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Ex-Tekken director savages Xbox Series S in front of senior Xbox staff: ‘feels like having to do extra work for a slightly weaker child’

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Ex-Tekken director savages Xbox Series S in front of senior Xbox staff: ‘feels like having to do extra work for a slightly weaker child’

Ex-Tekken director and current SNK VS Studio CEO Katsuhiro Harada expressed some sheer savagery at the Console Game Developers Conference in Seoul a couple of days ago. According to Inven Global, the game director and producer slated the Xbox Series S right in front of a "senior Xbox official" (via EuroGamer).

Harada said: "there's something I really want to say while I have the floor. Since a senior Xbox official is actually in attendance here today, I wish hardware like the 'Xbox Series S' wouldn't be released (laughs). I want to ask Director Paweł personally—honestly, weren't you upset inside because of Series S?"

He's talking to CDPR Associate Game Director Paweł Sasko, who reportedly bursts out laughing and responds: "It constantly throws challenges at us and forces us to optimize our code very cleanly."

Harada: "You just used a very polite and elegant way to say 'Xbox Series S sucks,' right?"

The reason, which Harada continues to explain, is that despite the Series S being more popular than Series X in the US, low memory is an issue and its performance is "awkwardly lower" than the Series X: "With Xbox, after delivering your absolute best output, it feels like having to do extra work for a slightly weaker child."

Sasko actually agrees, although he puts a positive spin on it: "Harada speaks a lot of truth... However, intensely optimizing for lower-spec platforms definitely brings the benefit of making the game run significantly better across all platforms—including PS5, high-end PCs, and handhelds like Steam Deck and ROG Ally...


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