That's FP4, though, while the leak was apparently about FP8/INT8.

The Rubin superchips are using ~750 GB/s of bandwidth per PFLOP at that precision, and apparently that's still not ideal? So yeah.

They still have to add a physical world model to those. That would be interesting to see.

[Windows Central] EXCLUSIVE: New details on Xbox's next-gen console(s) — and Microsoft's most ambitious gaming plans ever

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/windows-central-exclusive-new-details-on-xboxs-next-gen-console-s-%E2%80%94-and-microsofts-most-ambitious-gaming-plans-ever.1693205/

Ladies and gentlemen, the gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

'We have made back our development budget after 3 hours': Mewgenics explodes to number one Steam seller 14 years after its announcement
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/we-have-made-back-our-development-budget-after-3-hours-mewgenics-explodes-to-number-one-steam-seller-14-years-after-its-announcement/
Mewgenics is a hit. The cat breeding tactics game from Edmund McMillen, creator of Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac, and Tyler Glaiel released on Steam today and instantly shot up the charts. It's the number one global top seller on Steam, beating out Counter-Strike 2, PUGB, Helldivers 2, and Arc Raiders.
Or put another way: "We have made back our development budget after 3 hours. Thank you all :)" Glaiel wrote on Bluesky today.
Not bad for a $30 indie game that looks like it could've fallen out of Newgrounds' couch cushions. Our own Robin Valentine loved it, calling it a "sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike that will drag your body and soul into its chaotic world" in his 92% Mewgenics review.

Overwatch just hit its all-time player count peak on Steam, clocking in over 165,000 players, more than two years after it first released on the platform
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatch-just-hit-its-all-time-player-count-peak-on-steam-clocking-in-over-165-000-players-more-than-two-years-after-it-first-released-on-the-platform/
Overwatch just had its huge reset last night, dropping the '2', adding five new characters, and revamping the UI, to name just a few changes. It was also the first time I'd seen a queue to get into the servers for quite some time.
We unfortunately don't have any numbers for player count on Battle.net, Overwatch's primary launcher, but Steamdb has come in clutch to give us a better idea of just how many people tuned in last night to see what all the hubbub was about. The Reign of Talon season 1 brought in an impressive 165,651 peak concurrent players on Steam last night, a personal best for Overwatch on said platform.

If you love hundreds of games for $10 and hate ICE, then boy does Itch.io have just the bundle for you
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/if-you-love-hundreds-of-games-for-usd10-and-hate-ice-then-boy-does-itch-io-have-just-the-bundle-for-you/
Indie developers on Itch.io have put what is, quite frankly, an absurd number of games into a delightfully cheap $10 bundle—and it's all in the name of helping push back against the Trump administration and ICE's current presence in Minnesota.
The aptly titled "No ICE in Minnesota" bundle is raising funds towards Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota which Itch.io says "provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. They also work to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants."
As for which games are included, there are some absolute bangers in here. The biggest is probably Baba is You, which goes for $15 full price on its own, let alone alongside 200 other videogames. Philippa Warr awarded it a pretty stellar score of 90 in her 2019 review.
(...)
The bundle is aiming to raise $100,000 and as of writing it's already 80% of the way there, which is pretty huge. It's still running for an entire month too, so there's plenty of time to pick it up and donate money to the ILCM.

GOG welcomes three more Total War games launching on the store and, to celebrate it, bot hgames will be 75% off until February 25th. Learn more here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/more_total_war_games_join_our_catalog

Steam has three new deals and a sale:

• Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies will have a 40% discount until the 17th of February : https://store.steampowered.com/app/2920570/Dale__Dawson_Stationery_Supplies/
• ASTLIBRA Revision , that has a demo, is gong to be 30% off until the 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1718570/ASTLIBRA_Revision/
• Layers of Fear (2016) features a 90% discount until the same 24th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/391720/Layers_of_Fear_2016/
• The new sale is the Games with Heart Event, with games up to 66% off. One of the deals will end on the 18th, but the others will last until the 24th. Also, it’s a charity sale, with a percentage of each sale going to the American Heart Association: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45901892/sale/GamesWithHeart

