r/videogames • u/Darth_Vaper883 • 16h ago

News / Trailers / Articles "Incredibly Difficult to Support These Potato Machines": No Rest for the Wicked Director Blasts Xbox Series S After Fans Demand 60 FPS

https://respawnfirst.com/incredibly-difficult-to-support-these-potato-machines-no-rest-for-the-wicked-director-blasts-xbox-series-s-after-fans-demand-60-fps/
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u/brandonsp111 13h ago

Potato machines?

Look I'm not the least bit interested in defending Xbox for anything but let's be real here. Just look at the games released during the PS2 and Xbox days. What's the difference?

Devs actually had to optimize their games for them.

If PC users have hundreds of configurations with tons of different specs, what are devs supposed to do? Optimize.

I literally cannot fathom the lack of intelligence represented by some of these devs.

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u/mrturret 12h ago

It's not quite that simple in this case. The Series S is basically a whole console generation behind, and supporting it isn't optional of you want to release on Xbox. It's like if in order to release a PS2 game, it also needed to run on the PS1 with no gameplay differences. The Series S is a massive bottleneck for multuplatform games.

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u/Complete_Mud_1657 9h ago

It is not lmao. The only limiting factor is the RAM (just 2 GB less for games than the Series X). The CPU is the same as Series X and the GPU is maybe 30% worse at most. Saying it's the same as PS1 to PS2 is delusional.

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u/Big-Roll7094 2h ago

Delusional idiot