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[Gaiff]

I'm guessing some of you were waiting for their analysis before pulling the trigger but don't hold your breath. According to a staff member, they won't be covering it and haven't covered the game in a long time anyway.

This is too bad because not only does this game seem to have severe performance issues on PC so far but the bottlenecks are extremely confusing and hard to isolate. Would have been nice if a major outlet tried to get to the bottom of this but DF is out. Not sure if nxgamer will review it either. Haven't heard anything from him.

Performance on PC seems all over the place and the game is extremely CPU-heavy. There also seems to be memory allocation issues or RAM spillover but this isn't clear. I've seen some high-end machines run it fairly well while others run it like crap. Difficult to tell what's what but it'd be probably be best to wait for the Day 1 patch which I believe is due tomorrow.

I think console performance is fine though.

Update: John Lineman and Alex Battaglia aren't covering it but according to John, Oliver expressed interest so he might cover it.

So. Just had a private conversation on Twitter with Linneman. He actually messaged me. I won't post the transcript but take my word for it. So basically what he told me is that he hates Harry Potter and that's why he won't cover it. But it will be covered. Juts not by him. They don't have the game yet. He also told me that someone he believed to be a person from Resetera showed up at his doorstep and that made it personal for him. He dislikes the place as much as we do actually. They somehow got a hold of his address.

 

[diunxx]

So brave

 

[Sybrix]

 

[mansoor1980]

pathetic and unprofessional
should be named POLITICAL foundry

 

[ACESHIGH]

What a bunch of cucks.

 

[Roufianos]

Damn, that's a lot of lost revenue seeing as it's one of the largest releases in recent years. More views than the few weirdos who hate it will give you in a lifetime.

 

[Mister Wolf]

One monkey doesn't stop a show.

 

[anthony2690]

I can imagine John is enjoying the game in his own leisure.

They tried to cancel the poor guy for playing and enjoying Ion Fury in the past.

Probably doesn't want the online hassle/abuse again from era.

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

 

[LiquidMetal14]

The one place I would be looking forward to covering this in a technical way is going to betray that trust. What a shame.

 

[Saber]

And who is this guy posting that I don't reccon?

I Don't remember anything said about not "reviewing". Actually, DF doesn't review is more like a tech analisys. But if true thats very weird, theirs fan will be very dissapointed on them. Specially since that never stop them doing videos, happened before with Cyberpunk and Ion Maiden.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Wow, good luck ever not following the minority crowd’s every mood swings from now on

 

[Cyborg]

Outrages I tell you, what a piece of........... Anyway, it's their right not to do so.

 

[nightmare-slain]

I used to watch DF in the early days but they are so fucking annoying and they also hate having to say anything slightly positive about a game that isn't running on a Playstation.

Sometimes I'd still check out a video but now that they are brave woke warrior allies? Well, now I'll make a point to not give them another view again.

Hope it's hurting them not getting those Hogwarts views. Lots of lost money there lol.

 

[Guilty_AI]

lol do these people really think they're achieving anything.

 

[JackSparr0w]

Time for other channels to step up and gain some subscribers.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Outrages I tell you, what a piece of........... Anyway, it's their right not to do so.

Of course it is. They can do what the fuck they like and so can I and everyone else by not supporting them anymore.

 

[BeardGawd]

I am baffled at the stupidity of these people.

 

[Mr Moose]

Different Tom. DF Tom is Morgan.

 

[supernova8]

Surely doing a purely technical video wouldn't have been an issue, especially given that IGN reviewed it (and gave it a great high score). I guess the idea is that they expect to get dogpiled for covering the game in any capacity whatsoever.

 

[GHG]

Fucking cuck clowns.

As someone correctly recognised in another thread here recently there really is now a gap in the market for a no-nonsense performance analysis youtube channel, especially for PC games.

 

[pochepiller2]

now i will buy it.


Bought it, will play it on my deck in the bathroom.

 

[RoboFu]

I mean I told you. They visit era too much. But hey we get to see the blow back happen now. Let’s watch !

 

[ManaByte]

Ban DF. Ban any links from any site who didn’t cover this game. They don’t deserve the ad impressions.

 

[gaming_again]

Hahaha

The nerdy framerate cucks have achieved what I thought impossible and become even more annoying.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Surely doing a purely technical video wouldn't have been an issue, especially given that IGN reviewed it (and gave it a great high score). I guess the idea is that they expect to get dogpiled for covering the game in any capacity whatsoever.

Ah but...but...making a video that would influence someones buying decision is harmful and dangerous. Nobody should be reviewing the game, analysing performance, or talking about it at all...unless of course it's in the effort to stop people buying it! When that doesn't work you should resort to spoiling the game for people so they can't enjoy it anymore! That's a guaranteed way to get people on our side! /s

 

[Gaiff]

And who is this guy posting that I don't reccon?

Dictator is Alex Battaglia's account on Beyond3D.

Different Tom. DF Tom is Morgan.

It's not Tom Morgan but a staff member from Eurogamer, DF's parent site.