Humble Store sees the launch of the (grab some air) Playstation Humble Lunar New Year Winter Mega Sale, featuring up to 75% discounts during 12 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/playstation-humble-lunar-new-year-winter-mega-sale/

And Fanatical’s new Star Deal is Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT, 48% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

Grand Theft Auto 4 RTX Remix Mod Got a New Major Update
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/grand-theft-auto-4-rtx-remix-mod-got-a-new-major-update/
Modder ‘xoxor4d’ has just released a new major update for his amazing RTX Remix Path Tracing Mod for Grand Theft Auto 4. This update is a must for everyone who is currently planning to play this classic GTA game with Path Tracing. So, let’s see what it brings to the table.
Update 1.2.1 completely fixes the phone’s backgrounds. Right now, you can use whatever background you want, and there won’t be any smearing. This is a huge deal as the game can now be fully enjoyed.
Moreover, Update 1.2.1 offers correct calculations and softness for the spotlight cones. This means the spotlight cones now properly match the original.
Not only that, but this new update fixes the moonlight that was missing in a specific part of the map. The global light intensity has been increased to better match the original game’s lighting. The modder also added logic that lowers sunlight and boosts skylight during bad weather (rain, lightning, cloudy conditions). This gives the world a more realistic, overcast look.
And there is more. The modder has published a new version of AutoPBR. AutoPBR V2 has a bunch of new materials from various cutscenes and DLCs. To be more precise, it brings around 16k replacements, and it has 24k texture files.
>> The article has several screenshots and a video.

New Just Cause 3 Mod Adds NVIDIA DLSS and HDR
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-just-cause-3-mod-adds-nvidia-dlss-and-hdr/
Modder ‘Filippo Tarpini’ has released a must-have mod for Just Cause 3 that adds support for NVIDIA DLSS and HDR. Just Cause 3 came out in 2015 and looked amazing on PC. By now, most PC systems should be able to run it without any issues. Still, with DLSS, you can now get better AA and better image quality.
Going into more details, this mod adds HDR tonemapping with improved quality render targets. As such, Just Cause 3 will now have less banding. Moreover, it improves auto exposure, as it often caused flickering.
Even at 4K, Just Cause 3 had very strong shimmer and aliasing. But now, thanks to DLSS, you can improve the whole image. Those with high-end NVIDIA RTX GPUs will also be able to use DLAA to get the best image quality.
It’s also worth noting that the mod fixes an issue that affected the Anisotropic Filter. For some weird reason, 16xAF was not applying to many surfaces. But now, thanks to this mod, 16xAF works the way it was meant to. Plus, the mod fixes Motion Blur shutter speed, which was affected by the game’s framerate.
>> The article has no media.

New RDR2 Mod Restores Hidden Features Rockstar Left Behind
https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/new-rdr2-mod-restores-hidden-features-rockstar-left-behind/
Modders ‘DickHertz’ and ‘Tuffy’ have released a new cool mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 that restores hidden features that Rockstar left behind. This is something that die-hard RDR2 fans will appreciate. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
Called A Dynamic World, this mod restores some unused/mission-specific setups around the map, based on certain in-game conditions. There are a couple created by the modders, but most of them are ones that Rockstar disabled.
For instance, Van Horn now shows small signs of growth over the years, even adding its rickety rope bridge by 1907. Bronte’s Mansion and Braithwaite Manor are now enterable in the open world, whether you sneak in quietly or break in by force. Blackwater also features an active port that receives cargo and horses throughout the week, plus visiting tourists on weekends. Even the Saint Denis art gallery has opened its doors to the public 24/7.
And that’s not all. The Saint Denis Mayor throws his parties most Saturday nights, or on random occasions the rest of the week. The Grand Korrigan can be regularly found docked or floating throughout the week. The Van Horn lighthouse dawns its fog light every night except Sundays. Moreover, Valentine now flexes its banners every weekend.
>> This article also lacks any media.

