DF Direct Weekly #137: GTA6 Announced, Steam Deck OLED Reaction, PS5 'Slim' Teardowns

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

A massive, cosmic-sized DF Direct Weekly sees John, Rich and Alex react to the surprise reveal of the Steam Deck OLED, while tackling a bunch of questions about Rockstar's GTA 6 reveal. Meanwhile, media has started to tear down the new PS5 'Slim', answering our final questions about the make-up of the revised console revision. Beyond that, Nintendo denies everything about Switch 2 and Alex shares his experiences with his brand new Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU upgrade.

0:00:00 Introduction

0:00:50 News 01: Steam Deck OLED revealed and reviewed!

0:26:44 News 02: Rockstar announces GTA 6 announcement trailer

0:41:02 News 03: New PS5 model disassembled

0:49:06 News 04: Alex upgrades to a 7800X3D!

1:10:33 News 05: Nintendo denies Switch 2 briefings

1:14:50 News 06: RTX 40 Series “Super” cards specs leaked

1:25:18 News 07: John’s experiments with in-home VR streaming

1:35:44 Supporter Q1: If the EGS launcher were good, would EGS be profitable?

1:42:10 Supporter Q2: Can we expect a true PS5 Slim console in the future?

1:47:29 Supporter Q3: What’s the difference between ray tracing and path tracing?

1:51:02 Supporter Q4: How long will it take for the retro game market to truly settle down?

1:58:47 Supporter Q5: Why hasn’t Red Dead Redemption 2 been updated for Series X and PS5?

2:03:07 Supporter Q6: Why aren’t there more gaming technology outlets like Digital Foundry?

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