DF Direct Weekly #77: New CFI-1200 PS5, Sony vs Microsoft COD War, Halo Infinite Split-Screen

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Funny how Richard silently lets the other two nerd out for such an extended period of time and then suddenly "yes, MOVING ON"

[@gerboog]

Everytime... 🤣

[@MegaTeeSmith]

You know it's a good one when John's both "mind-boggled" and "flabbergasted" in the same episode.

[@jordanrich5839]

Don't forget, he's also "astounded."

[@granatengeorg]

Bespokely astonished.

[@LeonSKennedy7777]

2:31 “astounded” too

[@offspringfan89]

Fundamentally, you're right 🤣

[@zeroclockgaming]

befuddled

[@anthonyyoung3016]

The one thing on a Monday that I look forward to the most is driving home after work and listening to you guys whilst stuck in traffic. Great work guys.

[@fullauto86]

Keep it up fellas, i very much enjoy the weekly direct. I could watch Rich, John and Alex talk tech all day

[@MrBirchieBirch]

Fair play to Richard for calling out Sony's utter hypocrisy regarding exclusivity.

[@i3l4ckskillzz79]

That's a scam too

[@gamerforlife3946]

I think this is different because atleast Sony is actually advertising to that but Microsoft makes it seem that it’s not about exclusivity so i think it is hypocritical from Sony but an a move from Microsoft

[@AndyGilleand]

The gamelists on PS5 are fairly useless, being tucked away in the library rather than being right out on the dashboard. By the time I'm heading to the library, the UI has already failed at making it easy to find the game I want, and I'll probably already be using the voice command instead of the library. Disappointing.

[@gamerforlife3946]

Wish we can tag the gamelists on dashboard, maybe they will do that but i think it should have been logical to just put it in the first place lol

[@bmx7596]

Been playing Halo VR natively on Quest in multiplayer. Most fun I've had with the series in a decade or more

[@mikew1080]

To answer Q2, I hated LCD with a passion when it was introduced. They looked terrible, washed out with awful ghosting. LCD has really only started to meet my standards in the last few years. I remember saving up 1,400$ when I was 14 and wanting to go and get a Sony CRT(1080i). My parents forced me to buy a Samsung insisting I get the "new" technology(23" cost like 1,100$ back then.) Let's just say that I sold it inside of a few months, doubled down on cutting lawns and walking dogs in the neighborhood to get a CRT before they were phased out. These days, I'm happy with Oled/QD-Oled until Microled becomes the norm. I just have a huge intolerance to blooming and slow pixel response. Very few LCDs are adequate for my tastes.

[@robertforster8984]

I had a Sony HD CRT. It was epic.

[@shreder75]

BFI also triples input lag, which is something not often mentioned when the subject comes up.

[@ovwarrior]

I remember when GTA IV first came out and I was playing it at my friend's house on his tiny old TV, then I went to my other friends house who had a bunch of money and had a brand new giant flat screen... I noticed how bad the image looked because you could see every jagged pixel perfectly but I never quite understood why I liked playing on the small crt better... This makes a lot of sense now! Thanks digital foundry!

[@iainstannard1757]

Hi DF - Really grateful to you for answering my question. I was amused by Richard's comment that it was a short question but a long question. Often, I seem to use one word when I could use twenty! Plenty of food for thought, anyway. I will probably just hang on and see what the next generations have to offer. By the way, my memory is 3600MHz, so that shouldn't be a problem. As to the reason I mentioned the benchmark rather than the performance in game - as Alex expected, stuttering in-game was in fact more severe, often dipping into the mid-40s. The performance essentially rendered the game unplayable, so I have spent longer fiddling with the benchmark than actually playing it - so I haven't actually had a great deal of experience in the actual game itself. And finally, yes ... Watch Dogs: Legion! If only I could get the name right.

[@metarugia3981]

I've got the Day 1 launch PS5 and it still runs and purrs along nicely. Actually, I've never had any issues whatsoever with any of the PS consoles that I bought since the PS1.

