Stalker 2 Dev Originally Thought Bringing Game To Xbox Series S Was Impossible
The developers of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl originally thought the game would not possibly run on Xbox Series S due to the console's technical limitations relative to Series X. However, GSC Game World spent time optimizing for the system and unlocked new "streaming" technology to help get the game running on Series S. Now, the studio believes not only will Stalker 2 offer a good experience on Series S, but the company maintains any studio can get their game running on Series S with enough time and resources.
"At first, we thought bringing Stalker 2 to the Xbox Series S might be impossible. We have such a big game with so many mechanics, a huge amount of things," the studio told Windows Central. "It felt like this must be impossible to do. But then we start optimizing, adding new features for streaming information. Unreal Engine has a lot of features for this, but for our game, we really had to squeeze up every megabyte from every piece of system content we could, and now we did it."
The developer went on to say it's now "possible for any game to reach the Xbox Series S' memory limits." However, the studio admitted that not every team has the time or the resources to optimize for Series S, however.
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