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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #229 Now Available (Patreon)

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2025-08-30 20:25:50

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2025-09-01 13:42:11

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2026-06

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Update: We will be making a number of small edits to the public version of DF Direct Weekly #229. The main one concerns the PS6 mini console story - this is speculation from MLiD itself, not actually a leak.

Original Post: In the latest DF Direct, Rich and Alex share their hands-on experiences of the Xbox/Asus ROG Ally X and non-X, while the team react to Epic's Tim Sweeney seemingly laying the blame on developers for sub-optimal Unreal Engine 5 games. More PlayStation leaks raise the interesting idea of a "Series S"-like cheapo PlayStation 6, while Alex discusses a couple of his favourite SIGGRAPH graphics presentations. Finally, John's massively enthused by Shader Glass and is here to tell you why.

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DF Direct Weekly #229: Xbox Ally X Hands-On, Sweeney Defends UE5, id Software Doom TDA Deep Dive!

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx In the latest DF Direct, Rich and Alex share their hands-on experiences of the Xbox/Asus ROG Ally X and non-X, while the team react to Epic's Tim Sweeney seemingly laying the blame on developers for sub-optimal Unreal Engine 5 games. Alex discusses a couple of his favourite SIGGRAPH graphics presentations. Finally, John's massively enthused by Shader Glass and is here to tell you why. Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:55 News 1: Hands-on with the ROG Xbox Ally + Ally X 0:36:26 News 2 Tim Sweeney: devs to blame for poor UE5 performance 0:49:17 News 3: Alex’s SIGGRAPH selections 1:10:30 News 4: ShaderGlass enables CRT-inspired retro shaders 1:21:47 Supporter Q1: How much of #StutterStruggle is Microsoft’s fault? 1:26:37 Supporter Q2: With AMD purportedly targeting high-end GPUs next gen, will enthusiast GPUs become more competitive? 1:34:02 Supporter Q3: Should Arkham Knight be remastered for current-gen hardware? 1:39:37 Supporter Q4: Is frame-rate testing on fixed refresh displays still relevant? 1:45:32 Supporter Q5: What new video ideas should we introduce?