[@arriettylunaris]

Oh wow surprised to hear my game (Prototype N) mentioned. Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the game! It's funny I often get the DOS/Amiga comments quite a lot despite never having touched any of them myself! I think I'm doing something right if I'm invoking nostalgia on an unintended audience haha

[@flyingplantwhale545]

John’s recollection of early LCD’s really makes me appreciate rocking a CRT monitor for my first PC way back. I did feel a little jealous of seeing these slick looking LCD screens I’m friends’ houses. Though I can always recall wondering why games looked so much better in low resolutions on my screen compared to theirs.

[@bodybag22]

I remember my first built pc monitor was a 19" CRT. It weighed 20 kilos or 45 lbs.

[@devvvinparker1203]

Regarding COD/warzone/campaigns, I would 100% support splitting them into multiplayer and campaign as separate products. Campaign mode just hasn't cut it in recent years, having a dedicated team to working on it without needing to split resources with a much more profitable/popular mode might bring some much needed life and direction to the single player side.

[@shaneosullivan8546]

I agree but from the point of view that I only want the campaign.

[@R17759]

More choice is always good.

[@icecoldcabbage4329]

Ok you can have the campaign then we’ll take the mp

[@shaneosullivan8546]

@@icecoldcabbage4329 Thanks enjoy your MP.

[@icecoldcabbage4329]

@@shaneosullivan8546 I was just having a laugh I don’t want any of it taken off anyone

[@Polyh3dron]

Regarding transition to LCDs... When people were starting to buy those Samsung LCD HDTVs for their new Xbox 360s, lots of people would complain about ghosting on them. I recall devs from Team Ninja talking about using HD CRT screens for their development stations at that time due to their superior contrast. My first HDTV of the time was a Philips HD CRT because I also hated the LCD ghosting and contrast. Also that screen was flat.

[@ShadowLady1]

Good thing we have OLEDs now,we can leave LCD in the past

[@MrBirchieBirch]

Early LCDs were awful. My best mates dad bought a Panasonic and it had horrible ghosting as well as terrible contrast and washed out colours. Put me off LCD for life (only ever owned CRT & Plasma) My next TV will be OLED.

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I still have that Philips HD crt haha, i actually have two!

[@mikem2253]

All I bought were plasmas. Still have a Panasonic ST50 which is a fantastic panel. Recently sold my VT50 and now have a LG C1. Eff LCD unless its for a workstation.

[@Decki777]

@@ShadowLady1 oled has burn in problem

[@thorocomments]

I know they weren’t feeling the SAGE talk at 42:37, but there are dozens of us, John. DOZENS! Pulstar and Bezerk Boy are definite highlights. Community, go watch the SAGE trailer 2022. Some really awesome stuff.

[@drd7of14]

@57:00 Alex started glitching out....This introduces a whole new ball of digital juicy DF Lore

[@Investor9872]

Wow! This week's direct is full of great top discussions. Well done guys!

[@Sega_Dreams]

I'm glad you guys clarified that there was no straight "CRT to LCD" movement. My first big screen HDTV was a beautiful Sony DLP, which I got because I wasn't sold on LCD, and plasmas were too much at the time. Before that, I had a 30" widescreen CRT which weighed about 150 lbs. lol

[@matcarfer]

Alex rant on Halo Infinite is spot on. Cant agree more, and I LOVE Halo Infinite. Just fix vsync, add Split Screen, and fix remaining bugs and round up Single Player campaign. MP Halo Infinite should've been a totally separate project.

[@andyclouser5139]

Jim Mattrick introducing the PS5 TV edition.

[@EVPointMaster]

01:13:37 Also important to note is that the CPU load of raytracing is very multithreaded, so it scales well with many cores.

[@slot9]

Quite a nice chat this week.

[@purebaldness]

Quite.

[@ThePhenomf4]

Seems like 343 doesn’t want to have to refund people if they come out and say that last gen consoles won’t be getting local co-op because they aren’t capable. Instead they’re canceling it for everyone. I’m surprised it even works on Series S.