The creators of a popular Dark Souls 2 lighting mod are experimenting with path tracing and, oh boy, it no longer looks like an Xbox 360 game
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/dark-souls/the-creators-of-a-popular-dark-souls-2-lighting-mod-are-experimenting-with-path-tracing-and-oh-boy-it-no-longer-looks-like-an-xbox-360-game/
Dark Souls 2 is the second-best Dark Souls game and that's fairly uncontroversial. But it's also famously the most ugly. Chief among the complaints people have about Dark Souls 2, is that the game's original lighting engine—the one FromSoftware went to great lengths to show off back in 2013—was entirely absent in the final game.
In pre-release footage, Dark Souls 2's lighting always looked a tad ambitious for a seventh-gen console game. It was meant to be an important aspect of gameplay, necessitating the use of torches in dark areas, whose fire would cast dynamic shadows and reflections. When the game actually released on consoles it looked flat, murky, and torches were never a necessity. It was kinda similar even when it hit PC with the Scholar of the First Sin edition, so for those looking for something more akin to that pre-release footage, the DS2Lighting Engine Mod has been a go-to.
Now the team responsible for that mod is experimenting with path tracing and the results are pretty phenomenal. Check out this footage from the Shaded Woods:
*** a 3 minutes video ***
The Shaded Woods is probably one of the ugliest areas from the original game (you can check out bits of it in this video), though some would argue Earthen Peak deserves that distinction. I'm not being contrary when I say that there's something kinda charming about Dark Souls 2's utilitarian ugliness, especially in hindsight, but path traced Shaded Woods is so richly atmospheric that it's possible to say it's pretty without kinda lying about it.
The path tracing applies to everything, including spells, and there are some other videos doing the rounds also.
>> There are wnother 2 videos in the article, but keep in mind that this is a test and there’s no link to get your hands on it.

GAMING NEWS

Directive 8020 will be released on May 12th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/directive-8020-will-be-released-on-may-12th/
Supermassive Games has announced that its sci-fi survival horror game, Directive 8020, will be released on May 12th. To celebrate this announcement, the team shared a new trailer that you can find below.

The second part of the gaming news:

Arc Raiders dishes out a hotfix, 'squashing the item duplication bug', and warns that bans will be coming for guilty players
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-dishes-out-a-hotfix-squashing-the-item-duplication-bug-and-warns-that-bans-will-be-coming-for-guilty-players/
The devil works hard, but Embark's devs work harder. We've just got a hotfix for the Arc Raiders duplication bug that saw players covering maps with trigger 'nades and ziplines. Which means the next step is the ban wave.
"Heads up, raiders, an additional hotfix just dropped, squashing the item duplication bug," Embark says in an official social media post. "Thank you all for reporting the issue, and for being patient with us while we sorted it out."
>> They’ve fixed this one, but now there’s another that gives infinite ammo and lets you repair your gun for free (link).

Medieval physics romp Besiege has spent a decade letting us conquer the land and sea, so naturally its next expansion is heading to the final frontier
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/medieval-physics-romp-besiege-has-spent-a-decade-letting-us-conquer-the-land-and-sea-so-naturally-its-next-expansion-is-heading-to-the-final-frontier/
Besiege has been knocking around for a while. Hitting Steam early access only a couple of years after the programme started, it quickly became a fave, though it would linger there for five years, only hitting 1.0 in 2020.
Developer Spiderling Studios has continued to nurture its castle-demolishing puzzler since then, with plenty of updates and an ocean expansion in 2024. Now, though, it's pulling off something more audacious: Besiege is heading into space.

