DF Direct Weekly #48: Steam Deck Review Reaction, Nintendo Direct, Call of Duty Staying on PS5 (Patreon)

In the week where a favoured few posted their Steam Deck hardware reviews, and where Nintendo posted a new Direct, it's down to John, Rich and Alex to sift through the revelations and present their views and opinions... of which there are many.

00:00:00 Introductions

00:00:41 Steam Deck review reaction

00:01:09 DF Bonus Q1: Did you receive a Steam Deck and what are your initial anecdotal impressions?

00:11:09 DF Bonus Q2: Do you think display cost is the (only) reason for the Steam Deck not having VRR and do you believe there's a chance we will get a revision with VRR anytime soon?

00:15:02 DF Bonus Q3: What do you think about Steam Deck having a system level FSR, so that the games don't actually have to support it?

00:23:04 DF Bonus Q4: Do you think the Steam deck as a platform would benefit more from frequent (yearly) iterations?

00:25:44 Nintendo Direct 2.9.2022

00:36:46 Call of Duty will stay on PS "beyond the existing agreement"

00:39:51 Google Stadia shifts focus to Google Stream

00:46:18 Crysis Remastered gets last patch

00:53:53 DF Supporter Q1: Alex, are you excited for Total War Warhammer 3?

00:55:46 DF Supporter Q2: Will a fast quad core like an Alder Lake i3 last for the rest of the generation since it out performs a similar 8 core to what is in the new consoles?

01:00:58 DF Supporter Q3: Are there any types of GPU cards that made a particularly strong impression on you?

01:09:23 DF Supporter Q4: Why don't the new consoles use 16x anisotropic filtering?

01:11:02 DF Supporter Q5: Do you think next-gen came too soon?

01:18:03 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think we will see Pro consoles again this generation?

01:23:25 DF Supporter Q7: Do any of you typically go in for collectors editions of games?