[@Poptartsicles]

The only reason I stopped using CRT's and went to LCD is because they stopped making them...

[@davidt3563]

My two sons are playing through Halo 1 for the first time in split screen. It's absolutely a magical experience to them like it was for me back in the day. Sad to see they won't be able to experience this in split screen.

[@BurritoKingdom]

The biggest issue with the first LCD HDTVs was the input lag. Games that completely rely on timing like Rock Band would have an option to adjust the input timing due to the massive input lag in LCDs

[@John-fs8be]

I don’t need COD, it’s just not the reason why to buy a PS5, there are much better games today. The lost of revenue will be higher on Activision side than on Sony. So I can just smile about it 🙂

[@rabihk6383]

343 took out the social aspect of halo. They focus on competitive. Got rid of lobbies, campaign coop (none at launch), no file share, no forge. They are focusing completely on competitive and microtransactions

[@TheNerd]

08:00 The PS5 Controller has a notorious wide spread issue that die L2 and R2 Buttons don't work correctly anymore. I had this problem after 4 Weeks of ownership (not even 50 hrs played on the console) There is a spring inside to "push it out" and if the spring is bend a little wrong in the factory it doesn't push it out enough, which means that you are slightly but constantly pushing the button which has 2 problems a) it shortens the battery liftime / you need to recharge more often b) in some games you are "pressing the button" without actually pressing it, which means that you do stuff in the game you don't want to

[@cdragon88]

Not sure this is widespread.

[@SCMabridged]

14:24 I immediately started to hear the backing track to Can't Touch This when John said that.

[@xBINARYGODx]

"Jim Mattrick" is about right. Could not be said better - even if the memes beat you to it. OMEGAKEK

[@JerryFlowersIII]

I think the chance of a PS5 Pro model is "slim"

[@modermonkula]

I had a Sony Trinitron when Twilight Princess came out, looked awesome on component cables

[@SBandy]

Moving from the clear motion clarity of CRT to the blur of a LCD was awful. Started saving up for a plasma TV immediately which I am still using today.

[@Dylan-ww5ji]

Keenly awaiting your full breakdown of the CFI-1200 digital foundry. I keep checking! G'day from Australia.

[@Lead_Foot]

Worst part about the separate TV and PC resolutions is sometimes DLDSR will use something dumb like 4K 24Hz as the base native resolution to scale from.

[@fidelc4shfl0w75]

I think Paul should replace John for an episode and not acknowledge it whatsoever

[@eslzack5490]

I don't know if anyone experience this, but CRTs used to cause me this horrible headaches to a degree that for a couple of years i stopped watching TV/playing games. LCDs were magical for my condition

[@charoleawood]

There is a high pitched ring they produce that can definitely cause headaches

[@eslzack5490]

@@charoleawood I'm not sure but i always thought it was the flicker or something.

[@charoleawood]

@@eslzack5490 Yeah, CRTs can have flicker as well. Software is supposed to correct for this. For instance, Final Fantasy 12 on PS2 even has a flicker filter option in its settings. By the way, don't respond to that spam comment, it's not actually from Digital Foundry, it's a scam. Just report it.

[@eslzack5490]

@@charoleawood thanks 🙏

[@sasharudyy3587]

Regarding the switch from LED to OLED, one thing that gets worse doing that switch is low framerate content because of the instant pixel response time. I recently tried to play Far Cry 5 on PS5 on my LG C1, and it's still locked at 30 fps there. I say tried cause it was so stuttery that it was genuenly unplayble, while I remember playing it on my old LED TV just fine. There are some games that have a really good motion blur implementation like RDR2 where, even tho it's 30 fps, it's still pretty smooth looking. I'm playing it right now and you can see a bit of stutter when turning around fast, but it doesn't bother me much. In general tho, I think LEDs are better for low frame rate content than OLEDs. Of course OLEDs are better in basically every other regard including 60fps content, but since a lot of current gen games include 30fps 4k modes, having that 30fps mode being unplayable unless the game itself has good motion blur is kind of a bummer. One example was Horizon Forbidden West, which was the first game I played on my OLED. At the time I bought the game, it still had those aliasing problems in the 60fps mode, while the 30fps 4k mode looked perfectly fine. I of course wanted to play the 30fps mode cause the aliasing issues were really obvious, but no matter how much I forced myself to use it, telling myself that i would get used to it, it just was so stuttery that it was unplayable for me.

