DF Direct Weekly

[@mannyichi]

Sadly I'm getting at that age where I'm having PSSR issues as well :(

[@abbe9641]

your upscaling isn't working as it used to ?

[@WamblyHades]

You'll need them to finger test your upscaler my dude 😔

[@greenman4218]

temporal stability problems?

[@KusholaCam]

Hahah this comedy, on only get PSSR Issues when I'm dehydrated 😅

[@KusholaCam]

​@@WamblyHades 😂

[@SeanTSC]

There's no excuse for developers taking out modes and locking you into PS5 Pro only modes that look obviously worse, no matter the resource constraint, and they should be called out for this harder.

[@froggydarren]

Sony needs to mandate afew rules me's thinks

[@lombers]

100% correct, it’s a disgrace firstly in terms of how it’s implemented where they don’t give you the previous options, but secondly the fact that QA doesn’t catch this and it just ships in a sad state. I’m honestly beginning to wonder if some game developers even care about how a game looks visually before they release it.

[@froggydarren]

@@lombers publishers are the villens here, there pushing for support to cash in with the hype, I'd imagine they only tasked a handfull of devs with the job as well unfortunately

[@Game4Lord]

@@froggydarrenNah, at this point it's Sony. They released a significantly underpowered mid-gen "refresh", and its advertised features don't work as intended? That ain't on devs or publishers. It's on Sony's laughable hardware.

[@itsHappyMeal]

@@Game4Lord really? then PC is really also a laughable hardware indeed if it's not devs fault.

[@Hypah]

Forgot to mention that the cloth physics in Syndicate are still locked to 30fps and it looks really bad especially on Evie's cape and some outfits Jacob has

[@joaquimpinto5247]

100%. It's very jarring to see while playing. Otherwise would have been a great patch

[@Johnanomous]

I came to say the same thing. I’m surprised they didn’t notice. Must not like playing as Evie. Which is wild cause Evie is the best. Jacob’s great too though.

[@starbez]

On PC, you need to edit the config file to increase it to 60 FPS.

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

It's a bit better if you can force 120hz output which is only possible on Xbox and PC.

[@JobbyFraggle]

Yeah, this is how it is on PC also, as noted here by someone. Not a fault of the PS5 Pro, just something up with Syndicate in general.

[@TANuclear]

Ludicrous that devs are removing the PS5 modes from Pro

[@coolerdaniel9899]

He's no longer the new guy, but I'm still surprised just how comfortable Oliver is in these podcasts and how naturally he fits.

[@mastersmurfify]

Oliver is the boss!!! always on point and delivery is just as good.

[@AGz_MaGIXz]

Oliver my fav

[@v1kt0u5]

yet his take about being OK with FromSoft going Sony is awful ;(

[@DeanT1987]

He’s the best spoken and never skips a beat. It actually impresses me how eloquent he is and how he never stutters or mumbles

[@realw1ll]

agreed. great pickup for the DF crew

[@theotheronethere4391]

Unreal 5 has arrived in current gen like a lead balloon...

[@ncard00]

Please talk about and review msfs 2024

[@GunFeverr]

It’s an albatross around its next with a gift tag from the hardware industry who need it’s pure greasy jank to insure more hardware is pushed out sooner than later

[@lolmao500]

Current gen suck ass.

[@e2rqey]

5090 save us!!!!!! Unchain our framerates and take us to new heights 🚀🚀🚀🌒

[@user-s8jb3qb6y]

​@@e2rqeysays every slop-eater who wants to keep pumping money at a problem being caused by others. My favorite part is us 4090 owners cannot play last-gen Elden Ring and a whole bevy of *UE4* games without stutter, nor will any stuttery UE5 game with *in-engine* stutter play properly for many gens, read: 6 to 10 years.

[@Johnanomous]

I wish they would fix the clothing being locked at 30fps on syndicate. It’s very distracting.

[@EternalNightingale]

True but after playing origins and odyssey you become use to it since cloth fabric is also 30fps on there for its next gen console patch

[@maxr9409]

They should fix this, because it was easily fixed by editing the .ini on pc when it first came out. In this video they said it was back compat, so I guess it's not a port of the pc version. That might make it more complicated, but it's jarring to have cloth physics running lower than the game itself.

[@shaecouture7480]

Later games same thing. And yet AC Unity had uncapped fps on physics and is still better than Mirage in that regard.

[@danbooke2001]

Clothes flapping at 30fps? I've seen everything now, gamers will complain about anything.

[@simonrockstream]

they dont give a f

[@CamsWarpRoom]

The PS Portal did have an issue with a specific kind of micro-stutter, where it would stutter constantly for a few seconds, then stop, then start again, etc. due to a mismatch between refresh rates of screen and stream (I think). That has been fixed. There is still the occasional streaming stutter, but that specific micro-stutter issue is eliminated, fortunately! Much smoother now.

[@jacksonpalacios640]

Thank you, for me it was useless before the update because of the constant stuttering, yet many people saying all was perfect

[@NHDrumline14]

I can second this. As someone who is very sensitive to frame pacing/judder/micro stutters, this does fix that issue. I do still get small drops and blips periodically, but I played a ton of FF7 Rebirth on it this past weekend and had a blast. On to Persona 5 Strikers next!

[@freshprinz9829]

Depends on the ping as well

[@HAULHipHop]

Chiming in to confirm this to be true. The Portal is so much smoother now, basically perfect.

[@LiveSmileD]

Final Fantasy VII has demonstrated excellent optimization for the PS5 Pro despite being developed on Unreal Engine 4! This shows that Unreal Engine 4 can be very well optimized for the PS5 Pro. I also believe that the developers managed to optimize the game effectively due to close collaboration with Sony, as the game is a timed exclusive. However, it’s uncertain whether Silent Hill 2 will allocate sufficient resources for proper optimization in Pro mode. In this case, I believe that the adaptation label indicating that the game is optimized for the PS5 Pro is not entirely justified.

[@wafflehatt]

As most PC enthusiasts know, your PC is only as fast as your slowest component. In the case of PS5 Pro, the same dated CPU as the PS5 is really a huge bottleneck as the base PS5 CPU is already being taxed.

[@Fuchsfeuer]

we need a 4k/60fps patch for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed Rogue and Assassin’s Creed Unity

[@AB-fr2ei]

Far Cry too FC3/FC4/FCP should be on ultra settings 4K 60 FPS on PS5

[@whitewolf1054]

Indeed my friend indeed👌🏻👍🏻

[@EternalNightingale]

Reports are Ubisoft is working on a black flag remake currently as for rogue I doubt it unless they include it with Black flag, but unity could happen since syndicate got it

[@MurCurieux]

Needs to be remade. It feels really old.

[@chris42069]

The patch is called buying a PC 🖥 Why would they give consoles a 4k/60 update for free? Ubi wants to be Rockstar🤑, not CDPR 🥰

[@91KevinJohn]

They fix the 59,84hz stutter problem on the Portal while streaming from Ps5, thats clear. Bevor Update 4.0 you got noticeble stutter every 10 seconds for about 5 seconds. This is fixed and work now like every third party Remote play app.

[@KnezlukaKlow]

You didn't do Portal justice with this answer. The experience is massively improved from launch with latest patch.

