GTA5 sold more than 200 million by now. It was crossgen, so that includes some people who bought it twice---but that number is enough to currently saturate Steam + PlayStation combined at a 100% attach rate.

I wouldn't be surprised if it alone moves millions of consoles in the double digits.

And thrice, as it also launched for the PS5/XsX. And those 200 millions units sold have been over 11 years (September 2013) and the mentioned three generations. It's not like all those 200 million users will rush to buy it on the first year or two.

Well, massive boosts for first-week sales are common for the successors of long-legged games.

In fact, I'm sure limited space for physical storage and limited console availability will be the main limiting factors for first-week sales, something that has probably never happened before.

Alright bois, I passed the cuckholdy period at my new job so should slowly be going back to daily hardware news updates

Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs To Dethrone ARM Dominance In a “Declarative Way”, Says CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://wccftech.com/intels-lunar-lake-cpus-dethrone-arm-dominance-declarative-ceo-pat-gelsinger/

AMD AFMF 2 & Variable Graphics Memory Now Available With Ryzen AI 300 APUs, Boost FPS By 78%

https://wccftech.com/amd-afmf-2-variable-graphics-memory-available-ryzen-ai-300-apus-boost-fps/

AMD Launches 12 GB Radeon RX 7800M With The Same 60 Compute Units As The PS5 Pro & 7800 XT

https://wccftech.com/amd-12-gb-radeon-rx-7800m-same-60-compute-units-ps5-pro-7800-xt/

Same CU count but not the same arch

Well, what's the big difference between RDNA 3.0 and 3.5?

Did they confirm whether or not it's RDNA 3/3.5 or RDNA 4?

RDNA3.5 has better IPC from texture sampling/interpolation and memory management improvements. RDNA4 supposedly has an all-new ray tracing engine just like the PS5 Pro.

Saying RDNA3.5 for the PS5 Pro makes sense but might be incorrect in that context since it could be just vanilla RDNA3 shaders with RDNA4 RT. Or it could feature all the 3.5 improvements, we don't know.

I think we'll see with the RT performance. If the improvement is really massive, then it's probably RDNA4, otherwise it's RDNA3.5.

No More Intel Core i9 14900K CPUs For Replacement Left, Hong Kong Distributor Provides Refund Instead

https://wccftech.com/no-more-intel-core-i9-14900k-cpu-replacement-left-distributor-provides-refund-instead/

Intel’s “CHIPS Act” Escape Route Under Jeopardy As Biden Administration Poses Reservations

https://wccftech.com/intel-chips-act-escape-route-under-jeopardy-as-biden-administration-poses-reservations/

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs. GDDR6X tested: 99% performance at 1440p/1080p, 98% at 4K

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-gddr6-vs-gddr6x-tested-99-performance-at-1440p-1080p-98-at-4k

AMD CEO Reiterates AI Roadmap “Acceleration”, Stating That The AI Supercycle Has Just Started

https://wccftech.com/amd-ceo-reiterates-ai-roadmap-acceleration-ai-supercycle-just-started/

Samsung To Cut Up To 30% Administrative Staff By The End of 2024

https://wccftech.com/samsung-to-cut-up-to-30-administrative-staff-by-the-end-of-2024/

You want news? Well, congratulations! Here are the Wednesday and Thursday news together:

SALES /PLAYER COUNT & DEALS

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has sold two million copies
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/warhammer-40k-space-marine-2-has-sold-two-million-copies/
Focus Entertainment has just announced that Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has sold two million copies across all platforms. The game officially came out yesterday, which means that it had strong pre-orders.
>> They gave fans what they wanted, and they responded buying the game. Crazy how things work.

Satisfactory breaks 100,000 concurrent players on Steam for the first time ever after its long-awaited 1.0 release
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/satisfactory-breaks-100000-concurrent-players-on-steam-for-the-first-time-ever-after-its-long-awaited-10-release/
You would think that after more than five years in early access, everyone who wanted to play Satisfactory would've gotten around to it at one point or another, and the 1.0 release would be, you know, nice but not essential. Or at least I would think that—and then I would have to admit that I was completely wrong about the whole thing.
The 1.0 release of Satisfactory has seen the game's concurrent player count on Steam rocket past 100,000—the first time it's ever even come close to that mark. (The previous peak, according to Steam Charts, was 34,238, still a damned respectable figure for such a niche game.) 
And it's not just veteran Satisfactorians wandering back in to see what's new: Satisfactory has also climbed into the top 10 on Steam's top sellers list. That's a whole lot of new Satisfactorios on the scene.
>> Here’s the PCGamer article about Satisfactory reaching the 1,0 update, including what’s new.

