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Early Access: DF Direct 'Special': The Worst PC Ports of 2023 (Patreon)

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The trend of disappointing PC ports was problematic in 2022 and it's with a profound sense of disappointment that 2023 wasn't much better. Looking to highlight the issues, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia compare notes on the worst three PC ports of the year - but before that, they share a few examples of PC titles that shipped in a pretty poor state... but did actually improve significantly across the months after their release.

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DF Direct 'Special': The Worst PC Ports of 2023

Check out MSI's range of desktop PCs here: https://msi.gm/MSIGamingPCs The trend of disappointing PC ports was problematic in 2022 and it's with a profound sense of disappointment that 2023 wasn't much better. Looking to highlight the issues, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia compare notes on the worst three PC ports of the year - but before that, they share a few examples of PC titles that shipped in a pretty poor state... but did actually improve significantly across the months after their release. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net For commercial enquiries, please contact business@digitalfoundry.net 00:00 Introduction 02:58 The Last of Us Part 1 08:05 Forspoken 14:24 Redfall 20:22 Dead Space 27:52 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 34:50 Wild Hearts 41:27 Closing discussion