:07:38 News 06: DirectSR streamlines PC upsampling

1:16:08 Supporter Q1: Is the 5700X3D a good upgrade over a 2700X on an older system?

1:21:04 Supporter Q2: What kind of performance do you expect from a PS5 Pro?

1:26:35 Supporter Q3: When games are fully path traced, what options do you expect to see in their graphics menus?

1:30:27 Supporter Q4: How do you think the recent rounds of layoffs will impact QA?

1:33:45 Supporter Q5: Could a next-gen Xbox be much more powerful than its PlayStation counterpart?

1:41:03 Supporter Q6: Why don’t we see more physics-oriented features like PhysX today?

1:50:48 John’s next DF Retro!

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