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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #218 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:

2025-06-14 19:13:42

Edited:

2025-06-15 10:31:50

Imported:

2026-06

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First up, many apologies for the lateness of the 4K encodes for the Xbox Direct - they are now available to download.

Moving onto this week's Direct proper, the catastrophic launch of MindsEye dominates proceedings - but how does the game actually look and run on PS5 Pro and PC? We'll have a more detailed review soon, but there's good and bad with this one. Meanwhile, legit-looking specs emerge for the next-gen PlayStation handheld, Switch 2 sells through 3.5m units in four days and Rich spends some time looking at Stellar Blade's PC ports. Meanwhile, John has a brace of retro-based stories to share with you.

Now onto the Patreon-exclusive early access podcast feed. If the old Acast link has not transferred over, go to this link and click the "Add to podcast app" button: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1472443?view=condensed

Downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/df-direct-weekly-218-mindseye-launch-disaster-next-gen-ps-handheld-specs-switch-2-sells-35m

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DF Direct Weekly #218: MindsEye Launch Disaster, Next-Gen PS Handheld Specs, Switch 2 Sells 3.5m!

The catastrophic launch of MindsEye dominates the Direct this week - but how does the game actually look and run on PS5 Pro and PC? We'll have a more detailed review soon, but there's good and bad with this one. Meanwhile, legit-looking specs emerge for the next-gen PlayStation handheld, Switch 2 sells through 3.5m units in four days and Rich spends some time looking at Stellar Blade's PC ports. Meanwhile, John has a brace of retro-based stories to share with you. Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to new videos, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:48 News 1: MindsEye suffers troubled launch 0:20:27 News 2: Switch 2 sells 3.5 million units in first four days 0:28:45 News 3: Next-gen PlayStation handheld specs rumoured 0:41:29 News 4: Stellar Blade PC delivers good performance 0:51:39 News 5: Retro Afterplay enables web browser emulation 0:58:27 News 6: Mortal Kombat 2 ported to 3DO 1:05:20 Supporter Q1: Will next-gen Xbox be third party like the Xbox Ally? 1:12:13 Supporter Q2: What Switch games would you like to see patched for Switch 2? 1:17:43 Supporter Q3: How widespread is DLSS actually on Switch 2? 1:29:25 Supporter Q4: What happens to game rendering when you change the output resolution on your console? 1:33:07 Supporter Q5: Could Microsoft have bluffed their way to success with Xbox One?