[@CKVideoGames]

More and more it feels like PS5Pro was forced out into the market. I don't know why they felt they had to do it, but here it is, and it's clearly been released too early. It's also a shame that the CPU is unupgraded in an age where CPU limitations happens more and more frequently.

[@suparibhau]

0:12 We're in the thick of it everybody knows 🗣🗣

[@tre2636]

That's just how the story goesss 🤷‍♂️

[@R17759]

Nobody knows

[@jerm7741]

😂😂 he said the thing

[@DeonvanHeerdenMusic]

1:04:25 I think Oliver's forgetting that Armored Core 6 was very technically accomplished. John gushed about it in the Best Graphics of 2023 video.

[@Jossages]

In what way was AC6 technically accomplished? I've been an AC fan since the beginning, but I think the main reason AC6 runs okay is because the content is less demanding. As usual their art direction is doing the heavy lifting to make the game look good. I just went back to that video you mention... "I think graphics go beyond just pure tech, and I think Armored Core 6 shows... That what FromSoftware does even if they're not pushing the boundaries of technology, they know how to utilize their tech in combination with their art to create truly stunning looking games" - John 2023 He then goes to talk about more art direction stuff.

[@sean_mc]

He also was mistaken, the Demon Soul's remake was entirely by Bluepoint and Japan Studio (using Bluepoints own engine), not by FromSoft.

[@xtr.7662]

It definitely isnt johns opinion doesnt matter it looks like an early ps4 game at best

[@DeonvanHeerdenMusic]

@@Jossages Fair, "technically competent" would be a better phrasing. As John said, "6 finally, truly pulls it off in a way that doesn't feel compromised by the technology... it just runs like butter." Compare that to what Oliver is saying in this video, where he talks as though FS only makes technically-compromised Souls-likes. He also said in the 2023 video that he hadn't played AC6, hence my assertion that he likely forgot about it here.

[@Yoinqe]

I would assume that the reason AC Syndicate got an update instead of other AC games is because the game didn’t work on the PS5

[@mindrover777]

😂 indeed

[@peteparker22]

I actually loved Syndicate. Glad it's on sale now too

[@marrow94]

It did after one single update in 2020, 4 years ago, now it's just better

[@Lyoko42o]

Truee ​@@marrow94

[@syrupsweater]

It's the last one they made that isn't just ubified bloat too 👀

[@schneckenwilly]

Would be interesting to see a difference between PSSR and Checkerboard Rendering from a 1440P basis.

[@Dave_H834]

That’s what she said.

[@cube2fox]

Would be interesting to see the difference between PSSR and the new Guerilla Games upscaler which they are using in Horizon Forbidden West for PS5 Pro.

[@iurigrang]

​@@cube2fox they aren't available on the same content tho? Tough to make a comparison

[@BrunoMael]

1440p basis is super fine on PSSR, the problem is below 1080p

[@rashed434]

Doesn’t the TLOU2 use checkerboarding to 4k from 1440p for the performance mode on the base?

[@Xshinobi2k8]

The opinions expressed regarding Sony’s intended acquisition of Kadokawa were a bit odd to me. Kadokawa is a massive media conglomerate who has subsidiaries in many different industries (anime, film, manga, book publication, gaming, etc.), I mean Kadokawa even owns Famitsu. They also own some pretty significant game development studios outside of just From Software like Acquire (Octopath Traveler, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, etc.) and Spike Chunsoft (Danganronpa, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Shiren the Wanderer, etc.) all of whom work with publishers that offer games on many different platforms outside of Sony’s. Kadokawa was pretty good at allowing their subsidiaries to work with outside companies to achieve their goals, which in end benefits the consumer. Sony’s ever-expanding grip on the anime and manga industries also raises concern. To add to it, Sony is not as receptive to offering their products on their competitor’s platform and not to mention Sony’s recent PC policies when it comes to requiring PSN accounts (that are limited to specific regions) that would lock out a lot of PC gamers from even being able to purchase their games, if Sony is successful, many people from specific regions of the world who have played and loved games from Kadokawa’s subsidiaries (From, Spike, etc.) would not have access to those companies’ future releases on PC. So overall, I think that if the acquisition were to go through, it would be a negative for many industries and I don’t think that From’s games maybe having better framerates on one platform would be better for many consumers who would no longer even have access to purchase their games (and many other products).

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Bro u championed Microsoft buying Bethesda and activision now you are upset at Sony!! Lmao u Xbox fans are too sensitive

[@Red_Nanaki]

Lmao if this was Xbox buying it you wouldn’t be saying shit

[@theanimerapper6351]

Ever expanding grip on anime? They don't own many anime ip though, just streaming services and distributions

[@manapause]

As a pc gamer, Oliver’s take is insane. I think he’s really wrong, and nothing good would come of Sonny having control of From.

[@AnEyeRacky]

Sorry, but after all of you ( the royal you) were praising Microsoft for buying 2 of the biggest game publishers in the world, and the exclusivity that came out of it, you don't get to be against this one. 🤷 You (the royal you) had every opportunity for over a year to express your concerns over these practices. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, you (the royal you) are simply a bunch of hypocrites. The 1 *MUCH* smaller publisher Sony has purchased, in retaliation, at least stayed 3rd party 🤷 Microsoft left cod 3rd party because they literally have to, everything else was exclusive... You're entire rant when put into context paints you as nothing but a fanboy honestly. Especially when this is still a rumor, and if it even goes through, there is no evidence that it would be exclusive, since the only publisher Sony has bought, has remained 3rd party after being acquired. The company that started all this, did the opposite, those are the facts

[@Rahxephon91]

Callisto Protocol is the hidden gem for PS5 Pro. Looks amazing.

[@CJ-hj8cs]

This and Stellar blade

[@DylanOakley-v3k]

Agreed, both look insane 🤙

[@residentidiot5998]

Why can’t we just build games around targeting a native resolution at least around 1440p on console hardware?

[@mjc0961]

You can target a render resolution of 1440p, but if you connect the console to a 2160p display, some upscaling is going to have to occur unless you're okay with the 1440p image surrounded by a black border.

[@residentidiot5998]

Yeah, I know. I’m saying upscaling from 1440p is a good start to eventually getting back to native 4K.

[@AnEyeRacky]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most people watching DF, literally can't see the difference between 1440p and 4k, they are only looking for the number on the top of the screen during comparisons so they can shit on each other's choice of plastic they game on...

[@Jonatan606]

​@AnEyeRacky Source: Trust me bro

[@AnEyeRacky]

@@Jonatan606 congrats, you can read. The majority of people who watch DF content, watch it on KZbin, which is famous for its quality (sarcasm obviously), on a cellphone screen, in 1080p. Source: Digital fucking Foundry lol I said what I said

[@TommyBull2]

Pssr is about 1 month old. It will be fine.

[@killerklinge52]

It has problems with UE5 Games, but it works great on UE4 and sonys own engines, right now

[@AnEyeRacky]

​@@killerklinge52UE5 has problems on its own. Nobody should care how upscalers work with it when it runs shitty on its own 🤷

[@kainairsoft2331]

@@killerklinge52What hasn't have problems with UE5

[@AbrahamZX1]

Actually, it isn't and devs are using old versions of PSSR according to an anonymous PlayStation employee. I'm surprised only Daniel has covered that info.

