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Ex-Tekken Boss Doesn’t Want Next-Gen Xbox to Repeat Series S Mistake

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Ex-Tekken Boss Doesn’t Want Next-Gen Xbox to Repeat Series S Mistake

It’s no secret that many video game developers aren’t big fans of the Xbox Series S due to its weaker performance compared to other modern consoles. However, ex-Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada made his frustrations very clear during the Console Game Developers Conference in Korea, when he tore down the system in front of a Microsoft official.

"There’s something I really want to say while I have the floor," Harada said (via Inven Global). "Since a senior Xbox official is actually in attendance here today, I wish hardware like the Xbox Series S wouldn’t be released (laughs)." For those unfamiliar with Harada, he was the face of Tekken for nearly two decades. He directed or produced every mainline series installment from Tekken 3 to Tekken 8, before leaving Bandai Namco late last year and starting VS Studio, a subsidiary of SNK. During his tenure at Bandai Namco, he became known for his outspoken personality.

"I want to ask Director Paweł [Sasko, associate game director on Cyberpunk 2077] personally — honestly, weren’t you upset inside because of Series S?" Harada continued. Sasko tactfully responded that "It constantly throws challenges at us and forces us to optimize our code very cleanly."

However, Harada wasn’t done. "You just used a very polite and elegant way to say ‘Xbox Series S sucks,’ right? Low memory is an issue, but the hardest part is that it’s a device so similar to Series X while having awkwardly lower performance.



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