Xbox Series S is Microsoft’s new generation budget console. It’s less strong than Xbox Series X but stronger than Xbox One. The console seemed like a great choice for whoever wanted to catch the new generation with a cheap price tag. It offers better graphical quality and way more expanded game support for the future. But it looks like the developers’ complaint about the console has already started. Xbox asks the developers to make their games Xbox Series S compatible if they make the game also for Series X. The processing power between the two consoles is huge, so there was a need to optimize the game for the budget console. The developers started to shout their complaints against Xbox Series S support requirement, and here’s why.
Developers Don’t Want The Xbox Series S Support Requirement
Studios needed to downscale their games for the Xbox Series S. Yes, Xbox Series S is a new generation console, but it’s not powerful as the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. It’s still powerful to run most of the games we will see in the near future, but it’s also a problem to optimize the games for a budget console. The capabilities of the things are much restricted when they work for a less powerful console. Even if they wanted to reflect their creativity with mind-blowing graphics with Xbox Series X’s power, the Xbox Series S requirement was a barrier.
As reported by VGC, VFX artist Ian Maclure says the Xbox Series S requirement holds the new generation of games back. Xbox’s budget console is a barrier to making more realistic and potentially more qualified games. Here’s a part of his speech:
“It might sound broken, but the reason you are hearing it a lot right now is because MANY [sic] developers have been sitting in meetings for the past year desperately trying to get Series S launch requirements dropped”
Probably, Xbox won’t directly remove the requirement, but they might make a change. We want to see more games for Xbox Series S, but it might be challenging for the developers.