[@mjc0961]

1 month after FSR first launched, we could have said "FSR has only been out for one month. It will be fine." We would have been wrong, FSR still sucks and is still the worst upscaling option. There's absolutely no reason to conclude that PISSER will be fine just because it's one month old.

[@danielweiss4498]

what was not mentioned was e.g. PS5 pro pssr in Hogwarts looks extremely good

[@_Refurbished_]

No one talks about Hogwarts. I think it’s the most drastic change (in performance mode) that I’ve seen yet on the Pro.

[@deschain1910]

@@_Refurbished_ Probably not getting the clicks... I will say that I thought the game was surprisingly good compared with what I was expecting.

[@Game4Lord]

@@deschain1910Please. It was a half baked third person shooter with underwhelming Ubisoft design elements that even Ubisoft themselves can implement better.

[@deschain1910]

@@Game4Lord Shallow critique... That game wasn't mainly about the action gameplay, and if you think that's all there is to a game then I don't know what to tell you. Really, the game was just about being pleasant to play while also being a Hogwarts theme park, and that's it. It succeeded at this better than I thought it would. Honestly, I don't even know what you think you're responding to here. I said that it was surprisingly good compared with what I was expecting, so you don't even know what I was comparing it to. 😆

[@_Refurbished_]

@@deschain1910 It almost looks like a Remastered version of the game on the Pro.

[@coffee.coyote]

I'm very disappointed with decisions made in game patches for PS5 Pro. If dev teams are not able to make their games good looking with PSSR, why they not stick to TSR or FSR 3.1

[@froggydarren]

@@coffee.coyote it's been a month, let them find there footing and then we can judge how well it works when used correctly as it's not a magic bullet

[@TheGoncas2]

Sony should rework PSSR at low resolutions, right now it is an outright failure in those cases and you're better of with FSR2.

[@xtremegamer78]

PSSR will improve overtime

[@mkrv788]

​@@TheGoncas2 Não é um fracasso não já que todos os jogos praticamente melhoraram com o psssr, só o silent hill 2 está ruim

[@jasonrussell7387]

Jesus christ pssr has just come out!!How long has dlss been available and that still has problems!!!!!!!

[@alzzer3414]

Feel it's a wee bit disingenuous to dismiss the concerns of fans of Fromsoft's games who'd rather not have access to future titles locked to PSN - which may not even be available in their country - or an expensive console they have no other need for because "it'd probably mean better fps"

[@kommandantvhs4994]

Are you kidding? exclusivity and heavy censorship will be a win-win for everybody!!!

[@hododod246]

Expensive console :D You can find Playstation digital version for around 300 dollar. On the other hand with 300 dollar PC, you can open 10 tabs in chrome.

[@HastyElderHaman]

People tend to only respond to things that directly affect them. That being said, I think PC enthusiasts steering the conversation to a hypothetical future where you have to login to PSN on PC, might get access after console and perhaps lose access to From Software titles in specific regions while completely ignoring Xbox users (as well as a potential Switch 2) is really quite telling. It shows me that it's all about me me me me and little to do with the people that will be most affected by an acquisition: the workers at the studio. If you're a fan of From Software games (or Spike Chunsoft/Acquire which just get completely ignored and disregarded in these hardcore spaces even though they make games that plenty of people love) you should be more worried about Miyazaki and other people in leadership positions at From Software leaving because of this acquisition than timed exclusivity. Seriously, these games don't happen without all these people busting their butts making them. Acquisitions suck for workers, suck for consumers and haven't really been great for many companies in the gaming space. They reduce the amount of options workers have by funneling the bigger IPs in a select few companies. This is bad for us, when there are only a few big companies controlling a large part of the revenue of an industry, they can dictate things in such a way that there are few other options. Also yes, PlayStation is being dumb about the PSN login and region nonsense on PC, no disagreement there, I just don't think it's really the main thing to worry about here.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Cry harder Sony is buying them and making them exclusive. U have Bethesda and activision so sit this one out champ

[@dmytrosoboliev935]

​@@kommandantvhs4994said nobody anywhere 😅

[@nik12937]

I wish more reviewers (as in literally any of them) would bring up how broken the AI seems to be in Stalker 2. They seem wholly incapable of flanking or taking cover in any meaningful way (unlike the original 3 games), to the point where simply standing inside a building and firing out will see most of the human AI running in circles, standing in the open, or somehow losing track of where the character is. The first 3 games had some actually clever AI, whereas this one feels like glorified COD AI. All of that is also overlooking the fact that A-Life 2 is either bugged, or outright not in the game. I get that performance is bad, but even if it's improved, the core game is just mind-numbingly easy because of these problems.

[@Hermes4ndMind]

I'm glad you mentioned it. I feel the same. Humans are blind to tactics but can see you through a forest of foliage. The (not so) various mutants? They only know rushing at you. But I've found the ultimate weapon against dogs: a crate. Stand on a crate or barrel, they instantly lose you & run back to hide. Jump back on the ground, they suddenly come running. Alternate both so they never get close to you. Their attack pattern is so annoying I'm not even sorry for using that. I love exploring this game, the weapons are cool, but they really need to improve the AI.

[@ricardocesteves4138]

As a former gaming journalist, allow me to say how much I appreciate your work, DF. Not only is the content entertaining and informative, I think DF has become one of the consumer's best defenses against poor optimizations, especially on PC. Thank you, guys, keep up the great work! And yes, we need to exterminate those terrible stutters!!!

[@shredenvain7]

WTF Oliver is on here hoping for from software to go exclusive to Sony? Your fanboy is showing! Sony buying From Soft will not fix the frame time issues because both OG Demon souls and Bloodborne have frame pacing issues! Sony doesn't care about their releases with From software and that is obvious. Jason Schrier has stated that even if Sony can afford to buy their parent company that the games will remain 3rd party!

[@shredenvain7]

Hey Alex, Stalker 2 was developed and published by GSC Gameworld. Also GSC Gameworld has stated they had to heavily modify UE5 on the memory management side which may hinder them from updating UE5 engine versions.

[@adamdavis1737]

What is up with Silent Hill 2!? That was the game I was most looking forward to playing on the pro and all it did was discourage me from continuing it. Just hoping for a patch It doesn't even feel like any of the patches they released were actually a pro patch and instead It was just listed that way Performance didn't really seem all that much better, not some special pro high frame rate mode. And the graphics were broken on both modes. Insane

[@valiantthor5238]

Same here, i bought it for PS5 Pro Launch and im disappointed with „this“ Game.

[@sonervisuals]

Same here, I've literally waited for my PS5 Pro to finish Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake 2 DLCs and Wukong with better performance, but right now they're all a mess

[@tykjenffs]

Gotta give Bloober Games more time. Its an Indie team more or less.

[@cristopher8186]

Good thing I decided to wait lmao, I’ll get the pro once gta 6 comes out 😂

[@watchmejumpstart24]

At this point they may as well remove the "enhanced" label from the store. Exact same boat. Haven't even finished the game because of it all.