[@mysteriousm1]

I had the exact same experience, thought I was going insane when I was playing TLOU Part II again on my C1 for the first time. Have you tried using VRR? I played Horizon Forbidden West in 40fps mode with VRR and the lower frametimes really helped and made it feel like 60fps

[@diamonds8014]

I'd never heard that about horror games and LCD 1:06:13. That's a pretty interesting theory.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Lol I have never watched Paul's Hardware but seen the thumbs, and I thought it was John at first also.

[@pete2097]

I would say that 1440p is due to telemetry whereby PS5 are reporting back to sony what display is connected and sony realises that they are wider spread than expected.

[@OptimumSlinky]

Or the fact that Sony just released brand new 1440p gaming monitors for sale…

[@PositronCannon]

@@OptimumSlinky They didn't though, their monitors are 1080p and 4K. They'll probably release a 1440p model at some point though.

[@Masaq_TM]

The CFI 1200’s are now in UK stores. I have a brand new one to unbox in the living room. 👍

[@MooseheadStudios]

John talking about CRT to LCD TV is great stuff

[@nathanmerritt1581]

Timestamp for that please.

[@felipaopl]

Mr. Jonas Larsson is a guaranteed guest appearance at this point. 🤣

[@rocstarang5747]

I recently picked a C1 over the C2 for the 120hz BFI. I regret nothing.

[@GAmbrose]

I've got a G2 and are kinda hoping they re-introduce 120hz BFI in a firmware update.

[@earthwormjim91]

Fucking love my C1 best TV I've ever owned

[@AndyGilleand]

I recommend to alex to get into the service menu to turn TPC and GSR off, which will disable the feature where the whole screen dims darker when the image is static on screen, which obviously happens a TON on PC. Turn on a screensaver to make the screen go blank after 2 minutes, and turn off those dimming features because they can make the windows experience uncomfortable imo.

[@barryherbers6090]

Splitscreen co-op for Halo Infinite was so exciting; so disappointed I won't get to play it with my friend. We were looking forward to it :(

[@CodyHimselfXI]

I always feel like the first iterations of consoles are more premium feeling and last longer. That's just personal experience I suppose.

[@i3l4ckskillzz79]

That's a scam

[@Omar-Asim]

Wasn't the case for PS3 & 360

[@CodyHimselfXI]

@@Omar-Asim The OG 360 had this awesome silver trim on the Hard Drive and the OG PS3 was completely backwards compatible, it also had a gorgeous gloss finish to it, the buttons were also touch sensitive. So, to me that is more premium.

[@dericjames2018]

The PS3 Launch had yellow light issues

[@PositronCannon]

@@CodyHimselfXI The OG 360 had atrocious reliability though, it took years and many revisions before they completely fixed the RROD problem. The early PS3s also had the YLOD issue, even if not nearly as common.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

I remember playing on laptop LCD (!) screens in my childhood, they were often amazingly bad. Even using RF from a Sega Genesis had better motion than my first 486 PC, LOL. Very quickly I learned to hook up PCs to CRTs, which easily beats both. Its amazing to think you can still hook up a modern machine to those types of monitors and get an amazing experience today!

[@ForceInEvHorizon]

eh Oled or MiniLED is the future

[@kiisseli1337]

I've had enough of those seizure boxes. Best ones are good ofc, but still small and bad resolution without HDR.

[@startedtech]

I have a video of playing Doom on one of those passive matrix LCD laptops, amazingly blurry!

[@gucbhispeklfe4454]

@@ForceInEvHorizon Mini LED is the present, it's an LCD backlight.

[@ForceInEvHorizon]

@@gucbhispeklfe4454 no shit its an LED

[@AndreThompson925]

I just Googled Paul's Hardware and got a good chuckle out o fit.

