DF Direct Weekly #92: End of 2022 Lookback + Supporter Q+A Special!

The end of the year draws closer and as the Digital Foundry crew prepare to take a well-earned vacation, John, Rich and Oliver have just enough time to cram in one more DF Direct Weekly, looking back over a challenging 2022, looking forward to the New Year - and cramming in more supporter Q+A than we've ever done before!

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:35 DF Supporter Q1: What does Epic’s delisting of classic Unreal games say about the preservation of older titles? 00:08:24 DF Supporter Q2: What was the most successful cross-gen release of the year? 00:12:40 DF Supporter Q3: Could an Xbox One X set to 120Hz output 24fps game content without judder? 00:14:28 DF Supporter Q4: Why do PCs have to compile shaders while consoles don’t? 00:19:23 DF Supporter Q5: Can you name some positive developments in gaming this year? 00:26:37 DF Supporter Q6: What was your surprise game of 2022 - and your most disappointing game of 2022? 00:32:33 DF Supporter Q7: What was the most technically complete game of the year? 00:37:22 DF Supporter Q8: With TAAU a common sight on consoles, why exactly were we waiting for FSR 2? 00:41:04 DF Supporter Q9: Does Oliver have any thoughts on his time with DF so far? And does the team have any ideas to improve or shake up future content? 00:47:25 DF Supporter Q10: With so many big 2023 games and hardware releases, what are you looking forward to most in 2023? 00:50:26 DF Supporter Q11: If the Switch 2 launches in 2023, what kind of hardware is it likely to have? 00:58:06 DF Supporter Q12: Do you think Nintendo would add an option to Switch to allow it to run at docked settings in portable mode? 01:00:05 DF Supporter Q13: Could FSR 3 run on current-gen consoles? If it could, would it be worthwhile? 01:03:45 DF Supporter Q14: Would DF members ever make videos about their all-time favourite games? 01:06:05 DF Supporter Q15: Will Tears of the Kingdom have a significant graphical upgrade over Breath of the Wild? 01:09:21 DF Supporter Q16: Will DF do more frequent live streams next year? 01:11:40 DF Supporter Q17: With the year of the PS Triple almost over, any chance of a “Best PS3 Game” in your game of the year lists?

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