DF Direct Weekly #171: Xbox Fire Stick Tested, Black Myth: Wukong Specs, First Descendant Frame-Gen!

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In this week's Direct, Microsoft says you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox - but if they're talking about streaming on a Fire Stick 4K, we'd beg to differ. Meanwhile, Alex talks about a 1.4GHz CPU overclock for the OG Xbox and shares his thoughts on the new Black Myth: Wukong full RT assets and benchmarks. Oliver tests out Ace Combat 7 on Switch, while Rich checks out frame generation on the First Descendant - in 30fps fidelity mode, 40fps balanced mode and 60fps performance mode. How high does frame-rate get - and are the lower fps modes a write-off?

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0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:54 News 01: Microsoft says you don’t need an Xbox to play Xbox
0:24:31 News 02: Game Pass prices increased
0:38:36 News 03: New Black Myth: Wukong PC details revealed
0:53:26 News 04: Original Xbox gets 1.4 GHz CPU upgrade
1:01:34 News 05: The First Descendant frame gen tested!
1:13:21 News 06: Ace Combat 7 tested on Switch
1:19:41 Supporter Q1: Which Windows-based PC handheld would you recommend most?
1:25:36 Supporter Q2: Will you be doing more 3 person game playing videos?
1:29:44 Supporter Q3: What old unused Nintendo IP would you like to see again?
1:34:45 Supporter Q4: If Microsoft got Windows working seamlessly on ARM, what would that mean for their products?
1:43:27 Supporter Q5: Do you think Valve will give Steam Machines another shot?
1:49:21 Supporter Q6: Why is Intel’s XeSS so much better than AMD’s FSR?
1:59:01 Supporter Q7: Will Unreal Engine traversal stutter be fixed for the new Witcher game?
2:02:08 Supporter Q8: Could the PS Portal be updated or hacked to be a substantially more useful device?
2:06:25 Supporter Q9: John asks: how is the recording session going?
All Comments (21)
  • @PHHE1
    Gamepass definitely needs a cheap "streaming only" tier for that thing to work. I ain't paying ultimate tier to only get the streaming experience. It COULD work as a really cheap, low barrier entry drug for people lacking hardware
  • @RetroRenegadeRepairs
    WOW Thank you so much for the shout-out, this means a lot! You guys are the best!
  • @casdf7
    After drinking for each "in the here and now " I can say that I am not in the here and now anymore
  • @BenGoodsonModular
    Why MS would launch this without a cloud streaming only tier for their service I have no idea.
  • @owwmykneecap
    Always love rich's facebook marketplace updates.
  • @pipgoesthepossum
    With the Black Myth WuKong shots, is it possible the stuff you're noticing is caustics caught looking odd in a static screenshot that in game would be in motion and make more sense? Effects like that especially can, without context, be hard to interpret.
  • @mjc0961
    I'm just baffled that Xbox now has a tier of "Game Pass" that doesn't include Game Pass
  • @1chriscwf
    At this point I could really see Valve capture a large part of the console market with something minimal, sleek, and UNDER $350
  • @Anna_Rae
    I would love for Kid Icarus to return. I absolutely adored Uprising on the 3DS, it's one of my favorite games. I hope we at least get a remaster of that game, but a sequel would be awesome too ❤❤❤
  • @xbradx75
    I still have a few games on the Windows Xbox app that I can neither complete install, nor uninstall, and just pop up everytime as failing "install" everytime I open the app.
  • @AlexM-bt8qq
    Thanks for making Mondays more bearable! I'm able to work through most of what I get assigned to me on Monday making the rest of week more manageable.😀
  • @RobbieB2606
    I’ll need the authorities in the UK to finish laying down high speed internet before I can even contemplate streaming lol. Don’t have fibre at all in my area yet
  • @ReLapseJunkie
    It’s really heart warming to see all these big corpos get their pay bumps lately.. now where’s ours?
  • @initial_kd
    I know Coppermine went to 1.1ghz but Taulatin was the one that had a 1.4ghz stock model. Taulatin cpu core is a favourite of vintage pc enthusiasts, especially for using with 3dfx voodoo cards. I know you can double the ram on an og Xbox but it's only worth it for using with homebrew, as original games won't use the extra.
  • @Tanook
    It's also expensive. Game pass is not cheap. I don't see how mobile players would pay for that. Platform already have high quality F2P games.
  • @0dn4mr4
    "Weekly Microsoft beatdown" 😂