This week, the Epic Store gives away two games:

• Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rugrats-adventures-in-gameland-737402
• SUPER CRAZY RHYTHM CASTLE: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/super-crazy-rhythm-castle-e3b464

And next week, they’ll give away TOEM and The Last Stand: Aftermath.

GOG has a lot of deals:

• These are the Limited Time Offers, that will last until tomorrow’s refresh:
  • Gunboat is 33% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/gunboat
  • Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return has a 35% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/planets_edge_the_point_of_no_return
  • Super Huey III features a 49% deal: https://www.gog.com/en/game/super_huey_iii
  • Firezone is 65% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/firezone
  • Tin Hearts gets a 65% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tin_hearts
  • Farmer's Dynasty is 75% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/farmers_dynasty
  • Jumpala can be had with a 79% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jumpala
  • Do you want Trash Sailors? Now it’s 80% off: https://www.gog.com/en/game/trash_sailors
  • The last one is Robo Rumble, with a 85% discount: https://www.gog.com/en/game/robo_rumble
• The Hack'n'Slash Games Promo features up to 94& discounts during 6 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240911_hack_slash_promo
• The PLAYSTATION PC Publisher Sale has games up to 75% off during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/202409_playstation_pub_sale
• And the City Builder Promo has up to 94% deals during 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20240912_city_builders_promo

Steam has three new sales:

• The Dead Rising franchise is on sale with up to 80% discounts during another 26 hours. Hurry up! https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/capcom/sale/dead-rising https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/capcom/sale/dead-rising
• Publisher DANGEN Entertainment puts its games on sale, up to 90% off. Some deals will end the 16th while others will last until the 18th: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/dangen/sale/publishersale2024 https://store.steampowered.com/developer/dangen/sale/publishersale2024
• tinyBuil’s Everything Must Go Sale has up to 75% deals until September 18: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/tinybuild/sale/everything https://store.steampowered.com/developer/tinybuild/sale/everything

Humble Bundle brings the NSFW Steamier Sakura Special Bundle, with up to 26 games to get during 20 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/steamier-sakura-special..

Fanatical has a new Star Deal and bundles:

• The new Star Deal is HELLDIVERS™ 2, 31% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/helldivers-2
• And these are the new bundles:
  • The BYO Play on the Go Bundle (Fall 2024) has 14 games to choose for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ games bundle: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-play-on-the-go-bundle
  • The BYO Very Positive Bundle (Fall 2024) features 22 games to get with 1+, 5+ or 10+ bundles: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-very-positive-bundle
  • And the Action Mystery Bundle has 5 unknown games: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/action-mystery-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 561.09 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-561-09
Highlights
Game Ready for FINAL FANTASY XVI & God of War Ragnarök
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including FINAL FANTASY XVI and God of War Ragnarök. In addition, this driver supports the launch of EA SPORTS FC 25 and Frostpunk 2.

Optimal Settings For New Games

• Black Myth: Wukong
• F1® Manager 2024
• Star Wars™ Outlaws

Fixed Issues
Fixed General Bugs

• [GeForce Experience] Performance Monitoring overlay may stop refreshing GPU information [4679970]
• [NVIDIA App] Game filters may intermittently be missing when invoking the NVIDIA Overlay in-game [4790774]
• [Chaos V-Ray] Performance regression in some workloads when running R560 drivers [4766640]

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 just got a FOV Mod
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/warhammer-40k-space-marine-2-just-got-a-fov-mod/
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is a third-person action game that, sadly, lacks any FOV setting. Thankfully, though, there is a mod that allows you to use higher values of FOV, something that a lot of PC gamers may appreciate.
To be honest, I’ve played over 3 hours and I didn’t have any issues with the default FOV. Still, it’s kind of a bummer that Saber did not include a FOV setting.
The default FOV is around 74. So, by using this mod, you can increase it to either 90 or 102. According to its creator, the mod will not break the game’s special mechanics. Thus, there won’t be any issues with the game’s focus, weapon aiming, and target locking.
You can download the FOV Mod from this link. To install it, you’ll simply have to extract the file to the main Space Marine 2 folder (for example, if you use Steam, the folder is steamappscommonSpace Marine 2 ).
>> The article has two screenshots, one with and the other without the mod.