[@strangevision99]

Syndicate had graphical issues on PS5, but about a year ago Sony updated something and it was fixed, along with a few other titles.

[@rahulshankar9169]

Did it fix The Warriors and Manhunt?

[@Narniak69]

Stalker 2's biggest issues are the broken scripted "A-life" enemy spawning, and the terrible controller support with no deadzone options. The fact that neither of these gigantic problems will be addressed with the incoming patch this week is extremely concerning for the future of the game. "We are aware of these issues and working on fixes" is not good enough when you already launched the game at full price to your customers. I am sick and tired of the video game industry somehow continuously getting away with this disgusting practice of selling broken / unfinished products.

[@RockoBam1]

Unreal Engine 5 is awful in pretty much every game. It's absolutely ridiculous nearly every developer is moving to it. The Red Engine that Cyberpunk uses in it's latest iteration is superior to every EU5 title, it runs well and looks great on a variety of hardware. UE5 can look great but always has traversal stutter and frame rate issues. I've a 4090 and it makes no difference. UE4 was bad as it was, Hogwarts is basically unplayable on my pc and it was one of the last uses of the engine.

[@ThomasVvV]

Yeah, 4 years after one of the worst launches in history (worse than any UE5 game ever btw) Cyberscam looks acceptable... why do CDPR fans try to rewrite history that hard? CDPR is also moving away from their own engine to UE5. For good reasons, their next game wont release as bad as Cyberscam

[@AnEyeRacky]

​@@ThomasVvV cyberpunk has been stable for years...

[@aquaneon8012]

@@ThomasVvV people have short term memory. they only think of now and not the past. The horrible launch IS the reason why cdpr is moving away from redengine to ue5. RedEngine was making it take way too difficult and long to make cyberpunk thus the buggy and broken launch.

[@mitchellbrinkerdp]

i have a 14900k/4090 and ive never had an issue with any UE5 game. they've all worked perfectly. also, cyberpunk is pretty stable now, but it took years to get there. the devs are switching engines because of the issues they had with the red engine.

[@ume-f5j]

@@aquaneon8012 ​ "CD Projekt Red's Art Director, Jakub Knapik, noted that thanks to Epic's collaboration with many other studios there are already many desirable features in Unreal Engine 5. "The fact that Unreal is used by a lot of teams already in the world, a lot of perspectives are projected into the design of the tools and that helps the tool to be way more agile." As such, CDPR will benefit from the ideas of other Unreal users." RED engine at its current state has given rise to the most stable running AAA open world game available at the moment. Don't believe me? Watch DF's video's on CDPR's engine switch. Why would the irrelevant past state of a currently perfectly stable engine affect their decision making?

[@maynardburger]

Having delayed FROM games on PC would be a step back. Oli doesn't seem to realize that most of From games are multiplatform on Day 1 already. And PC is a very popular platform for their games, too.

[@PDXpunk]

For real. Historically speaking, Fromsoft games have released on current gen consoles at 30 fps. It would be really really unfortunate, if more of their work was, like Bloodborne, trapped at 30 fps indefinitely.

[@LegacyRap7777]

@@maynardburger even though I often argue with you PC gamers on here, I agree with y'all on this one, gotta have PC port ready to go launch day.

[@alumlovescake]

Yeah and none of their PC ports actually work properly

[@ordinaryfantansy3526]

Nah you guys go play dating simulators in the meanwhile

[@gothpunkboy89]

From games aren't cross play enabled. So a PC delay wouldn't impact anyone.

[@fabbrobbaf]

Basically PSSR is doing great with games that don't need it whereas it's falling short of expectations with those that actually needed it...

[@sermerlin1]

And it is curious innit? Falling short of expectations with those that actually needed it... Telling me few things really... First of those that actually needed it before even PSSR, it ran like dog sh*t and looked like dog sh*t (silent hill 2, jedi survivor, for example). Curiously PSSR couldn't help things... As it needs some work to implement it and not just a tick to check and it'll run. To me it tells a story of incompetent developers that are not so skilled in coding and making things work back end but rather just rely on the stuff that's been put there by engineers at epic (both use unreal engine). It's curious again though that a properly tuned game like callisto protocol which ALSO uses unreal engine... Looks brilliant with PSSR. Then again UE4 titles like FF7 rebirth and stellar blade also look mighty brilliant with PSSR, where the game even before PSSR looked good enough (thou rebirth was very blurry in gameplay) and after proper PSSR implementation, both games just improved drastically. Unique proprietary engines I don't even need mentioning from the likes of insomniac, santa monica, naughty dog, nixxes, blue point games, PSSR looks just outstanding pushing the games to look so clean. It's just curious as if a pattern is drawn that reveals competent and incompetent developers at hand.

[@imo098765]

​@@sermerlin1 but Callisto isnt that demanding in comparison to other RT/Lumen and Nanite features And we cant call the devs incompetent when we have an example of an AI upscaler working properly at the lower resolutions on PC The Silent Hill 2 segment shows that the TAA option is better, so how can it be the developers? its the upscaler isnt suited for lower resolutions. All those in-house engines you mentioned are running the games at a higher base resolution on the PS5 Amateur, so when given more gpu power and upscaling it will look better

[@sermerlin1]

@imo098765 how can it be? Because you need to take time to implement it in the pipe line. Make all the assets shaders and parameters work with the upscaler. Se how the upscaler UPSCALES and then further optimize the upscalers parameters/code as well as shaders/assets so that it works better. By the looks of it bloober did nothing of the sort and is reason why lumen looks like dog sh*t with PSSR and why RT is so glitchy. Callisto IS actually pretty much a demanding title but it's damn well OPTIMIZED title so it looks good and runs very stable while having RT shadows AND reflections while running at 1440p and above. It's completely the JOB of developers to optimize every aspect of their engine, assets, shaders, vfx. The poorly working games with PSSR literally indicate just that. Poorly done job as when job is done right (lets excluse first party) it shows outstanding improvements. Increased texture resolve. Much better anti aliasing effect and more stable image overall. Respawn and bloober teams are just not competent to dish out performing working game and it's a fact. If PSSR was bad as well as development for PS5 pro then we wouldn't see good results. AT ALL.

[@jayroman3384]

Rebirth 100% needed it

[@Cappyey]

@@sermerlin1It’s about greedy publishers, not incompetent developers. Developers have to make whatever the publisher wants, exactly in the way that they want it. It’s up to the publisher to give the developers the money and time to make a game.

[@NetshadeX]

Another Stalker 2 issue that's very prominent (and already acknowledged by the devs) is the broken controller support. There is 0 deadzone on the analog sticks meaning the character becomes extremely hard to control and feels like he's gliding across ice. Now on the PC version you could argue a lot of players are on K&M but that certainly doesn't apply to the vast majority of Xbox gamers. I actually had to stop playing because the floaty feel of the game actually induced motion sickness for me. A simple dead zone slider in the menu would have solved the issue.

[@Gvines723]

I believe there is a patch supposed to be coming this week to improve the problem

[@NetshadeX]

@@Gvines723 Sadly, it won't be in the upcoming patch, it's listed under known issues that will be helped in the future. I'll just have to be patient.