I was the Bernie Madoff of speculative baby trading until my prize infant gargled horse tranquiliser and died
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/i-was-the-bernie-madoff-of-speculative-baby-trading-until-my-prize-infant-gargled-horse-tranquiliser-and-died/
In days of old, before mankind had conquered—perhaps destroyed—the natural world, we would attribute the vicissitudes of fate to the will of the gods. If your village was swallowed by an earthquake, your child taken by ague, your crops struck by pestilence, it was because a higher power decided it. The alternative—that these tragedies just happened—was too maddening to accept.
We have no need for gods these days. Now we have Wall Street, whose distant and inscrutable machinations ravage towns, take children, and blight crops far more effectively than the gods of old. We no longer have need for Apollo and Dionysus. Now we have Brad and his MBA. Brad sucks.
Except not anymore. Now I am become Brad, and the universe has unfurled before me like delicious fruit leather. I am the master of Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (SWBTS), the new game from Strange Scaffold that invites you to pick a likely-looking baby fresh from the maternity ward and bet on the outcome of their life. Or you can short them, if they seem like the type to lose an arm in a wheat thresher or something like that.

Age of Wonders 4's next expansion introduces nomadic, post-apocalyptic bunnies
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/age-of-wonders-4s-next-expansion-introduces-nomadic-post-apocalyptic-bunnies/
I could never look at cute bunnies the same way after watching Watership Down, but I feel more prepared for Age of Wonders 4: Rise from Ruin. Now I know how hard these fluffy critters have it, and how hard they'll fight to survive. And that's very much what the new expansion is all about.
The expansion's new species is the harefolk—anthropomorphic hares who survived the apocalypse. They're all about speed and endurance, though like all the forms you pick for your empire's primary species, they can be customised with any traits that you've already unlocked.

Genshin Impact fan wiki operator may be having second thoughts about datamining after Cognosphere unleashes the lawyers, says it 'will only update live game data in the future'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-fan-wiki-operator-may-be-having-second-thoughts-about-datamining-after-cognosphere-unleashes-the-lawyers-says-it-will-only-update-live-game-data-in-the-future/
Cognosphere, better known to most of us as HoYoVerse, has opened a new front in its long-running war against leakers by suing Jianuo "HomDGCat" Zhou, the operator of the HomDGCat wiki. The lawsuit, available via Aftermath, alleges that Zhou "has engaged in a sustained, coordinated campaign to steal and publicly disseminate Cognosphere's confidential, trade secret information and copyrighted materials" related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.

Subnautica 2 devs show off multiplayer while constantly reassuring solo players it's totally optional
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/subnautica-2-devs-show-off-multiplayer-while-constantly-reassuring-solo-players-its-totally-optional/
There's been no shortage of drama surrounded Subnautica 2, from the leadership of Unknown Worlds being axed by publisher Krafton because they'd allegedly caused a delay, to those developers claiming it was Krafton who had caused that delay, actually, so it wouldn't have to pay those devs a contractual multi-million dollar earnout, to the big messy and downright perplexing lawsuit filed over those conflicting claims, which is still ongoing.
Mostly lost in these stormy seas has been talk about the game itself—but today, the development team behind Subnautica 2 took some time to show off the sequel's multiplayer features. And maybe in an effort to avoid any more drama, the team wants to be clear that if you're interested in playing the game alone, like the original, you totally, definitely can.

This Lost Ark skin turns your warrior into a stereotypical gamer, complete with Mountain Dew gut and a pair of slides
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/this-lost-ark-skin-turns-your-warrior-into-a-stereotypical-gamer-complete-with-mountain-dew-gut-and-a-pair-of-slides/
For the fourth anniversary of Lost Ark's release in the west, the MMO action-RPG added a bunch of skins that, in the original Korean version, were designed by and then voted for by players. The results are mostly in line with what you might expect from Lost Ark's skins—for a while I played a sorceress and every time I went up a tier her outfit got skimpier, so I'm unsurprised to see the skin here is literal lingerie—except for one.
The male warrior skin, which can be applied to all paladins, berserkers, gunlancers, and destroyers, is just a fat guy in a singlet that doesn't fit him. With his glasses and slides, and in the alternate version, a tracksuit and headphones with cat ears, he looks like a caricature of a Lost Ark player. He looks like he has 8,000 hours logged and left a negative review on Steam. For a fun bonus, his weapons are all food-based, so you can swing a giant fried squid instead of a boring old axe or whatever.

