DF Direct Weekly #28: New PS5 Model Hands-On, PS5 Upgrade Pricing, Alan Wake, Quake Remasters

John, Rich and Alex reconvene for this week's DF Direct Weekly, talking about the new PS5 CFI-1100 model, whether Sony's $10 PS4 to PS5 upgrade policy is justified, plus discussing Alan Wake and Quake remasters!

00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:42 New PS5 model
00:11:14 Horizon Forbidden West pricing confusion
00:21:17 Alan Wake Remastered
00:32:18 Quake Remastered
00:42:42 Little Big Adventure returns
00:44:39 DF Content Discussion: Best of all the animals?
00:46:16 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro reveal
00:52:47 DF Content Discussion: Patreon update and retooling.
00:55:38 DF Supporter Q1: Would you rather a theoretical PS5 Pro doubled the computer units to 72 or added some kind of machine learning core for better AI upscaling?
01:03:58 DF Supporter Q2: What are the exact differences between mesh shaders and primitive shaders?
01:06:25 DF Supporter Q3: Is getting a reasonably optimised performance from newer PC games starting to require increased hobbiest/technical knowledge again creating a higher barrier to entry for new PC gamers?
01:18:07 DF Supporter Q4: With console reviews of late you often mention running a game not at the maximum resolution supported by a console. This confused me somewhat in that having my Series X connected to a 4K display and then setting output to 1080p just gives me a poor quality image
01:24:04 DF Supporter Q5: DLSS and performance drawback/gains
01:26:47 DF Supporter Q6: Are there any plans to include Crysis Warhead in the Crysis Trilogy collection? If not, why?
01:28:28 DF Supporter Q7: Richard does not seem as attracted to older games, despite the fact that he lived and worked through basically the entire era of 2D gaming. Why?
01:39:12 Credits

[Rawbertoh]

The dog segment with Rich was incredible and top notch content

[GeekdomCentral]

I really love that you guys are leaning into the memery. The “BESPOKE” text and background sounds that flared up when John said it was fantastic

[TilSkywalker]

Rich should totally take some holidays, too! Don't burnout!

[mononoke]

This generation of consoles isn't even a year old, you can barely even get one, and someone is already asking about a mid-generation upgrade, to 8K potentially? Absolutely ridiculous.

[SITSIndustries]

"Rich says in-the-here-and-now" drinking game
10:58
1:37:22

[WindyCornerTV]

How many barks per second does Rich's dog run at? 45:00

[MrBoggy]

Bruh, the editor on these DF directs is an absolute legend.

[sonikku]

The "Dogital Foundry" bit killed me.

[Parker--]

A remaster without ray tracing or HDR is hardly a remaster at all. Truly, what is the point here with Alan Wake? Especially Alan Wake because the entire game is built around the flashlight mechanic. HDR and RTX should be a given in this game.

[mattdhargett]

I appreciate digging into the detail of HDR support for remakes/remasters. This is something I feel is a *really* important detail for things like Sonic Colors, the BIoShock Collection from a few years ago, etc where neon glows and dark detail being leveled-up can be a revelation.

[acardenasjr]

Wow, the Golden Girls theme was impressive. People should watch Golden Girls, it was WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME, LOL

[M.W.H.]

I can't believe my eyes! Little Big Adventure is risen from the dead after what feels like a lifetime.. i don't know what to say other than i love this game so much. LBA2 was the first gift given to me by my late dearest friend, i can't imagine what would he say if he lived to see LBA3.

I hope it hit big and i hope we see more games from those days rising, games like Alone in the Dark, Ecstatica, ..

[aL_]

It's funny, i love digital and all that but there was something magic about going to the store, getting a single game and then just playing the heck out of that.. i suppose its also about being a kid and being able to pour 100% of your free time into something, like when you were a kid, video games was like magic, but also more real in a sense, you were able to immerse yourself more..
As a grown up i guess it's harder to get into that frame of mind that left such lasting impressions of games we played as kids

[ianwolf]

As a commodity buyer myself. The price of copper has gone up almost 90 percent. So I can see why Sony would modify the PS5 to make the heatsink smaller.

[steffennilsen]

Can't wait for GN to test it, nice to see you guys cooperating

[LeandroCunha_]

Call MVG to talk about Quake Remastered.

[barryherbers]

That got legit emotional for the last question about retro games and hardware. I really appreciated what all 3 of you had to say about it

[ivanleon]

the main problem with Austin is the the video title say "new PS5 is worst". It was really bad faith from his side to get the clicks, but it worked.

[jacobsoper]

My belief is there are two primary issues with Warhead.

1: Like Alex says, it is highly possible the source files were lost. And while reconstruction is possible, it's a significant effort beyond simple porting. Beyond the maps themselves you have some new engine tricks they added to make the train mission work, for example.
2: I think there's politics around the game's semi-external development at Crytek Budapest. This isn't something concrete, but Crytek weirdly ignore Warhead, and they've ignored it for a long time. Which sucks because Warhead is great.

[matthmaroo]

With not getting attached at the end … it’s true the older you get the less time you have … 10- 15 years ago I gamed all night … now I’m lucky to game occasionally

It was gradual, my family and life just kept taking more and more time. I miss it but I’ve got too much to do.