[@ssjduelistDD]

Guess I'll never play the new Halo either. Used to play all of them split screen with my brother and dad.

[@BenPyman]

Thank you John for that tip about using the ALLM toggle on PS5 to disable BFI without needing to work through the TV menus! That makes it more convenient to switch.

[@destebangm11216]

another reminder that 343 never released splitscreen for MCC on PC , and the steam workshop support has not landed yet despite it was a promise they made when they release the collection on PC .....

[@modermonkula]

I think adding microtransactions to MCC is their priority unfortunately, even though the community doesn't care nor want them. They could 100% add split screen to the PC MCC but that wouldn't increase profits.

[@destebangm11216]

@@modermonkula exactly

[@FeatherDory]

What do you think Alex? “IT FUCKING SUCKS RICH!” 😂

[@burreld]

My first hdtv plus Xbox 360 was the 38 in wide screen rca diectv tube. It was incredible.

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I would love to see the return of the FOX engine.

[@drumjod]

Did anyone else focus on Rich and Johns expression as Alex was trying to explain his PC OLED experience? Starting at 49:32

[@Labib-dw1lk]

When is Alex’s shader compilation stutter video coming out?

[@MA-qu3hi]

Alex mentioned the C2 does not do black frame insertion at 4K 120Hz. Where can I learn more about this, that was very disappointing to learn as I was considering buying a C2. Does the G2 also have this problem?

[@fesoy1174]

Jim Mattrick 💀

[@lee__1707]

Regarding the PS5 1440p update I can confirm on my Samsung QN90A TV it works flawlessly with 120hrtz and 1440p modes no issues at all. If memory serves me right I also use a 2.1 hdmi cable as well.

[@charlesshamseldin9555]

Speaking of horror games John, I think it's time for a DF Retro spotlighting Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

[@WaffleCake]

Seriously I would love MGS Remaster(s) / Remake(s)-even if it's just MGS3. As someone who played MGS (1998) on PS1 for the first time in 2022, I have become a FAST fan of the series, and it pains me all the more to know Konami's behavior towards traditional games. The world would be a better place with a redeemed Konami!

[@saxoman1]

We are similar! I played MSG1 for the first time in 2020, instant fan! I've played through MSG3, all classics, my favorite so far is MSG2. Getting ready for RPCS3 and MSG4 soon! But I'd definitely replay a MSG3 remake!

[@metarugia3981]

@@saxoman1 MGSV- The Phantom Pain is my all time favourite.

[@KoeiNL]

The power draw might differ because of the quality of the chips. Some will just need more voltage to run the same frequency.

[@Dick_Valparaiso]

I hope Sony and the various monitor manufacturers release a compatibility list real soon. And, if Sony can fix compatibility issues I really wish they would asap. I was close to buying a decently reviewed 1440p/165hz 32-inch monitor for $200 about a month ago. However, I read in the reviews from the mfg specifically (Sorry, I can't recall which mfg) said the monitor absolutely would not be compatible. I was a little confused since the hdmi 2.0 should allow for 1440/120. However, after John's experiences this now makes perfect sense.

[@eSportCanada]

The generalizing of FPS players is lame. You can be a super sweat CoD boy from 2007-any point to now and still love/appreciate/prioritize other games first, but as far as the gameplay there's nothing else out there. So yeah, it's just something we do. Or once every three years. Etc.

[@SmiggyG]

Jimbo Mattrick claims Phil Spencer went public with this but it was actually the UK CMA posting on Twitter about their concerns and how it could hurt Sony. That's disturbing and totally unprofessional for the UK government.

