Black Myth: Wukong Dev Bemoans Lack of Xbox Version, Points the Finger at Xbox Series S

boss Black Myth: Wukong Developer Game Science is pointing the finger at the Xbox Series S for the lack of an Xbox version of the game.

In a post on a Chinese social media site WeiboGame Science co-founder and CEO Feng Ji celebrated PC and PlayStation 5 action game “Black Myth: Wukong” winning the 2024 Steam Game of the Year Award, while lamenting the lack of an Xbox version of the game, which he blamed Lack of Xbox version Optimization issues for Xbox Series S.

“The only thing missing is an Xbox,” he said in a machine learning translation. “That feels a little wrong, but 10GB of shared memory — without years of optimization experience — is really hard to make sense.”

This refers to the performance of the Xbox Series S relative to the Xbox Series X.

Microsoft’s Xbox release policy means publishers and developers must release their games on Xbox Series X and S. This has caused difficulties for some studios in the past, perhaps most notably Baldur’s Gate 3 Developer Larian. Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally released only on PC and PS5, with the Xbox version delayed due to issues with the Xbox Series S’s difficulty performing split-screen co-op. In the past, Xbox has promised that all games on Xbox Series S and Finally, “Baldur’s Gate 3” makes an exception So the game may launch later in 2023.

2023 Thomas Puha, Communications Director, Remedy Opening up about the challenges the studio faced in making Alan Wake 2 work well on Xbox Series Ssaid the console’s GPU “is a problem” and that “less memory is a pretty big issue.” Prior to this, a visual effects artist who worked on Xbox Series Require”.

“The studio has gone through a development cycle where the Series S ended up being a heavy burden on the production process, and now that the game is being developed firmly with the new consoles in mind, the team doesn’t want to repeat that process,” the developer said. .

Include in media interviews IGNXbox boss Phil Spencer sidestepped questions about whether the Xbox Series S is hindering developers and rejected calls to allow developers to release games only on Xbox Series X. during an interview european players“It’s a good thing for the industry as a whole to have an entry-level price point under $300. I think it’s important. In terms of traditional plug-in consoles, the Switch has been able to do that,” Spencer said. -My TV console, I think this is important.

However, things got even more confusing for Black Myth: Wukong as Microsoft insisted that the game’s delay on Xbox had nothing to do with development issues. In multiple statements to IGN, Microsoft hinted that its exclusivity deal with Sony was the reason for the delay.

“As we’ve said before, we’re very excited about the launch of Black Myth Wukong on Xbox Series X and S and are working with Game Science to bring the game to our platform,” Microsoft told IGN.

“We don’t want to comment on deals our partners have struck with other platform holders, but we can confirm the delays are not due to Xbox platform restrictions that have been raised with us.”

Black Myth: Wukong launched on August 19 and sold 18 million copies on PC and PS5 in just two weeks, reportedly earning over $700 million in the process. That’s enough to make Black Myth: Wukong one of the fastest-selling games of all time, along with Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, for a game that reportedly took six years to develop on a budget of $70 million. it does it so well that Sony notes ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ contributed significantly to revenue In the last financial quarter, the impact of the Concord disaster was recouped.

DLC coming soon. In September, Game Science investor Hero Games confirmed plans Black Myth: Wukong’s Elden Ring-style expansion released before any sequels.

IGN Black Myth: Wukong Review Return 8/10. We said: “Despite some frustrating technical issues, Black Myth: Wukong is still a great action game with great combat, exciting bosses, tantalizing secrets, and a beautiful world.”

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