They are not saying its not an Xbox specific requirement… they said these kind of requirements have also happened in the past (obviously for this specific case it can only be an Xbox requirement since its the only platform with 2 different consoles)

Their entire discussion is how in the past, these kind of restrictions/policies have eventually been lifted and whether this will be the point when it happens for SS/SX and how its better to cut the feature from the S rather than not release the game at all

I remember that, lol designing. It doesnt seem like it was brilliantly design its more of just slapping numbers together into a plain rectangular box with a plain controller. Ps5 was design carefully with more thought put into it both inside and outside. DF was like we dont understand why this is happening in some of there early comparison videos.

Split screen is more so content than feature. Wouldn't make sense for a game to have split screen on the X and then if you decide to play it on the S it's no longer there when it's the same game same disc(although discs don't apply to the S).

You can force Halo into split screen now if you wanted to. It's mostly works. There's just a few issues that need to be ironed out and it'd be ready. I don't think the hardware is the problem there. It's certainly not an issue with the S as it's also working on Xbox One.

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It appears they do actually force feature parity. DF apparently confirmed it.
Split screen is considered a feature.
Ray tracing / resolution is not considered a feature.

In their defense - every company wants to increase sales. If customers are buying it, doesn't that mean they themselves don't care that it's weak?

I think they wanted the advantage of what a cheaper system couldve brought. Instead of the specs they should have just matched and dropped the disc portion. They kinda shot themselves in the foot. The s is definitely gonna cause problems now and in the future if there really is parity. Itll bring down multiplatform games to. Some devs may just drop features from games if they cant get it running, etc

Exactly.
Funny how they always bundle the X/S sales when the S cannot be compared to PS5 at all.
At best, it could be compared to PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. But it is not a next-gen console.
So if we're to compare next gen sales, it's really 30M PS5 vs <10M Xbox Series X

"Everyone should avoid the S model and I feel bad for people who got tricked into getting one."

I agree, but this also plays into Microsoft's hands, as people that only own a series S may well upgrade to a series X out of frustration at some point. What they have to hope is that people don't finally realise enough is enough and ditch xbox altogether.

I've told that from day one. After a gen where there was so much complaining about the lack of power of the ps4 and Xbox one... The talk of how consoles were gimping games, holding a generation... You get something like the s. Anybody with a little knowledge understand that things will only get worst.

@Sully

"I agree, but this also plays into Microsoft's hands, as people that only own a series S may well upgrade to a series X out of frustration at some point. What they have to hope is that people don't finally realise enough is enough and ditch xbox altogether."

I agree. But if I had an Series S and looking at the Price of the Series X and the PS5 being similarly priced. I would honestly just keep my Series S and just buy a PS5. Because not only would I get Balders Gate 3 I would also gain access to Playstation 1st party and the many more 3rd party exclusives as well. It would be a no brainer.

been told series s is more powerful then ps5 then then they call it rdna2.o then heard them call it weakstation then been told ps5 holding back both xbox and sony paying for parity then they mentioned series s is more powerful then ps5

Remember how the Xbox One was gonna be way more powerful than the PS4 because of "CLOUD POWAH!!!"?
And then...the Crackdown 3 embarrassment absolutely trashed that narrative. MS is just one major misstep after another when it comes to hardware decisions. I don't get why the DF's of the world aren't harsher on them.

@Frostypants

One of the worsts ever. They showed off the power of cloud with full destructible online open world. Natural destruction where the buildings would cause a “chain reaction” of destruction.

Just to get a multiplayer mode that’s 5v5 with cardboard cutout destruction LOL

They are forcing parity between X and S. If they're forcing it between them and PS5? I don't think anyone knows for sure, but it's the only reason I can see as to why they wouldn't just release the game without split screen on Xbox and say they'll look into adding it later. I think it was John who pointed out, I'm sure far more Series S owners would rather have the game without split screen than not have the game at all.