Sales of Series X have been plummeting in Europe, and with so few must-play exclusives, it's not hard to see why.
Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."
This is the issue with things like this
Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console
However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.
So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.
The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell
I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.
I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.
More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...
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"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."
Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.
I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.
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Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.
This is what happens when you don’t clean house. Microsoft give up on Xbox already hence the reason why they’re trying to become a major publisher. Phil Spencer was always bad for Xbox. Only fanboys could see past his snake oil.
Microsoft publisher = confirmed lol
Old data we already know they're down 52% in Europe.
It would have been over 3 years ago if it wasn't for covid.
Microsoft ultimately trying to become the "NetFlix of gaming" is the dumbest decision they ever made. Gaming history hasn't taught them anything. Each generation is different for any company where maintaining the momentum of a previous generation has always been difficult. Microsoft can only "win" if gamer's completely ignore the consistent and amazing efforts of Sony and Nintendo games and hardware. That ain't happening anytime soon to be completely blunt. I thought they found their niche in the "Big 3" but since Xbox One launched...have reduced even that niche to abysmal levels in some regions. Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo are two of the most intelligent gaming brands in the history of the industry. Who can argue with that? Microsoft can throw all the money they want around but talent and intelligence simply can't be bought.