[@alexatkin]

I don't think its unusual for a receiver to reject 1440p, its part of the video chain after all so has its own requirements for what it can decode the audio from then passthrough the video signal. My receiver doesn't support it, big surprise, its a Sony. So their policy of sticking to standard TV resolutions seems to still apply there, even if they loosened it on the PS5. This is why eARC is so useful, my receiver only supports HDMI 2.0 so I feed the consoles into the TV directly and use eARC to pass the audio back to the receiver. Also means you can tweak the picture settings per input, keep the receiver HDMI port at the best settings for TV/Movies rather than games. Personally during the CRT to LCD transition, LCDs looked better. I didn't realise but I've always have visual migraines, so a flickering screen was uncomfortable and higher resolutions on the desktop were blurry, so LCD was more usable for the desktop. Also black levels weren't great on affordable CRTs, they were only good on high-end which is what people chase today. Every CRT I've owned would either be washed out or crush blacks, you couldn't get the picture quality people talk about of CRTs.

[@modermonkula]

He said the Xbox worked fine using 1440p through his receiver, so must be the way Sony has implemented it.

[@novo1858]

@1:02:50 Goddamn nothing but problems with eARC for me since getting a C1 for living room. It sounds great in theory, but based on how many other people I seen dealing with the same issues it must be super inconsistent. Short version, I can never get it connected in a way where it properly recognizes all apps, and devices. It might work in netflix at first, but then one day it just refuses to pass an audio signal to the receiver, no matter what I do. Then I reset everything and get all apps running, but now it doesn't pull audio from the PS4. Maybe that decides to work one day, but now it decides the PS4 surround sound setting is actually in stereo. It could be that its not compatible with my 5 year old Yamaha receiver, even though eARC is back-compat with ARC. Who knows. It pains me to do it, but I just reverted back to an optical cable for output to my receiver. The problems seem almost random, works in certain apps one day, but then not another day, But then might start working again the next day.

[@Dick_Valparaiso]

22:30 As a PS5 owner and owner of every PS console to date I agree wholeheartedly. Jim Mattrick --Ryan-- has, and continues to be, a massive Don Mattrick level blight to the PS brand. I don't play CoD. So, I personally don't have a dog in the fight. But, I'll say that even if MS bought Sony Santa Monica and God of War's new home was Xbox I still wouldn't conduct myself as Jim Ryan has. Sony cannot expect such things. If roles were reversed MS couldn't expect better from Sony. I'm not a fan of the giant acquisitions either. But, adults adapt and move forward.

[@jeremyg9305]

Exactly, Sony is worried first and foremost that the competition *might* do what Sony themselves *would* do if the circumstances were reversed.

[@Dick_Valparaiso]

@@jeremyg9305 Even if all their first party triple-A games continue doing great that alone will not hold them over anymore. GP including all MS's first party along with Activision and Bethesda's latest is just too much. Imo Sony will have to start putting their GoW's and TLOU's on PS+. I think the sooner they do it, the better. Raising the PS5's price and keeping the $70 price point is going to turn too many people off. ...PSVR 2 needs to be an absolute game changer. They need to put their noses to the absolute grindstone on more enhanced performance PS4 bc titles. And, if there's any way their engineers can get quality PS3 emulation they need to pursue that with vigor. PS1/2 PSP, and Vita emulation all need serious work too. The slow trickle of classics on PS+ Premium needs to turn into gushing geyser. ...The tldr is that Sony needs to get to work *fast.*

[@jeremyg9305]

@@Dick_Valparaiso sounds like the TLDR is that Sony needs to do what Microsoft has already done over the last 5 years. Unfortunately, Sony didn't smell the roses until it was too late imo.

[@imo098765]

@@jeremyg9305 Sony copies MS quite often. They just let MS take the initial hit with the investments and ironing out any early problems

[@xBINARYGODx]

"Sony kind of does that too" Kind of? They did it to a ridiculous degree during the PS2 and 4 years - they are the most hypocritical of them all.