[@Phil_529]

They have mouse acceleration and smoothing enabled. I had to do a custom ini file to fix it. Unbelievably horrible for them to ship it like that.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

The biggest issue is the series s it’s ruined every Xbox game so sad

[@JustFun-ho6qy]

The series S has nothing to do with the fact that Stalker 2 is currently a janky open world shooter which is missing every single key features that might have elevated it above the level of generic Ubisoft slop like far cry.

[@Not_Lewis]

Are you guys not talking about MSFS 2024? Haven't seen any coverage about it, not even any discussion points in these weekly podcasts. It had a disastrous launch, arguably worse than stalker, but is the tech underneath is something to be explored?

[@davillain9974]

MSFS2024 launch is a mess! Far worst than Stalker 2 from what I'm hearing. Most PC gamers are talking about it more than the console version topics. I too thought DF was gonna cover it but I think they're gonna wait for patches. Not to mention, the game launch undetected by most outlets

[@Spartan_83]

Was great for me other than the first day, but it's been great ever since.

[@MazLad]

Yeah it didn't really take off

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Dead on arrival just a typical Xbox game

[@Game4Lord]

@@pinny_wiz8090Y'all on PS had the biggest flop of the last 15 years that didn't so much as last two weeks before it was shut down. Sit down.

[@eded9157]

The good news is PS5 customer will probably have a decent out-of-the-box experience with Stalker 2 after months of updates

[@Umbrella.Pharmaceuticals]

I really hope they manage to fix the issues around A-life. They did announce that a patch is in the works and will be apart of a future update.

[@juanblanco7898]

Lol. LMAO even. I wish for you to end up being right, though.

[@TheGoncas2]

PSSR **should not** be comparable to FSR2, specially when you're comparing to a console with less GPU power. It makes the entire point of the Pro console redundant.

[@JobbyFraggle]

Unless you want your dynamic resoltion scaling games to hit their max target and run at 60fps consistently... there are more benefits to the Pro than just the PSSR upscaling. The bump in power and the PS4 enhancement were enough for me to trade up to a Pro. Playing my PS4 games on PS5 (which I do a lot) on a 4K TV with 1080p UI is terrible, and the enhancements are very, very welcome.

[@TheGoncas2]

​@@JobbyFraggleExcept the 30% bump in power is practically negated by the higher PSSR processing cost.

[@jaknauf]

Why did my brain have a strange reaction to seeing Alex on the bottom Left of the screen?

[@guillaumeSONY]

It's crazy now how buying a game day one is the worst idea, guess I'm going to wait more on Silent Hill 2...

[@spazco8669]

it's the most expensive way to play the worst version of the game.

[@AndreThompson925]

So the Pro is definitely not the no brainer pick up like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X were. Maybe M$ actually got it right this time just defaulting to a PC if you want a better gaming experience.

[@alister101]

Black Flag didn't get a patch and won't because of the remaster/remake on the way, as for Unity they would actually have to work for it.

[@Segundachanceemgames]

Honestly, I'm starting to think people should sue Sony. The whole "you don't need to choose performance or quality in games anymore, we're gonna match both", talk was complete BS, even though most of us knew that, it was pretty much false advertisement

[@tomekkrr7806]

Just imagine Xbox would do it… big shitstorm…

[@TheUriahFoundation]

I don't think you can sue for issues with third party implementation... But yeah go for it!

[@FungeHucker]

It's true in the majority of games now though. You get the original "quality" mode at 60fps. If it's annoying people that there's still a 30fps mode then that's just weird. Why not give the option for higher fidelity graphics 🤔

[@AnEyeRacky]

Please do it. I only wish I could be there when they embarass you for trying to sue over something so ridiculous

[@RKramer105]

PSSR is definitely undercooked and released before it was done to put it extremely charitably.

[@retrowrath9374]

You got to remember with UE5 is that the newer features for Nanite as said 46:42 came later, 5.5 has support for Nanite skeletal meshes now but they can't just convert everything to Nanite, there are certain issues that need to be resolved. I converted my Metahuman to Nanite skeletal mesh and it crashes, also some meshes don't look right so it could include more bugs. Nanite foliage is fantastic though, no pop in at all but with Nanite you still have to be carful of overdraw which brings the performance down of Nanite meshes when you layer too many.

[@cube2fox]

The release notes for version 5.5 don't mention Nanite skeletal meshes anywhere.

[@retrowrath9374]

@@cube2fox It's in the Skeletal mesh settings, Nanite Settings>Enable Nanite Support

[@cube2fox]

@@retrowrath9374 Strange that this isn't mentioned in the release announcements or the official 5.5 change log.

[@SKHYJINX]

ALEX, There is a DLSS mod to replace FSR2 in The Callisto Protocol 👍 a file swap and your good to go, use the gfx menu the same way, select FSR2 quality presets and it uses the DLSS equivalent mode.

[@lhtakahashi]

Not only for this game. FSRBridge worked on all UE4 games with exclusive FSR2.

[@jamessinclair6729]

Syndicate was completely broken on PS5 in back compat. Shadows were flickering intensely and bleeding into indoor areas. I’ve waited for this fix for years!

[@bagelbomb1887]

Well you obviously missed it because Syndicate was patched for PS5 years ago and ran The same as X Box and now obviously runs better.

[@jjnet123]

It's been fixed for a good couple years now btw so you could have played it sooner

[@E_Sunbro]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is really good, but even with the Day 0 patch, it is really rough. Tons of crashes, and odd performance behavior that triggers after an unknown period of time. When this manifests, having any NPC on screen causes the game to drop to 10FPS until they're offscreen again. It actually hit my system so hard I had to hold the power button to shut down because it locked my whole PC up. This is with a 9800X3D and RTX 4080 Super for reference.

[@etienne1062]

Yeah. They make it sound like the game is currently in an ok state. Well, maybe it's not as catastrophic as it did, but it seems far from viable, from the videos I've seen. And if you have this experience with 9800X3D/4080, imagine what people with more mainstream configurations are experiencing..

[@Hermes4ndMind]

Alt-tabbing can stop the game from spiraling out of control, if you catch the massive framedrops soon enough. Works maybe 40% of the time. Even CP77 at release didn't crash like that. I've started savescumming, not because it's too hard, but because the numerous crashes ARE the worst enemies.

[@The13579097531]

Thinking I will have to wait at least 6 months before I play it so it can be in a better state. Waited years before playing Cyberpunk, so nothing new.

[@konvictz0007]

With the games that have bad PSSR implementation, they should just keep the base PS5 modes but just use the PS5 Pro's horsepower to enhance it. That way people get a better than PS5 experience, and when PSSR is fixed with those games- you get a substantial boost.

[@ChicagoBulls1984]

At least have a toggle for the base modes

[@rsmrichy00]

Sony acquiring FromSoft's parent company is nothing but bad news. We already know that future FromSoft games wouldn't come to Xbox at all (if acquired by Sony) and they may not even hit PC Day One (given FF7Rebirth, Stellar Blade, FF16, Rise of the Ronin etc). Edit: To all the morons who think I'm a "crying Xbot," I have a Series X, PS5, RTX 4090 & 7800X3D PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck and the PS Portal. It's just plain stupid that Sony is taking away games from Xbox while Xbox is giving them games like Indiana Jones, COD, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Sea of Thieves, etc.