Microsoft has revoked the DMCA takedown that forced an indie Minecraft-like off Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/i-genuinely-do-not-know-what-to-do-says-developer-of-minecraft-like-allumeria-after-microsoft-issues-a-dmca-takedown-forcing-it-off-steam/
In January, indie game developer Unomelon announced that their lo-fi voxel sandbox game Allumeria would be playable in Steam Next Fest, an exciting milestone after a year of development. Two weeks later, the game is no longer available on Steam as the result of a DMCA takedown from Microsoft, claiming that Allumeria infringes on Minecraft's copyright.
"I genuinely do not know what to do," Unomelon posted in the game's Discord.
Update: The DMCA launched against Allumeria has been withdrawn. As Unomelon wrote on the Allumeria Discord, "Microsoft has withdrawn the copyright claim with no action needed on my part. This is the best case scenario. I just woke up from a nap so I am still not sure about the details, but whatever happened, it worked. The steam page and game has been fully restored, and I did not need to file a counter claim, meaning there will be no chance of a lawsuit!"

After 21 years, Serious Sam 2 gets Steam achievements (and a new patch)
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/after-21-years-serious-sam-2-gets-steam-achievements-and-a-new-patch/
Few things thrill me like a very old game suddenly getting an update. Keep, quintuple-A publishers, your storied pomp. Give me your ancient, your forgotten, your games that run in Unreal Engine 1 and whose default controls make heavy use of the numpad. That's what gets me excited.
So the fact that Serious Sam 2, 21 years of age, has just got Steam achievements and a lil' patch? That's the good stuff, right there. Serious Sam 2 update 2.2 dropped yesterday, bringing with it 30 new cheevos for "your number 142451 no deaths, colt-only, left-handed, no damage, blindfolded Serious Sam 2 run!" (...)

Cult of the Lamb's devs reveal why they made the decision to not let Marchosias join your cult in Woolhaven: 'I'm really, really glad that we did that'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/cult-of-the-lambs-devs-reveal-why-they-made-the-decision-to-not-let-marchosias-join-your-cult-in-woolhaven-im-really-really-glad-that-we-did-that/
I love the boss fights in Cult of the Lamb; they're a welcome change of pace to what is otherwise a relatively peaceful dungeon-crawling experience. But I'd be lying if I didn't admit that my absolute favourite part of fighting a boss is getting to indoctrinate them and welcome their cute follower form into my cult.
Once you defeat a boss, you have the option to take them into your cult, where you can look after them and assign them tasks to do around the place for as long as they live, which sadly is never long enough.
Spoilers ahead for Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven
>> And while Woolhaven makes the game harder, the devs weren't 'necessarily trying to stress players out' (link).

After 10 years No Man's Sky still hasn't run out of cool stuff to give you, so here's a freakin' gravity gun, too
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/after-10-years-no-mans-sky-still-hasnt-run-out-of-cool-stuff-to-give-you-so-heres-a-freakin-gravity-gun-too/
Hey, Traveler! You've been exploring No Man's Sky's quintillions of planets for a while now (almost 10 years, if you can believe it). You've dug holes in those planets, exploited their resources, built bases and settlements on them, and spent hours either killing their lifeforms or taming and riding them.
Did you ever think about, you know, cleaning some of those planets up? Hmm? Is that so much to ask?
No Man's Sky's new update, called Remnant, is all about cleaning up hazardous space debris. And don't worry, it's not a completely altruistic endeavor: it'll be well worth your while.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is where 'The Kiwami line will come to an end,' which might be for the best given how badly it's been handled
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/yakuza-kiwami-3-is-where-the-kiwami-line-will-come-to-an-end-which-might-be-for-the-best-given-how-badly-its-been-handled/
Yakuza Kiwami 3 and its tie-in game, Dark Ties, release tomorrow, and that might be your lot, at least insofar as Kiwami games go. In a recent Japanese-language livestream spotted and translated by fans on Reddit (and verified by PCG's crack international cadre), RGG studio boss Masayoshi Yokoyama declared that "I think Yakuza Kiwami 3 will be the last one one, and the Kiwami line will come to an end."