[@icedcapplord710]

My take on the CoD situation is that neither Phil or Jim are necessarily in the right Spencer champions this supposed pro-consumer ideology Xbox has about not taking games away from players yet both of their latest acquisitions were precisely done to build up their exclusives library (especially in Bethesda's case since Starfield, Redfall and TESVI are not coming to PS at all), and not to mention Xbox essentially began the whole trend of timing certain games to be exclusives on their platforms during the 360 gen. Sony also comes off as hypocritical arguing the terms of the deal when they're going full throttle on similar practices especially with the PS5 when it comes to certain third parties (Square Enix is a huge example). I say this as someone who invests in both ecosystems regularly. It's just a conversation of "he said, she said" at this point

[@mediaclass2009]

1440p works perfectly for me on the Alienware AW3423DW if anyone is wondering about that monitor. 120hz HDR no issues.

[@martinarrieta4536]

The 1440P on the PS5 issue is an issue with the Marantz sounds like. Tried in my Denon and same deal.

[@WoollyMittens]

W... wait wait... He's not Paul from Paul's Hardware?!

[@ionseven]

Sony needs to allow removing "Explore" and customizing themes/backgrounds (like ps4) vs seeing all those goddamn Fortnite and EA/2k ads. Let us toggle what we see for individual game backgrounds. Marketers and paid social media idiots make everyone think its impossible so we get microtransaction scam ads shoved in our faces.

[@Saturn2888]

I didn't want to leave my CRT because LCDs were worse. It wasn't until 2007 that resolution was simply better and screens were larger.

[@turrican4d599]

I was reluctant till 2009 when I went from HD CRT to plasma.

[@jamsbasketball9676]

Poor John looked like he was legit about to cry when talking about 343 messing up Halo.

[@Shantara11]

Audio version of the podcast has been pretty much unusable for the last couple of weeks with the episodes refusing to play, or constantly buffering and pausing. DF is the only podcast I’ve been having these issues with. Does it work for anyone else?

[@marty8370]

Your missing the point ABK is not a done deal. COD is getting dicusted as UK & EU regulators are looking into how fair the deal is. If the dealis found unfair, it will get blocked. Nvidia/Arm got blocked Tool Spencer is desperate to get the ABK deal thru

[@R17759]

It would be shocking if it didn’t go through at this point.

[@shaneosullivan8546]

It'll go through. The UK and EU are just dragging it out for a few extra bucks. Besides how do you think Activision will feel towards Sony if they cost them nearly 70 billion quid. Not bothered either way but its a fair transaction.

[@mohamedMustafa-yn4uc]

activision investor has fiduciary. responsibility. to make the most money. so they. will not do anything for Sony.

[@yomamasohot6411]

@@R17759 not really. You are hearing games journalist who know nothing about laws. All Sony has to do is just give a report of the past few years of COD sales on their platform to show how major impact the deal has on its books and considering there are only 2 players in the home console market the regulators have to think it through.

[@yomamasohot6411]

@@shaneosullivan8546 just how Nvidia felt when the Arm deal didn't go through. Did Nvidia stop buying from Arm?

[@pete2097]

With regard to PS5/Console issues, there is still an ongoing rest issue with some PS5. My first PS5 was replaced pretty quickly due to crashing when put into rest mode. It would never rest without a crash and turning off. Also it had really realy bad coil whine. Sent back to sony and had it replaced under warranty

[@TheNivektube]

PS5 hasn't been pushed yet. Ssd streaming is untouched yet

[@jamesw884]

@@TheNivektube hahahaha

[@Decki777]

@@TheNivektube good joke

[@transporterjp1406]

Speaking of Paul from Paul's Hardware, when I first saw his channel years ago, I thought he was Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit lol (how I remembered his face from the early 2k)

[@colors6692]

There is no video on a enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) HDMI!!

[@Patrick-tw7nr]

Loving my 77 inch LG C1 for gaming and only paid 2399 for it too

[@chrisbullock6477]

Alex has to be trolling! And John of course is happy to give a class speech on what eArc is.

[@tamasmasable]

Great episode as always guys, particularly liked the conversation about COD. Alex, I don't know what you changed, but you are looking particularly model-like. Could be the lighting or the slight stubble, but it's looking good. 🙂

[@scorpizy]

I think it's funny that sony is complaining about COD when they've been paying for month exclusive for years 🤔 🤣 🙄 😂

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

Huh???? MS also did this in xbox 360 do you have a memory loss or something

[@scorpizy]

@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 did someone say xbox has not done 🤔 it. Lol. Please point out where I stated that. Sony played and got out played

[@gerboog]

Because they had to?????!!!!!