[@yonkocommander5531]

it's either Sony or Tencent but they're being sold regardless, pick your poison

[@froggydarren]

​@@yonkocommander5531non Japanese entities arnt allowed to own majority stakes in Japanese companies, it's law so that's tencent out

[@yonkocommander5531]

@ I’m just saying that they’re making Sony’s interest public which is a final bid, either way they’re getting sold to another big company and most likely Japanese, with those conditions I would always prefer a company that’s very invested and serious about the video game industry, aside from Nintendo, I think the current Sony (that’s now more open to multi-platform releases) is likely the best option.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

@@yonkocommander5531dude don’t listen to these cry babies, Sony is buying them and the xbots cry

[@JobbyFraggle]

Nothing's going to happen to FromSoft if their games don't go to Xbox. They'd be on PC and PS5, I doubt there were even that many sales on Xbox platforms to begin with. Microsoft is shitting the bed left and right with Xbox at the moment, so the player base just isn't really there.

[@steveybiggunzgaming8118]

The black ops issue is only in the 60 fps mode on ps5 pro. If your playing 120 mode i haven't seen any issues and it plays and looks amazing

[@pratyushkumar885]

What resolution does the pro target at 120 fps? Also, does it use pssr?

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Sony better

[@PupilofN]

PSSR seams to do some work to texture/shadow maps in first party/exclusive titles. So the flickering problem may not be from the upscaling.

[@takeshinakamura4543]

When are you guys covering the GTA definitive trilogy patch? stop making more silent hill 2 videos please there are enough

[@Crackalacking_Z]

Cell got too big, expensive and over-engineered ... so they gimped the GPU and still sold the PS3 at a massive loss. Shame it all blew up in their faces.

[@neuroflare]

1:14:30 did Rich earnestly use "streets ahead?" Because that's incredible

[@alphacompton]

I still believe in Unreal engine 5. I think it looks great , I know it doesn't run the best but it's getting a lot of games out the door that might not have been made due to research and development in game engines. Unreal engine has a ton of resources for developers to make experiences possible. The idea that game developers can spend more of their time making game content instead of the technology used to power those games is real and working just with poor performance but it does work.

[@what-di3vb]

i fully agree with this which is why i wish epic put in more resources in making it a more stable and performant engine rather than artificially degrading its performance ceiling. some unreal games genuinely look unreal but sometimes i do ask myself if the next gen consoles running the best versions of unreal 4 with maybe a performance boost to ray tracing and just a few other updates wouldve helped

[@pedroferrr1412]

Unfortunately, John Carmack "type" of developers era is gone. I think, the adoption of UE engine, by most developers, is sign of that! Today, is a mix of greed and incompetence, in my view.

[@HiCZoK]

26:00 the studios have hundreds of people working there. I am sure remedy can ask one dev to take 1 day to replace the damn DLL and tweak ini file.

[@3KPK3]

Waiting patiently for your MSFS 2024 analysis on PC.

[@thehankmiller]

I was hoping to hear John or Oliver discuss the new lightning modes for the GTA Trilogy. Perhaps we can get a standalone video soon that covers the changes in detail?

[@J-Sin]

I don't understand the love for UE5. Absolute dog shit on consoles and not much better on pc. This game is an UE issue, not a pro issue

[@e2rqey]

Nah it's both

[@Jonatan606]

UE has many issues, of which they have pointed out many times. What they are praising is the advancement in real time lighting and reflections.

[@jeffcarrier9808]

1:16:08 The stutter shown here is NOT the microstutter which the Portal update resolved. This looks like network based hitch (packet loss). Has nothing to do with the frame-pacing (59.94hz vs 60.00hz) issue that the firmware DID resolve. (The fix is Portal can now set screen to 59.94hz to avoid frame-pacing issue)

[@bobocpe]

Who the hell needs 8k/30? Uou won't see the diffetence sitting 6f away from your TV.

[@electrikoptik]

8K TV owner here. You do see the difference from 6 ft.

[@samgoff5289]

@@electrikoptikthere are dozens of us, DOZENS! Meme

[@yonkocommander5531]

@@electrikoptikyou won't see a big difference 6ft away from a 65 inch tv but you'll definitely see the difference with a 98 inch tv

[@pedroferrr1412]

@@yonkocommander5531 And what content do you see at 8K ? none, of course...or just some demos..

[@ryno1808]

LOLLL you see the difference holy moly

[@christov8752]

I’ve been using the portal since the update and it’s much improved since 4.0. I think the image quality is fantastic. I’ve noticed no latency and it runs buttery smooth. I think you should give it more credit.

[@HueyTheDoctor]

We gotta stop glazing Unity until they patch it to be 60fps and at least 1440p native on current gen. Most of us never even played a decent version of it. On Xbox One it was like trying to play a great game while someone was repeatedly hitting you on the head with the spicy end of a claw hammer. That same XBONE code runs identically on Series X to this day. Every time a player loads Unity on console, a fairy loses her wings or some shit. I could almost forgive the LOD nightmare if everything wasn't blurry, aliasing and framey as hell. Imagine cooking that hard only to realise there's isnt enough cutlery.

[@dethskullcrusher]

Silent Hill 2 really needs a 40 FPS mode.

[@parsashirali8957]

It needs proper optimization. The base ps5 is doing better than the pro. Thats insane

[@Lyoko42o]

​@@parsashirali8957where are you seeing that, if anything pro is better

[@LegacyRap7777]

​@@parsashirali8957even if that's the case right now, be on the lookout for an update patch for silent hill 2, where clearly the Pro will be the better version, just like every other game that's properly optimized.

[@glenmcl]

I've got a 100 FPS mode. What do you mean?

[@TheLucasbuck]

Not sure if you checked but AC Syndicate has big performance issues on the Pro if the PS4 upscaler is turned on. Switch it off for AC Syndicate and it's smooth sailing. PS Syndicate is my favourite AC after Odyssey so was very happy they gave this free update.

[@Paakli]

Options, please Sony. Give us options.

[@EVPointMaster]

You know what platform has options? ;)

[@tanzolo4487]

They shouldn’t. It’s a console game. It should just be good out of the box.

[@liamd251293]

Movie flaming getting a shout out was great, his book vs film comparisons are unrivaled

[@Fulthrotle73]

Let us get Bespoke.

[@purebaldness]

The concept of a *bespoke* DF video sounds quite _compelling._ I'll be _curious_ to see how the rest of the episode unfolds, _in the here and now._

[@tanzolo4487]

@@purebaldnessThis one is better than the original comment

[@purebaldness]

@@tanzolo4487 Ha! Thanks. I should have thrown in 'cromulent' somewhere...

[@maxminy5634]

Interesting that calisto protocol is not using pssr either. I thought the marketing suggested it. Either way it’s good that they were able to get those RT features in and boost image quality and frame rate from the base ps5 performance mode.

[@1down12go]

In Gran Turismo, when pssr is enabled, you can no longer see rain in the cockpit view. PSSR looks very bad in Gran Turismo.