And here’s the third part of the news:

The Fallout VATS system was inspired by Burnout's crash mode of all things or, as Todd Howard puts it, 'imagine the car parts are, like, eyeballs and guts!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/the-fallout-vats-system-was-inspired-by-burnouts-crash-mode-of-all-things-or-as-todd-howard-puts-it-imagine-the-car-parts-are-like-eyeballs-and-guts/

Todd Howard says Bethesda really didn't expect people to hate the way Fallout 3 ended with a full stop: 'We thought this is Fallout, it’s great! People hated it!'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/todd-howard-says-bethesda-really-didnt-expect-people-to-hate-the-way-fallout-3-ended-with-a-full-stop-and-they-scrambled-together-a-solution-but-ill-give-us-an-average-grade-on-that/

Fallout 76 devs were surprised the community turned out to be so friendly: 'It’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another ... it's the complete opposite'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-76-devs-were-surprised-the-community-turned-out-to-be-so-friendly-its-post-apocalyptic-its-fallout-theyre-going-to-all-want-to-kill-one-another-its-the-complete-opposite/

The best thing about Fallout New Vegas was right there in Bethesda's initial pitch to Obsidian
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/the-best-thing-about-fallout-new-vegas-was-right-there-in-bethesdas-initial-pitch-to-obsidian/

Hideo Kojima posts a cryptic message about 'editing' something and an awful lot of people are convinced it means Death Stranding 2 for PC will be announced later this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hideo-kojima-posts-a-cryptic-message-about-editing-something-and-an-awful-lot-of-people-are-convinced-it-means-death-stranding-2-for-pc-will-be-announced-later-this-week/

Despite having nearly its entire back catalog on Steam, Suda51's studio doesn't benefit much from sales of its old games: 'It's really nice for the other people who are making bank off that, though'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/despite-having-nearly-its-entire-back-catalog-on-steam-suda51s-studio-doesnt-benefit-much-from-sales-of-its-old-games-its-really-nice-for-the-other-people-who-are-making-bank-off-that-though/

Well, 1557 TOPs with sparsity, where a large amount of results is 0. In real environments, it's more like half that number, but I'm sure they're all quoting the sparsity results as they look much shinier.

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection will be removed from sale on March 31, announcement.

What exactly has changed after 5 years?

The game started with a MetaCritic of 84 (shy of the 85+ bonus) and today has a MetaCritic of... 84.

The opinion of the players also hasn't changed much over the years (at least for the PC version).

In the first year, 99% of the reviews were already positive:

In the first three years, 99% of the reviews were already positive:

It really does sound like a Steam Machine, but I hope they think well about it and the products OEMs will be allowed to sell under the same branding. MSlop should learn about what has happened with the Series S and the problems its lower specs have caused to the brand, like Baldur's Gate 3 taking months if not longer to launch on Xbox because of it, and not allow OEM devices to ship with lower specs than the baseline that will represent the one made by MSlop themselves.

Otherwise, things could get messy.

Thanks for sharing the news. I guess we can assume that this delisting is because of licensing rights and IPs.

I hope they put it on sale before it's removed.

I don't know what to say, Maybe it's a case of selective memory, with him remembering the complains he mentions more than the overall reception of the game. After all, people can complain about the performance and some aspects of a game, yet still give it a thumbs up because the overall experience is positive.

Or like a modern 3DO.

Panasonic, Sanyo, Goldstar, Samsung and Creative Labs all produced 3DO-branded consoles.

This approach has one serious drawback: Since the console manufacturers won't gain money through royalties, they can't cross-finance the console through videogame sales and thus can't sell the consoles at a loss unless Microsoft subsidizes them.

Fun Fact: For those who don't know, the 3DO is why Trip Hawkins left EA, which is also when the company's enshittification started as Trip wasn't there anymore to keep the money-pushers in check...