What Plans Does DF Have To Grow & Expand? 

We need more bespoke content.

Visit devs. Talk about modern rendering technologies, Game philosophy, and the overall process. I miss the days of bungee Vid Docs.

I came here because of John after seeing him in "My Life in Gaming" and I love the channel years later! Keep up the awesome work team!

-More DF Retro for sure with multiplat comparisons -Remember Cinematech on G4? That shit was tight. -Maybe Alex could do a shorter retro series going over the history of PC rendering tech and every individual gen that has released, though it might be costly to procure all the equipment to benchmark

Love your transparency and passion in this vid. I love the deep dive viddos, but gotta say this clips channel has given me some great insights too. It's pretty fun hearing *how* videos are made, the thought process behind it, the story etc. Wish you all the best!

I'd love to see a series where Rich discusses game journalism and gaming in general in the 80s and 90s. Also game reviews and "what we're playing" segments. The "time capsule" videos are great as well, but I think there is a limit to the more technical stuff, as interesting as it may be, it still caters to a niche audience.

I forgot when I started watching your videos. It was so long ago that It looks like I've been following you ever since I have memory. But what I do know is that the retro technical videos and revisits are what keeps me coming back. And now this 9:36. You have no idea how hyped I got. Please do it.

The problem with the DF Retro content is that John has raised the bar so high on the scripted videos that producing that content must be a massive undertaking. The Road Rash retrospective was excellent, but clocked in at nearly 2 hours. It must've taken weeks to capture and edit that footage! The Retro Plays help fill the void between the scripted videos, but the crew needs to hire somebody who can either produce shorter form retro content or act as John's full time assistant with editing/gameplay captures/script writing.

Love the channel and look forward to all future content!

Love the retro videos

Sort of hoped this would have just been talking about John’s strategy to keep growing his beard.

I believe you guys have great content that is unique. And as Rich said it all comes down to the content of how unique and creative it is. And given that you guys already checked all the boxes of how to grow so I believe y’all got it right. If more hands are needed then get it going. I do think that if you divide the tasks and then categorize your content and assign it on a daily basis with some consistency that would result in constant stream of content which is hard for others to keep up with. I personally watch your confwnt on my way to or from work and that creates a routine that is convenient.

I would like to see DF expand into real life analytics - I want to know how we are impacted by FPS in real life. At times in the city I definitely experience FPS dips and frame stutter, but I want it quantified.

I would love some console hardware benchmarking and more comparison graphs. We could see if new-release games impact thermals and fan noise. Soon, we can see testing and benchmarking across the entire stack (Series S, X, PS5 and Pro, Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, ROG Ally). So, if you look at third-party games, we could have the "best version" on the "X" console(s) or, conversely, it's basically the same performance on these consoles.

Find a way to have a dedicated section on the platforms themselves.

IGN will surely start advertising your content on their site and channels now? That will get a lot more eyes on you

I am always looking forward to DF retro. ANOTHER aspect you guys could get a guy on handhel PCS / steam decks. Like how to get the games to run, best settings per game on each pc handeheld. then maybe how they go against each other

This video appeared to thw casuals from my understanding after watching some of the comments... lol

I just recently got my Xbox One X and set it up. The size and compactness of that system makes the PS5 and XSX looks comically large.

What are these comments bruh

An ideas for retro video comparisons: Sega Dreamcast games that were then ported to GameCube (Sonic, Skies of Arcadia, etc.)

I’d like to see more game review/analysis, specifically console games. That’s really the DF bread and butter imo. People want to see how new games look/perform and comparisons. DF Clips has been great 👍

Create your own cinematic Omniverse

What ever happened to Don Allen? He did the DF PC videos for Dead Island 2, Diablo 4 and Immortals of Aveum. He completely dropped off the face of the earth and hasn't been mentioned since...

Retro content would be awesome!

Hopefully IGN provide you with the support you need to grow and experiment in the way you want, you guys are pro's and know what you're doing, keep up the great work!