Fallout 4 just got another large-scale zombie-themed fan expansion
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/fallout-4-just-got-another-large-scale-zombie-themed-fan-expansion/
Last month, we informed you about a large-scale “zombie apocalypse” fan expansion for Fallout 4, called Fallout Vermont. And, a few days ago, its creator released a sequel to it, called Fallout New Hampshire.
As with Fallout: Vermont, Fallout New Hampshire is a large-scale zombie-themed fan expansion. The mod will let players investigate the strange cult that dominates its lands and uncover a sinister conspiracy.
Fallout New Hampshire is inspired by games like Far Cry 5, The Forest, and Die Young. This fan expansion features new locations, assets, and NPCs. The modder also used AI tools in order to add voices to all NPCs. As such, players can talk to over 50 unique NPCs.
All in all, this is a cool fan expansion for F4. And, since this is new free content, we highly recommend downloading it. You can do so from this link. Do note, though, that it requires the Far Harbor DLC. So if you don’t have it, you won’t be able to use it.
>> The article has no media.

GAMING NEWS

Elden Ring Title Update 1.14 Released, Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/elden-ring-title-update-1-14-released-full-patch-notes/
FromSoftware has just released Title Update 1.14 for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. As the team noted, this update brings bug fixes and balance adjustments, as well as changes to the final fight of the expansion. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Upcoming Dragon’s Dogma 2 Patch Will Improve CPU Load
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/upcoming-dragons-dogma-2-patch-will-improve-cpu-load/
Capcom announced that it’s working on a new patch for Dragon’s Dogma 2 that will improve its CPU load. So, in theory, this upcoming update will improve performance in various CPU-bound scenes, like in towns.

Here’s almost an hour of new gameplay from Crimson Desert
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/hour-new-gameplay-crimson-desert/
IGN has shared a video, showcasing almost an hour of new gameplay footage from Crimson Desert. Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game, and this video will give you a pretty good idea of what you can expect from it.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown cannot run with 60fps on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 at Native 4K/Ultra
https://www.dsogaming.com/articles/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown-cannot-run-with-60fps-on-the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-at-native-4k-ultra/
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown will be officially released tomorrow. As we usually do prior to our PC Performance Analysis articles, we’ve decided to test it first on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. And although the game does not have any Ray Tracing effects, NVIDIA’s most powerful GPU cannot run it at constant 60fps.
>> Opti-what? Never heard that word before.

First Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Patch brings CPU performance optimizations
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/first-warhammer-40k-space-marine-2-patch-brings-cpu-performance-optimizations/
Saber Interactive has released the first patch for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. According to the release notes, Hotfix 2.1 is a small update that will optimize CPU behavior on high-end CPUs.

Until Dawn Remake will support Ray Tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.0 on PC, gets official PC requirements
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/until-dawn-remake-will-support-ray-tracing-nvidia-dlss-3-and-amd-fsr-3-0-on-pc-gets-official-pc-requirements/
Sony has revealed the PC features for Until Dawn Remake, and has shared its official PC system requirements. According to the team, the game will support Ray Tracing on PC, as well as NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.0.

Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.13 finally adds support for AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/cyberpunk-2077-patch-2-13-finally-adds-support-for-amd-fsr-3-0-frame-generation/
CD Projekt RED has released a new patch for the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077. According to the devs, Update 2.13 adds support for AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation. So, it might have taken a while but there is finally support for AMD FSR 3.0.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC Patch 9 Removes Denuvo, Brings CPU, Ray Tracing and Stuttering Improvements
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/star-wars-jedi-survivor-pc-patch-9-removes-denuvo-brings-cpu-ray-tracing-and-stutter-improvements/
Respawn has just released a new PC performance patch for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. According to the team, Title Update 9 will address some of the stuttering issues, and it will improve CPU performance. Plus, it will remove the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.
>> Fixing stutters and removing Denuvo at the same time? What a coincidence.