DF Direct Weekly #195: Switch 2 Motherboard Leak, Nintendo Upscaling Patent, HQ GTA6 Trailer!

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

DF Direct returns in the year of our lord, 2025! Rich and Oliver mull over the leaked imagery of the Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard. Is the SoC on a sub-standard Samsung process? Does it really matter? Can we expect PS4 Pro levels of performance? (Spoilers: no). Meanwhile, a higher quality version of GTA 6 Trailer 1 reveals new details, and Game Science has issues with console optimisations on Xbox Series S - so is this why Black Myth: Wukong isn't on Microsoft's consoles? Finally, Rich wonders why the staff keep referring to the year of our lord - and Oliver's getting rather excited about the latest breakthroughs in AI technology.

0:00:00 Introduction

0:00:50 News 1: Switch 2 motherboard leaks - with possible 8nm SoC!

0:27:47 News 2: Nintendo patent hints at Switch 2 upscaling

0:43:45 News 3: High quality GTA 6 trailer reveals new details

0:55:35 News 4: Wukong developer says Series S holding back Xbox port

1:07:41 News 5: AI update: new GPTs, game tech

1:19:38 Supporter Q1: Does it make sense to pair an AMD CPU with an Intel GPU for a budget build?

1:26:02 Supporter Q2: Will Sony ship games like Marvel’s Spider-Man on Switch 2?

1:31:23 Supporter Q3: Are you saving some performance-challenged Switch games for Switch 2?

1:35:26 Supporter Q4: Is this the most exciting Q1 in gaming history?

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