[@LegacyRap7777]

Gran Turismo has been the most disappointing for me, especially since I had to download the insanely large file all over again just to test the pro update, and yeah idk, the crew motor fest looks wayyy better even

[@freezer6963]

I turned 120hz off and my car looked oily in the night 😂

[@froggydarren]

Emmmm you do see the droplets 🤷 the image resolve needs work but with the amount of RT they have running at 60fps is actually impressive

[@froggydarren]

​@@LegacyRap7777it looks way cleaner as it's doing nothing fancy, I think it looks fantastic but compared to what GT7 is pushing out at 60fps it's a big difference

[@kamrankazemifar]

I ended up refunding my PS5 Pro and kept my PS5, I got the pro for Silent Hill 2 and the image was just constantly breaking up and not worth the cost. I don’t want to guess which game has a noticeably better experience especially for 3rd party games, I was also looking forward to a Pro enhanced Cyberpunk which isn’t going to happen.

[@RKramer105]

Wow those trails on the leaves are still VERY distracting. PC version at least I was able to fix that by editing the config file. Sadly 1.6 doesn't fix traversal stutter on any version so they may never fix it. 1.6 for PC did fix dualsense functionality and the one bug I was seing which was mannequin's getting stuck and T-posing after death so outside of the very distracting traversal stutter PC is mostly feature complete with editing the config and of course a few mods but that's down to personal taste.

[@MrOP66]

Special thanks for Oliver for very objective and sound arguments.

[@corey2232]

Wait, did Oliver really spend all that time talking about how it'd be a GOOD thing if Sony bought From Soft, all because it might help the frame rates of their games?! That's it? And you guys are acting like only Xbox might lose games. You do realize most Sony games come to PC much later after release, right? And games like Demon Souls & Bloodborne NEVER have? Crazy to see how dismissive yall are because you think only Xbox would lose out.

[@HeyKyle]

Microsoft has proven time and time again that they fail at checking on the companies they own for quality assurance. Not that I’d want Fromsoft to be owned by Sony but it is a good point…

[@corey2232]

@HeyKyle But MS doesn't own From Soft, so I'm not sure what you're getting at. I'm a PC-only guy, and I don't want future From Soft games to have 1 to 3 year delays getting to PC, or have Sony have them develop sequels to Bloodborne & Demon Souls just to keep them PS exclusive. And even though Nintendo is rarely discussed in the equation, Switch 2 is coming next year. Sony making From Soft games PS exclusive affects more Xbox, Nintendo & PC.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

You didn’t mind when Microsoft both Bethesda or activision though? Sony is buying fromsoft and making them ps and pc so sit this one out.

[@dmytrosoboliev935]

And you lost what exactly ? Starfield ? Not a big loss. And Call of Duty releases on PS anyway​@@pinny_wiz8090

[@gothpunkboy89]

​@@dmytrosoboliev935And losing future From games isn't a big deal either for xbox players.

[@tdome3000]

59:30 Maybe, but it's not. The original Syndicate was broken on the PS5 and they had to update it. 1:01:15 No, there are massive issues with flickering shadows.

[@mr.b1613]

Microsoft opened the floodgates for large acquisitions and bought Zenimax then made games like Starfield, redfall, and Indiana Jones exclusive. Sony has every right to do the same with FromSoftware. Besides, Sony helped FromSoft pioneer the Souls games into existence with Demon's Souls and garnered a hardcore fanbase with Bloodborne so it would not be all that surprising for Sony to own FromSoft considering past partnerships and their success.

[@Frojj]

This!

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Agree and all the people crying now are the same who championed Microsoft buying everything they could.

[@LuizFernando-li1du]

Doesn't mean it's a great thing either. Or a bad thing. It could go either way imo.

[@foolishoptimist9903]

2:14:49 But you just admitted that the Cell was used to make up for the RSX’ weakness. The problem with the Cell was that it was difficult to utilise, compared to Xenon, not that it wasn’t as powerful as advertised. PS3 games looking/performing worse was largely a result of weak/old RSX not the Cell.

[@modestyblaise4167]

Regarding Xbox backwards compatibility of 360 games, I think we already know the future. The fact that everyone upgrading from Xbox One to Series S couldn’t use their discs says everything you need to know. Nobody really made a fuss and it appears that MS just ‘got way with it’. How about Series X discs (a license key in many cases) being used on future hardware? Will those machines have drives? With Xbox fans being quite against disc drives on their consoles, the trend is just going to continue, which stinks. Digital 360 games on PC? Yeah, they will use the cloud which again stinks. Either that or nothing.

[@mckenleymason1212]

Alex's hate for the Cell processor and saying it was overhyped and comparing it to "The power of the cloud" or "Blast processing" was crazy! The CELL processor was actually used in many games to greatness. Look at GOW3, Killzone 2, and Uncharted 2 as examples. And Oliver using Motorstorm is a GREAT example as to why the CELL was GREAT!!!

[@uncario]

If Sony owned FromSoft, I wouldn’t be surprised if all the important ppl like Miyazaki leave the studio…

[@troy8420]

Yeah, interesting that they just focused on the technical and exclusivity side of things. I'm much more concerned about Sony getting involved in the development of their games, and basically ruining Fromsoft. The day Miyazaki leaves will be a sad day for that studio.

[@Nine7-f2k]

@@troy8420 Why would they? They don't do it with their other big studios so I don't see why this would be any different..

[@imo098765]

@@Nine7-f2k because everyone SONY has bought since 2020 has had issues with games, studios ripped apart (Bungie) and studios closed down

[@sean_mc]

@@Nine7-f2k Buddy, have you just entirely missed the what they've done to Bungie? They just forced them to cut a load of employees and a restructure.

[@sean_mc]

@@troy8420 I don't know what Oliver was on here with this view that exclusivity would make FromSoft games better. We already saw their attempt at a PS exclusive - Bloodborne, and despite being a great looking game, it was still wrought with performance issues and lacked contemporary graphical features of the time. The Demon Souls remake was done by Bluepoint (with Japan Studio RIP) using Bluepoint's own engine. FromSoft had nothing to do with it and I highly doubt they'd use Bluepoint's engine going forward.

[@kalafalas246]

For some reason remote play with the official app stutters. But when I use chiaki on either my computer or my steam deck, it’s a buttery smooth dream. I forget it’s a stream while I’m playing

[@dethskullcrusher]

For anyone interested there's a DLSS mod for the Callisto Protocol, and it aliviates most of the stutters in game.

[@valiantthor5238]

This is about the PS5 Pro Version……not PC

[@starbez]

​@@valiantthor5238"For anyone interested"

[@speedracer2please]

Whoa, the upscaling affects the stutters? I wonder how that's connected

[@pinny_wiz8090]

We don’t use mods here we are clean shaven men

[@dmytrosoboliev935]

​@@pinny_wiz8090you mean soy boys ?

[@JobbyFraggle]

Damn, Oliver... you're really in the trenches with the PS5 Pro. So many updates trickling in and too many variables! I don't know how you guys do it, but that's why I donate 😂 I appreciate all of the hard work. These videos keep me entertained at work!

[@kamikazilucas]

silent hill 2 still has massive ghosting issues on pc because of lumen

[@RKramer105]

It's on all versions but you can at least edit the config on PC to fix it.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Yeah silent hills is a horror game so ghosts are common

[@DevonCM]

Disappointed to hear all that talk of FromSoft with no mention of Armored Core VI.

