DF Direct Weekly #55: PlayStation Plus vs Game Pass, Breath of the Wild 2, RTX 3090 Ti, Intel Arc

A week of hot news - Sony scrambles to take on Game Pass (or Games Pass, as Alex would more correctly call it as it has more than one game), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is delayed but showcased with footage that looks significantly beyond Switch's capabilities - and Intel launches its first Arc GPU products. RTX 3090 Ti also debuts. And... could it be? Is Knack finally returning? And if not, why not?00:00:00 Introductions00:00:40 News 01: PlayStation reveals new subscription service00:10:32 DF Supporter Q roundup00:22:37 News 02: Breath of the Wild 2 delayed till Spring 202300:28:30 News 03: Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti details00:35:38 News 04: Intel Arc launches on laptops00:43:08 News 05: KNACK ALERT00:45:45 DF Supporter Q1: What's your opinion about Steam Deck possibly utilising FSR 2.0 or XeSS using DP4A?00:56:36 DF Supporter Q2: Do you think Steam Deck will stop being a niche product?00:59:42 DF Supporter Q3: What's your take on DirectML?01:04:04 DF Supporter Q4: John has mentioned he believes PS2-era or earlier games look best on a CRT because many effects were meant to render at a lower resolution. Isn’t that more of a game-by-game assessment, though?01:10:36 DF Supporter Q5: Do you feel manual transmission adds anything to the gameplay experience in racing games versus just sticking with automatic?01:13:55 DF Supporter Q6: Do you think BFI (Black Frame Insertion) is a dying technique now that LG has removed BFI 120hz from its newest generation OLEDs?01:19:56 DF Supporter Q7: When did you start building PCs, and what started it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.