DF Direct Weekly #287: Xbox Helix $1200-$1800? BioWare Shut, FSR 4 RDNA 2 + Xbox, Sony Frame Gen!

Big news this week from Fortune, with an insider feature on Xbox that combines deep access to senior management along with a range of big reveals: a Helix console costing between $1200 to $1800 coming 2028? A handheld in 2027? Disagreements between the Xbox and Microsoft OS teams? There's a lot to discuss here. Meanwhile, the team lament the end of BioWare and mull over the leaked Mass Effect trailer, and there's good news for RDNA 2 GPU owners - and Xbox Series console users - as FSR 4 arrives ahead of time. A potential PlayStation frame generation technique is discussed and finally, five years of Oliver Mackenzie at Digital Foundry! The panel look back at his first video and discuss his approach to working on the channel.

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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:04 News 1: Article lays out Xbox next-gen plans
0:21:26 News 2: EA shutters BioWare, Mass Effect Universe trailer leaks
0:31:33 News 3: AMD ports FSR 4.1 to RDNA 2, handhelds, Xbox
0:45:51 News 4: Sony patents frame extrapolation technique
0:59:30 Five years of Oliver!
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