[@FeisarX]

YES to the "how" PSSR updates are handled. If we're going to drop this kind of money on a console that right now has major issues with an advertised feature... I want to know when and how upgrades to the tech are planned. Will a console firmware update upgrade the version of PSSR across ALL titles that use it? I believe this is possible and would like an answer from Sony. If each game needs to update .. it will undoubtedly be a mess.

[@mincheulpark8344]

my heart sings every single time Rich says 'interesting stuff'

[@robheiligers7601]

😂😂 I don't have the ps5 pro anymore. I RETURNED IT TO THE STORE AND HAVE MY MONEY BACK.

[@HastyElderHaman]

Copied from another thread: If you're a fan of From Software games (or Spike Chunsoft/Acquire which just get completely ignored and disregarded in these hardcore spaces even though they make games that plenty of people love) you should be more worried about Miyazaki and other people in leadership positions at From Software leaving because of this acquisition than timed exclusivity. Seriously, these games don't happen without all these people busting their butts making them. Acquisitions suck for workers, suck for consumers and haven't really been great for many companies in the gaming space. They reduce the amount of options workers have by funneling the bigger IPs in a select few companies. This is bad for us, when there are only a few big companies controlling a large part of the revenue of an industry, they can dictate things in such a way that there are few other options. The problem isn't related simply to Sony or Microsoft, the problem is larger. It's how our system is setup globally. We need better worker protections, and we need to have our global regulatory leadership push back on these acquisitions. Instead what I see is people choosing sides based on some preference for PC, Microsoft or Sony's efforts in the gaming space. This is completely myopic. You can see this with the PC folks that had no issue with Zenimax being bought because they weren't affected. You can see it with the folks who shrugged when Insomniac was bought because they loved their PS4 games. I could go on. I dunno, I guess I wish people just had principles and didn't vary them based on the whims of some shareholders or whether they might have a minor inconvenience. That really shouldn't be the takeaway here.

[@baundiesel]

Ollie saying that Sony buying From Software means they may do Day 1 PC releases is one of the wildest things I've ever heard on this channel. Surely that would make it almost certain NOT to happen as long as Sony continues to be obsessed to be the only platform obsessing over hardware sales.

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

they released concord and helldivers 2 day one on pc, didnt they release until dawn remake on pc day and date too?, When they bought bungie did destiny become exclusive?

[@samgoff5289]

@@deeplaysgaming4754the couple thousand Xbox owners are going to burst a blood vessel when this deal happens and it will be hilarious

[@pinny_wiz8090]

Bet you championed Microsoft buying activision though? Xbox is basically a publisher now anyways.

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

you think xbox who own, candy crush, minecraft, cod, doom, fallout, quake, guitar hero, tony hawks, crash, spyro, outer worlds, gears, SOT, grounded, with indiana jones comin day and date give a DAMN about a single player game such as elden ring? you think this lil 4 billion aquisiton thats not even a quarter of a quarter of what activision cost is worrying xbox fans playin cod on gamepass? u crazy 😂

[@samgoff5289]

@ think about the future though, everything Microsoft buys ends up worthless because they can’t make their own games they just buy popular ones but that won’t last forever eventually people want new games and Microsoft don’t know how to make any good ones

[@90lancaster]

RE : + 20:07 QUOTE : Marinette: (talking to herself) I'm super cool. I'm super cool! I'm super cool... I'm super cool, I'm sup- (sees Adrien) AHH! Oh, it's only a statue. How come I didn't see it earlier? Wow... it looks so... real. (touches his face) The wax is nearly as hot as skin. (takes a big sniff of him) It even smells exactly like him...! (begins role playing) Oh, beautiful statue of Adrien, your wax is so soft! Your yak hair is silky. Your eyes are so green. (twirls) Oh, shall I be a statue, too! Everything would be so much easier. (embraces him) Why haven't we been molded together in the plaster of destiny? Marble to marble, wax lips against wax lips, entwined for eternity... Ah... (tries kissing him) Adrien: (jumps out of her grasp) Whoa-! Eternity sounds like a long time...! Marinette: Dahh!

[@killermoon635]

So Silent Hill 2 (with latest patch) looks better on Performance mode than Quality mode in PS5 pro because it uses TSR instead of PSSR. Lol

[@froggydarren]

@@killermoon635 as mantioned the older UE5 has issues with most upscalers 🤷 blame epic but tbh it's been updated heavily since (it's on version 5.3 now SH2 uses 5.1)

[@Electropylon]

@@froggydarren FYI, the latest version of UE is 5.5, released on November 12, 2024. So, games on 5.0 or 5.1 are using a significantly outdated version.

[@Radek494]

59:35 nobody forced them to do native 4K. If they did 3200x1800 it would be perfect 60, probably in Unity as well

[@EastyyBlogspot]

It does feel like games are being made....and then they think about porting the game to the hardware

[@MrChrisGER]

Absolutely right - silent hill 2 should get a better update and a fixed 60 fps for the pro.

[@99konondrums]

Just terrible takes from Oliver about FromSoft. Could not possibly disagree more. All while admitting that the only game he's played is one they didn't even develop.

[@samgoff5289]

No he is spot on, from soft suck at optimization and a good publisher like Sony could fix that….Sony needs to save the good studios from Microsoft who keep buying studios and doing nothing to improve them

[@99konondrums]

@@samgoff5289 FromSoft has made their name by bucking industry trends and making the games they want to make. They have ended up being one of the most influential developers in the world as a result. Cutting them off from a large section of their fan base serves no one.

[@pinny_wiz8090]

@@99konondrumsyou championed the Bethesda and activision deals now u cry cause Sony are buying a publisher lmao sit this one out champ. Xbox is dead

[@99konondrums]

@@pinny_wiz8090 Are you talking to me? I have no idea what you are talking about. In general I'm against media consolidation, and would prefer if developers had more freedom. Unfortunately development costs have risen so dramatically that mergers aren't that surprising. FromSoft is actually one of the few developers that have managed to navigate this and be successful, so the argument that they need more financial support just doesn't apply here

[@99konondrums]

@@pinny_wiz8090 For the record I'm not even a console player.

[@dukeoffartington2871]

Just a heads up, taking an ssd straight from ps5 to ps5 pro didn't work well for me. Ff7 rebirth became super glitch and had crazy frame skips and pauses in every major hub or small town. Uninstalling and redownloading fixed the issue. Do you think it was shader caching issue on normal ps5 vs pro? Or something else entirely? Just a PSA since I know a lot of outlets said go and ahead and just swap ssd and everything will be peachy.

[@JobeMI6]

PSSR set to off is the way forward for me 😊 GT7 looks stunning on Pro with PSSR set to off at 120fps. Absolutely stunning image. Near perfect.

[@pondwhale]

im a UE5 apologist, and an RT evangelist, but i think software lumen looks straight up terrible in stalker. software lumen doesnt even seem like a feasible option to me, the issues are more distracting than traditional rasterised lighting artifacts ever were. its no wonder so many people think RT is a gimmick when this is the presentation from the most ubiquitous engine on the most popular platforms