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At least the concept is interesting. Windows is very concerning though, one of my friend has built a small gaming pc plugged to his tv and he is hesitating to sell it away because every time he wants to use it something is broken at the software level, and requires some fiddling to fix.

I can't help but dream of an alternate history where XBox Series would have had an nvidia based soc with something like an 3060 or 3070. With DLSS thry could have provided 2 gen of improvement into one, even at a higher price point it would have been the god send console for enthusiasts.

As the target screen resolution should remain 4k (hopefully) basically a new gen will be sold on : high framerate, high IQ, high quality effects ( RT and material rendering).
I get the sense that's going to be a hard sell for non enthusiast gamers if the asking price is above 600usd (spoiler alert, it will be)

@Someguyperson I believe the corpo language means we are not the audience for the pitch. She is addressing her boss (so that she won't be fired at the next reorg) and the shareholders (so that the board doesn't fire her boss).

American corpo culture is now pervasive, please upstairs, talk the talk regardless of the walk, and don't get attached to anyone at the the working level because you will have to sacrifice them to maintain profit when the hyper growth slows down a bit.

It's eat or be eaten to the bone, with a glossy, flawless cover.

@rectangleboy yeah me too. A world where UE is the only engine used is a sad world.

Incredible, Capcom is knocking out of the park over and over again:

• non UE5
• single player games
• not broken at launch
• not broken on the current mobile platform

Hmmm is it Capcom doing something especially right or everybody else doing something especially wrong.

High on life, low on frames.

They will want to make a profit on the boxes, especially as if the audience is high end pc gamers most of the software will be sold via Steam. I don't see Steam giving MS a big chunk of their store sale on the box.

Its a very complicated setup, and I don't see any cost efficiency really.

Obviously I don't know anything.

Great review Rich! It's becoming a bit hard to decide which setting to use when. Maybe we need a flow chart

I don't why this tech could not be adapted to oled, with rolling black bar instead of BFI. Maybe i am missing something.

@DOOMndGLOOM yeah, i think its best to avoid the port altogether.

To be fair, Bethesda clearly lacked AVAILABLE time and money to do a proper job here. Or if it's not the case they lacked BUDGETED time and money.
It sucks. Bethesda games are simply not fit for purpose for DF tech enthusiast gamers.

This is a fantastic news for game preservation. Love it.

@ramu-chan I don't mind that DF does a bit of reviews, especially for titles that may get below thr radar. I would have ignored T2DNF but now its on my wishlist for the next time i go on a trip.

@BenderZoidberg yeah it seems that AAA SPU games they will have to 'Redo` most of the games. At this point the publisher might as well do a native remaster. But good luck to these guys, its an interesting project.

@JJtheTexan i can share with you my ram spray. Works better.
Seriously i recall some old tools on dos 6.22 that were compacting the ram on the fly, but i doubt this approach would work nowadays with the focus on secure computing.

I feel the enthusiast pc gaming space has been very toxic and unhappy: ssd, gpu, mb now ddr price hike, windows generally being both less stable and less configurable, terrible hdr support. It feels like buying a console and spend more time playing and less time working around issues is increasingly the smart choice.

@ramu-chan this is just a soda pop, my little soda pop!

I think the most likely scenario is that this gen nintendo starts to experiment with anti aliasing and wait the switch 3 to try a bit of ML based upscaling....
Naaah I am kidding, Nintendo won't use either, ever.

I have a wild idea, what if DF would repackage a bazzite distribution to make it great, DF Approved. It would be called something like DFighterOS and would come preloaded with Alex optimised settings and have Rich voice saying 'Bespoke' every time there's a warning dialog box. There could be some tasteful ads removable for supporters.

WHO IS WITH ME?

It does not feel it's going to happen.

Maybe a deeper question is why Valve keeps investing in VR? It didn't seem to really make an impact in the gaming market in the last 10 years. Would be great if DF shares some thoughts about this.

Seriously I'd buy a pro / next gen version of this to be my main TV console. Coming from owning XSX, PS 5, Switch, aging HTPC, my future setup could be :

• switch 2, next gen steam machine

PS 6 being an option for faster access to Sony exclusives, but honestly at this point I never play games at releases so it feels a bit unnecessary.

Question for Phil Spencer: is this a Xbox?

If yes it is a GREAT one thanks Phil!

In this new world of 'forever' generation I wonder how many system DF will have to test in its reviews :

• PS5, PS5 Pro, PS6
• XSX, XSS, Next gen pc that's also an Xbox
• pc Nvidia, pc amd x 3 ( end, mid, low end)
• Switch 2, xbox portable, steam deck, next gen steam deck

That's 22 systems, how the heck is DF going to cope?
(semi serious question, of course an answer is to only review the most popular systems, but there is really a massive fragmentation looming)

Fantastic news. I look forward to being a loyal DAU!

One comment though: the comment section would be greatly improved if it had the same basic features than Eurogamer : response threads, italic, spoiler masks, quotes etc...

As of now it's too barebone to start a really useful conversation, and it's a bit cumbersome to start something in the forum.

Mini bug: I had to login twice to get it to work.