DF Direct Weekly #84: God of War Ragnarök PS5 Impressions, Xbox Price Increases?

John, Rich and Alex convene to share first impressions on the new God of War and the extent to which it leverages PlayStation 5. Meanwhile, rumours start to gather pace on AMD’s RDNA 3 offerings, Microsoft hints at price increases – and what should we make of the Modern Warfare 2 PS4 Blu-ray with just 70MB of actual data on it?

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:37 News 01: God of War Ragnarök impressions!
00:16:54 News 02: AMD RDNA 3 GPU reveal incoming
00:26:05 News 03: Xbox price increases hinted by Phil Spencer
00:35:33 News 04: Original The Witcher game gets UE5 remake
00:40:18 News 05: Age of Empires makes console return on Xbox
00:44:23 News 06: MW2 uses just 70MB of data on PS5 disc
00:49:33 DF Supporter Q1: Is it feasible to launch a current-gen game at 30fps and later patch in 60fps support?
00:52:42 DF Supporter Q2: With most games supporting high frame-rate options, was cross-gen a good thing?
00:58:16 DF Supporter Q3: Why do 30fps games look so much better now than they used to?
01:02:37 DF Supporter Q4: What retro genres should be brought back?
01:06:10 DF Supporter Q5: Will DLSS 3 be on the next Switch? Could it be enough for 4K60?
01:10:35 DF Supporter Q6: I loved Rich’s shirt last week – any other shirt ideas?