I hope DF covers Over Jump Rally.

Alex may sound a little devious, but he's right, sadly? More needs to be done to convert the younger generations to a more inquisitive understanding of games, and well, everything.

I loved John’s answer and didn’t like Rich’s comment about doing more PC content. As a console gamer I hope that doesn’t meant less console content but that’s where my mind went with the current staff they have. And I do watch a lot of the PC content since it’s kind of a peak into the future for consoles. I’m just going to be interested in more console content. Which can be interesting to see how developers get around some of the console constraints that aren’t on PC….

8:38 I'm going to suggest more energy into this type of segment or a occasional piece on studios of yesteryear, what happened to them and their contributions to the gaming space and their eventual closures. There have been so many studios that were essential to the gaming industry from the days of Sega Saturn and neo Geo until now. I would love Digital foundry to take an occasional trip back into these stories. A narrative 30 minutes to an hour look into the history of studios that are no longer with us but made some amazing contributions to the industry like Psygnosis, Silicon Knights, Neversoft, Westwood (command and conquer), Lucas Arts, Evolution Studios, Japan Studio & Team Ico, Clover Studio, Visceral Games, Neversoft, Zipper Interactive and so many others. This would be a great segment if possible, not an all the time segment cause making these would take time but to be able to learn about the beginnings of Westwood or Silicon Knights and then their rocket successes and then the eventual shuttering of their studios by their corporate owners would be a great trip down memory lane to give these developers and teams one last applause and send them their flowers from all of us to all of them.

How about a DF Retro only channel?

Some sad weirdos in these comments. Go outside and touch grass.

For my money, were I Rich or the team….i’d lean into the solid brand and reputation the channel has (with the retro/PC pillar expansion) But How about a new consulting unit working directly with devs? Consider like a patreon like revenue stream….and a badge a game could have to say “DF seal of approval”???

4:58 Reddit was my thought but many on there would likely know about you blokes already.

digital fried chicken..

DF wants to expand to PC. Do more collabs with Gamers Nexus.

I think it would be good to get a female perspective on the team.

As weird as it is to say, I think Facebook might be a good platform to expand onto. I'm in countless groups there with truly technical wizards making posts and technical breakdowns and analysis. Especially in retro hardware groups.

Eat more pizza? That'll do it. 😂

I get the need to grow or whatever, but partnering with IGN? Come on. Partner with something remotely related, and not some trash tier organization.

Only Fans? I think you guys could find an... audience

Short version: It's my channel (Rich) I only care about PC, and Microsoft is IGN's partner so we need to just act as a positivity outlet for Microsoft. I hope you realise if you go down this road you will become defunct like magazines due to the cloud streaming Microsoft are excessively pushing. No one is hanging around to watch you compare streamed video content or RTX 5090's that only 3% of people can afford on top of the fact NVIDIA are not really interested in selling GPU's anymore as they want to be all in on streaming too. It is time for the band to break up and go in your own directions. The obsession with chasing growth is a modern cancer in economics. Rather than going for sustainability.

Less Horizon coverage and more random indie games, more time dissecting games that run poorly and maybe if the knowledge is their, some tips for aspiring devs for how to combat these negative performance issue's. Also, a public gaslighting event towards Guerilla games and why they should ditch Horizon for a new ip. They have such amazing tech being wasted on the Nicado Avacado Simulator, face fuzz and all

The very idea that you'd produce a video with this title is vomit worthy. Please don't make this the beginning of the end of DF.

Sell out, get DEI money, and go out of business

Replace the presenters with woke gamers, it happened with Inside gamers.

Hope your channel will be less WOKE.

Review and promote more woke games, it is all down hill now IGN took over.

Replace the shiny bald head guy with an actual gamer 🤣🤣

Become more woke thanks to Alex.... But it will backfire....so bad.

So your strategy to grow and expand wasn't just John eating all the office cupcakes 🧁