I think the Series S is Microsoft's Kinect of this console generation

He's basically saying what every dev is saying no matter the platform
You start with endless possibilities on paper and feel that you have an infinite pool of resources and realize along the way that you have constraints that you will need to work around.
When the PS5 /Serie X launch weren't they supposed to have 60 FPS/4K and raytracing like it was nothing?
The PS5 is even marketed as an 8K console (check the box top corner).

ED Boon mentioned during an interview that Memory was the biggest constraint when developing Mortal Kombat 1-2-3
and it was also the biggest one when developing MK11.
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It's pretty simple. Firstly.

Ram 16gb for x, 10gb for s.

Bus 320bit for x 128bit for s.

The ram speed throughput is a massive difference.

560GB/s (10GB), (8GB) 336GB/s for x.

224GB/s (8GB), 56GB/s (2GB) for s.

Look at the massive drop in speed once you pass 8gb. crazy stuff.

Not to mention lower compute units, less cpu speed.

And MS considers this the main Series console…

They will turn this tech into a ROKU box and leave the high quality hardware behind. Hopefully this translates to the SX being put into the bin next to the front doors at Walmart, this way I can pick it up closer to value and play ES6 when it releases or maybe I should just spend the next 8 years saving for a monster PC. The latter is probably the best decision.

No shit, its basically a last gen console.

I think the gap between the S and X is too wide. It has less specs than the xbone X from last Gen. The parity being forced is basically using specs from last Gen.

Sven from Larian gave a pretty decent answer about this on the Friends Per Second pod cast a few days ago.

the simple little games phil is putting out, will run just fine, there's no need for mass hysteria among the xbox community

Series S is the worse console idea since Wii U was mistaken for an Add-on! Sony had the better idea with the PS5 Digital Edition for $400 dollars!

Take a game that runs great on the Series X and dummy it down to run on the Series S. The Series S should have had the same specs as the Series X minus a disc drive. I understand Microsoft wanting to tap that affordability range but you're paying $400 for a XB1X on steroids. Where I live the Series S comes up for sale used a lot and it pops up all the time in pawnshops.

Until a developer can explain what specifically about the series S is limiting their games, then this should all be taken with a grain of salt. Back in the PS3 and Xbox 360 days developers gave us clear examples as to why it was difficult to develop for the PS3 but even to this date, none can point to what is wrong with the series S that makes development of current gen games so difficult.

A layman can now understand that if you are going to build a PC, you will need a GPU with at least 8GB vram to play modern at 1080p even if the GPU may technically have enough power to push the game to 4K. The limiting factor there is the vram. The response from this twitter post doesn't give us anything specific like this to help us understand. It may be enough for fanboys who are anti Xbox to run with but for the ones who want to look at this objectively as a consumer, it is nothing but noise.

I suspect the real reason they are complaining about the series S is that the cost of making the game compatible with that hardware will slightly increase the development cost and they want Microsoft to provide assistance.

Hardly an explanation. Another one on the bandwagon.

this a communication director said this. not a Dev

sounds more like pr talk
would have liked to have more indepth tech talk ha.

It's accurate you have to design it for a good experience on low end hardware and high end.
The PC space often eliminates old hardware when it needs but you can't do that on console

What's hilarious is the xbox fanboys coming in this article trying to defend the POS Xbox Series S. The denial is strong. It's a last gen console.

Dude is Remedy's PR guy. Not a developer.

Xbox should’ve done what Sony did and just make a console same specs just digital, was a smart move to make a cheaper console but when your competitor has a digital console that’s the same specs as it’s physical disc version and 100$ cheaper and doesn’t have any downsides, it was a risky decision that’s not going to help them in the long run even this short time with these consoles being out

It’s a piece of shit simple as that. Needs to be scrapped. Garbage console by a garbage company. Everything they make is DOA.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

yep. they confirmed early that the crude humor the games are famous for is leaving to be more inclusive for the woke. and the rumors about the new online could make or break them.

$100 game incoming, or the most likely scenario is they will just follow Nintendo going for $80 for the base game

Can't believe anyone thinks it'll be over 70. They want as many people on it as they can to sell shark cards. The only way that happens is if they have a $100 deluxe edition with 3 days early access. Which would probably be smart for them because it'd fly off the shelves