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Is PlayStation The Only “Normal” Console Left? - Beyond 938

Beyond

IGN

Entertainment News, Leisure, News, Video Games

4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Nintendo merged its handhelds and consoles into one device with the Switch, Microsoft loosened the definition of an Xbox to include mobile devices, smart TVs and PCs, and Valve is about to bring PC gaming into the console space with the Steam Machine. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Project Helix is bridging the gap the other direction, bringing the next-gen Xbox into PC territory instead. In the middle of all this, Sony seems like the only console manufacturer that’s just focused on making consoles the old fashioned way. Will this continue with the PlayStation 6? We’ll have to wait and see. In other news, Sony showed off some upgraded PSSR tech for the PS5 Pro, which subtly improves the graphics of certain games. We’ll happily take that over NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 AI-powered video game makeover technology, which attempts to make games more realistic, but seems to pave over their original appearance. Leon and Grace were already very pretty, this was not necessary. Maybe AI can be used to make that big spider in Resident Evil Requiem less scary? We weigh in on the arachnophobia factor of one of the game’s creepiest crawliest boss fights. It also turns out that theres a Yakuza Live-Action Miniseries Debuting on IGN! Cool. Finally: Leprechauns, mythical nuisance, or just a legendary pest? We have thoughts. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - A Very Important Discussion 04:50 - AI Upscaling in Games Needs to Scale it Back 10:25 - Nvidia DLSS 5 Doesn't Look That Great... 25:29 - Is PlayStation The Only “Normal” Console Left? 40:16 - Resident Evil Requiem has a Scary Spider 51:09 - Yakuza Live-Action Miniseries Debuts on IGN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Attention.

0:02.0

Oh, hang on.

0:04.0

Attention.

0:05.0

Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators.

0:10.0

Have you heard?

0:12.0

The big railfare freeze is here.

0:14.0

Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets,

0:20.0

including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets.

0:23.4

For more information, visit NationalRail.com.ukukes slash fares for ease.

0:28.3

Teas and season-season exclusions apply.

0:30.5

Beyond them, hello and welcome once again to IGN's weekly PlayStation show.

0:33.5

I'm your host, Max Scoville, and coming up two very different approaches that AI is using to make video games look better with varying results.

0:40.4

And with Xbox making PCs and Steam making consoles, is Sony the only regular console manufacturer anymore? Let's get into it. I'm joined once again by Brian Altano.

1:00.4

Say hello, Brian.

1:03.2

That's our new, that's how we're starting it.

1:05.4

Beyond, what's up, man?

1:06.2

Beyond.

1:07.2

Caught me off guard.

1:08.7

That was good.

1:09.4

So I want to talk about cutting edge developments in the world of video games, but it's also St. Patrick's Day. I think we should talk about leprechauns for a second. Well, so this episode is publishing tomorrow and my kid gave me S-H word this morning for not wearing green today. And I was like, well, why should I wear green today if it's going to go up tomorrow? And also a lot of people listen to the show and can't even see the green,

1:31.6

nor many of the things we'll discuss in this week's episodes. We'll have to, you know, make sure that works out. And now I feel bad about it. Now I feel like I need to go change because you're wearing an ice green shirt. I put this on because some of our video people pointed out that I have

1:43.5

like gray curtains and a gray couch and a gray chair and then I often wear like black shirts

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