[@gamerforlife3946]

I know it is hypocritical but Microsoft actually is being an a because they never kept their word about things. Like literally CEO said COD wont be exclusive then Phill comes and hints nope it will be. Like stay in one lane, this is called clown business because you are literally grabbing Sony’s hand and twisting it in a very annoying way.

[@alexsilva28]

Oh it's that time of the month were a new Metal Gear rumor pops up? Wow August went by so fast

[@kingotime8977]

John's rant about LCD's was very entertaining.

[@cynic5581]

John, you mention Sony’s statement as the cat calling the kettle black. However can you give an example? For example CoD has always been on PlayStation and Xbox and with this acquisition it’s sequels will potentially only be on Xbox in 3 years. A more confirmed example would be Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Both on PlayStation and Xbox but future sequels only being exclusive to Xbox. While I can think of a lot of exclusives on PlayStation from acquisitions (Ghost of Tsushima, Drake, Last of us, etc) I can’t think of a time PlayStation acquired a studio to make a series exclusive to their platform. Especially to the level where you could say “cat calling the kettle black”. Honestly I find it a bit ironic when Phil Spencer says they want to bring more games to more gamers when their business model uses this underhanded approach specifically designed to remove sequels from gamers on PlayStation to make them exclusive on Xbox. As a PC gamer I don’t have a horse in this race however I do notice higher quality content coming out of Sony onto PC then I do from Microsoft anymore. Matter of fact Halo is prime example, why is this experience worse? Looking at a list of Xbox exclusives makes me sad. Brilliant IPs that were just killed off or slowly ruined. God even the exceptions are questionable with MS Flight Sim being heavily monetized or the absolute pure corruption in the Minecraft store where many of the add ons are just outright stolen content and resold.

[@kemoselimagic1479]

People act like if Sony acquired Activision Microsoft wouldn’t have the same push back. Microsoft likes to act like they are gamer friendly but they aren’t. Microsoft just has idgaf money. Sony pays for studios that make quality games. Microsoft pays for studios that make live service games. That should say a lot about what kind of company they are. Look at what they did to Halo Infinite. From their words: We can’t release a couch co op campaign mode because we need to focus on online. Wow.

[@Hyperspud]

Would someone be good enough to tell me what OLED panel Alex picked up to use as a monitor? I missed that. Have looked on Discord but am unable to find any reference. Thanks!

[@tsof3197]

LG C1 48"

[@Hyperspud]

@@tsof3197 Thank you

[@BoknoyBuhisan]

thank god we have digital foundry. the ps5 revisions is a non-news to me. seeing all the revisions of the previous generations, it is not a surprise.

[@mehdi_azmoudeh]

So happy to see Alex is still alive and making new uploads for us.. Thank you for the great Time and effort.

[@battlespartn311]

Still alive? What happened to him?

[@mehdi_azmoudeh]

@@battlespartn311 I don't know, I just expressed that I'm happy to be a part of the Colossus team and So lucky to hear new from Alex. I'm his old fan. We used to be friends in my dreams.. Anyway happy valentine and have a good day.

[@vigour6786]

Jim Ryan only went public after Phil did first, so it forced his hand to make a statement publicly. I don't know why they're not calling out Phil for speaking on it so publicly but when Jim does it it's the worst thing.

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

Because they don’t want to lose early access to Microsoft content

[@iMichael123S]

Why is the SEGA Dreamcast always overlooked on Digital Foundry? All we ever hear is PS5 this and Series Xbox that! More Dreamcast news please.

[@SARCASTIKKism]

I'm not sure if John will see this comment but, about the PS5 not sending a 1440p signal through his receiver did he have HDCP enable or not.

[@xfxrxmxt1981]

These dudes in the thumbnail are son, father and grandfather. Amazing family. It should be fun to have three generation passion 👍🏾