 

[NickFire]

I’m sure it’s the smart move for them. I know if I wanted the best value for advertising therapy and psychiatric services, I would definitely look at websites which narrowly tailor their coverage to what a tiny fraction of people want to read, and who happen to call for a boycott of the biggest game of 2023. That crowd is definitely where the money is these days.

Edit - wait, DF is in the video game industry? Oh I’m sure it’s still fine to cater solely to the boycott video games crowd. The publishers know the money comes from people like that. Definitely won’t backfire and turn off both most of gaming audience and advertisers.

 

[cormack12]

When is the statue being erected

 

[skit_data]

Digital Foundry won’t be covering what will probably be one of the best selling games of 2023, what a joke.
This game in particular will be one of the most interesting also, since it will be on Switch (which will be very interesting in terms of comparing it with current gen consoles).

I got a hunch NXGamer won’t be backing down from it though, so we will probably have a good comparison in the end anyway.

 

[Mr Moose]

Imagine all the hate clicks they would generate, very dumb move if no one steps in and makes the videos.

 

[Saber]

Dictator is Alex Battaglia's account on Beyond3D.

Retardalia said he won't be covering the game. Doesn't mean John, Oliver, Tom or Rich couldn't.
Who is the other fella stating that?

 

[GHG]

Digital Foundry won’t be covering what will probably be one of the best selling games of 2023, what a joke.
This game in particular will be one of the most interesting also, since it will be on Switch (which will be very interesting in terms of comparing it with current gen consoles).

I got a hunch NXGamer won’t be backing down from it though, so we will probably have a good comparison in the end anyway.

The problem with NXGamer on the PC side is that he doesn't have the PC hardware necessary to do a thorough analysis.

Alex does but when he's not virtue signalling he's sat there being fragile and crying instead of actually doing his job.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Digital Foundry won’t be covering what will probably be one of the best selling games of 2023, what a joke.
This game in particular will be one of the most interesting also, since it will be on Switch (which will be very interesting in terms of comparing it with current gen consoles).

I got a hunch NXGamer won’t be backing down from it though, so we will probably have a good comparison in the end anyway.

I'm interested to see how it runs on Switch too. Not that I'll be buying it but I'm curious how it'll look and run.

Lost opportunity for them but oh well. They made their decision.

 

[winjer]

Digital Floundering

 

[KingXtreme81]

Fuck ‘em, then. Will be unsubscribing from their YouTube channel.

 

[nightmare-slain]

 

[MikeM]

Ooooooo the anger is through the roof on this one!

 

[Ammogeddon]

I just don’t buy that it’s to make a stand against transphobia. It’s because they are scared of the backlash if they do it.

 

[missiles]

Good luck siding with the mentally unstable men wearing cat ears and programmer socks.

 

[Gaiff]

Retardalia said he won't be covering the game. Doesn't mean John, Oliver, Tom or Rich couldn't.
Who is the other fella stating that?

They haven't covered the game in months as per the post. Eurogamer, their parent site and where all of DF's text analyses are posted says they won't be covering it. Alex who covers pretty much all PC releases also won't be covering it. Eurogamer and by extension DF, is boycotting the game it seems.

 

[Skifi28]

If this is true, that's very sad news. It's good to make a stand once in a while, if you set a precedent of pandering to a minority that doesn't even play games you will forever be under their foot and still eventually get canceled anyway as history has proven.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

 

[drganon]

Cowards.

 

[onnextflix5]

Cowards! Hate this cancel culture bullshit.

 

[Methos#1975]

Honestly and I hate to say it, but things like this do more to harm Trans rights than help because it just turns everyone against them.

 

[just_jr]

 

[Black_Stride]

I used to watch DF in the early days but they are so fucking annoying and they also hate having to say anything slightly positive about a game that isn't running on a Playstation.
Sometimes I'd still check out a video but now that they are brave woke warrior allies? Well, now I'll make a point to not give them another view again.
Hope it's hurting them not getting those Hogwarts views. Lots of lost money there lol.

Wait I thought GAF told me they were Xbox fanboys.
You mean they are actually Playstation fanboys?

P.S
Digital Foundry is under Eurogamer which in turn is wholly owned by the GNL (the same company that owns Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, GameIndustry Biz etc etc)....which itself is wholly owned by Reel Ex......the DF guys are on a Salary, whether a video does well or not doesnt actually affect their pay.
Not covering Hogwartz Legacy on Digital Foundrys Youtube channel is not even a drop in the ocean in loss of potential revenue terms.

 

[MMaRsu]

Fucking pathetic

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I used to watch DF in the early days but they are so fucking annoying and they also hate having to say anything slightly positive about a game that isn't running on a Playstation.

Sometimes I'd still check out a video but now that they are brave woke warrior allies? Well, now I'll make a point to not give them another view again.

Hope it's hurting them not getting those Hogwarts views. Lots of lost money there lol.

Yeah I always got the impression John is a bit up Sony’s arse. He edited a post here once where he admitted he wished Microsoft had never entered the industry but can stay professional about it in his work, a few of us saw it before he quickly edited it .