The Xbox Series S might be a great deal for gamers, but not so much for developers. This cheaper hardware doesn’t just keep its price down by omitting a disc drive, but also by compromising the performance, giving devs less to work with.
But despite these headaches, Xbox has no plans to ditch its budget console. Speaking after the Xbox Games Showcase, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty makes it clear that the company won’t allow devs to skip the Series S and launch exclusively on the Series X. Instead, he says these issues can be avoided if the developers “plan better”, suggesting that the performance of games on the console will improve with experience.
