Mario Kart 8 is the game were I quite caring about Digital Foundry reports.  There was something about how it was 60 fps, but than was 58 fps, than 60 fps.  Or something.  To this day I still have no idea what they are talking about.  

I get people are interested in specifications and performance, which good for them.  It just isn't my thing.  I've been pleased with graphics since the ps3/360, it helps that I started on the NES so gaming overall (even the Switch) just blows my mind with how great things look (and run).  It isn't like we have N64 games running at 8 fps anymore.

Some of the most recent videos were funny. Basically they say "the game is locked 60fps, but there were 3 times during the 10h play that for 2s it dropped to 59fps".

It definitely seems like more third party developers are praising the PS5 compared to the Series X.

True, and that have been happening for like over 6 months, but was considered Sony buying out their praise.

This interview isn't about power, it's about ease of programming with a custom (re)made Software Development Kit to get the best out of the hardware. It says over and over, tf don't matter, how you use the hardware is what matters. Which is also why the Switch is working so well. Custom made.

MS can say they have the complete RDNA 2 feature set (DirectX) yet in practice DirectX is a bottleneck compared to a custom made SDK for the hardware it runs on. The benefit of coding with standard libraries is easier porting to PC and easier / more foolproof BC. Hence Sony gives out a warning that some ps4 games my act up on the ps5.

So in essence Sony was correct in stating they still believe in generations (new SDK) despite offering cross-gen exclusives. While MS continues to offer a PC in a box with easier cross platform releases (between PC and XBox) There are benefits and drawbacks to both approaches. Personally, I can't wait to see what Naughty Dog and Guerilla games can pull off in the second half of the generation.

I don't know why people are surprised at developer response to PS5, "more generic power" (which is nothing new) or fundamental new possibilities. This isn't about consolewar fanboys, it is about professionals expressing what they find interesting and compelling. That doesn't need to be same as what matters to gamers, but if you are going to listen to developers it's reasonable to engage with their context.

Honestly I'm disappointed so much of response seems to devolve "durrr... fast load times" although I guess going further requires more thinking. "Load times" tends to imply beginning of levels etc, but as Epic engine optimization made clear, it's relevant for alot more than that in live gaming. More or less, it should translate to more of the screen visuals using higher resolution textures more of the time, certainly relevant to visual quality.

This dev does go a bit into the GPU frequency thing, although I feel the interviewer can't follow thru and ends up dragging him back to passe stuff. Tempest 3D Audio is sometimes discussed (not here), although I'm curious if/how devs might use it for non-audio tasks with it supposedly working like Cell. If they decide a game doesn't need 100x audio spatializations, the hardware could be used for things like Cell was, augmenting GPU or even CPU.

The dev is talking about ease of use, not power. Series X is still more powerful regardless of how anyone spins it. The devkits are easier to use for PS5 than Series X, hence why devs were complaining about getting dev kits late from MS, so likely Xbox is lagging behind in that sense. At the end of the day, the difference between both consoles were always going to be minimal and that is how it has turned out. Just like how everyone was saying ps5 SSD is 100% faster than Xbox and we would see loading times twice as fast on ps5, but looking at real world examples it ends up being 1-3 seconds difference or Series X loading faster in cases.

And the interview the dev in OP talks about power and how to use it, and that even though on paper Xbox is stronger 12>10 but if that can't be used because of other aspects of the HW limiting it use (besides tool and experience) you may end up not touching that difference. And goes on to say that what he expect is that Xbox due to the higher CU and Tflop will push pixels easier but other aspects of IQ on the game PS5 may have an advantage due to the customizations.

Any game that drops below 60FPS and does not have ray tracing is literally unplayable. Automatic low score.

To long to read while at work. I'm gona go and asume it all sais tflops dont matter.