Tekken development legend Katsuhiro Harada had some strong comments for Microsoft's lower-powered Xbox Series S console, dubbing it a "weaker child" with "awkwardly lower performance."

A number of video game developers have struggled with the Xbox Series S while following Microsoft's feature parity rules across Xbox Series consoles. Baldur's Gate 3 famously came to Xbox a few months late and required the help of Microsoft's engineers to get the game's split-screen co-op working on Series S. More recently, the developer of breakout shooter Wardogs admitted that the limitations of the Xbox Series S had stopped it from adding certain things to the game.

Indeed, one of the questions facing Microsoft ever since the release of the Xbox Series S back in 2020 is whether it would be willing to allow developers and publishers to release a game on Xbox Series X only, leaving Xbox Series S behind. As it stands, Xbox mandates that video games launch on both or none at all, and that there should be main feature parity between each version.

In a roundtable discussion held at the Console Game Developers Conference in Korea, Harada slammed the Series S and attempted to encourage Cyberpunk 2077 associate game director Paweł Sasko to join in the pile-on, too.

"There's something I really want to say while I have the floor," Harada began (thanks, 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)."

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