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Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

DF Direct Weekly #150: Xbox Business Update, Sony Financials Reaction - Is The Future Multi-Plat?

Feb 19, 2024
Xbox and Sony's gaming strategies revealed, multi-platform approach discussed. Rich downgrades from 8K to 4K TV, new retro game development. Topics include Dolby Vision support, Nvidia GPUs, Final Fantasy 7 image quality, and Vulkan API status.
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  • Sony predicts the mid-cycle of PlayStation 5, signaling a decline in hardware sales ahead.
  • Sony plans aggressive PC releases to expand their audience base amidst declining console sales.

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Sony predicts we are in the latter stages of the console generation

Sony predicts that we are in the later stages of the console generation, indicating that we are halfway through the typical seven-year cycle. This implies that the sales have peaked and that we can expect a decline in hardware sales in the coming years.

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