Call For Questions For DF Direct Weekly #237 (Patreon)

Hello there - you know the score by now, surely? Every Thursday this post appears in your Patreon feed, outlining what we're going to be doing in the next episode of DF Direct Weekly, along with an appeal for your topic suggestions, comments and questions!

Topics on the docket? Well... Sarah Bond's comments about a "premium", "high-end" next generation Xbox come into focus. So, what's the play here? An admission that subsidised consoles don't work any more and we'll just need to pay more? Or is it actually a relatively inexpensive PC replacement that is also a console? Maybe it's both!

Bond's comments about Xbox Ally X hinting at the hybrid console/Windows approach for that next generation console is also a discussion point. I think it's fair to say that the team's viewpoints on this are straightforward: Windows 11 needs a huge amount of work before that would be an acceptable baseline OS for a console.

Other topics? Alex will be looking at the new Nvidia Bonsai demo and if there is time (no promises), Rich will take a look at Death Stranding 2's power saver implementation on PS5. We have a video with Demon's Souls and Days Gone Remastered analysed coming soon - but DS2 arrived a little too late.

Also, we're considering a "PS5 Pro - one year on" segment or even a standalone video. Have you bought one? What do you think of it? Please let us know. Other comments fine, but please highlight whether or not you actually own the hardware.

Finally, we've not been invited to any press events, haven't signed any NDAs or indeed know anything concrete about it, but there is a strong rumour that the Halo Remake will be announced this weekend. Again, we're unsure if this will be able to be included owing to timing, whether we add it to the public release, or whether we make a standalone video.

OK then - just time to round off this post with the customary panel and deadline info: this week, it's going to be Rich (ie me), John and Alex speaking into their microphones and the deadline for submissions is 8am BST on Friday.