The small Xbox Series S still benefits from the attention of its designers.
Indeed, Microsoft has updated the development tools allocated to the studios, which will be able to benefit from a small performance boost.
Better performance for Xbox Series S
In November 2020, Microsoft launched its new Xbox Series X, which was accompanied by a more affordable, less powerful and devoid of any physical drive: the Xbox Series S. A machine that shares the same games as its big sister, with however more or less substantial technical compromises depending on the games, particularly at the level of the frame rateresolution, textures…
Recently, the American giant put in the hands of the studios a new development kit which will allow them to take advantage of a surplus of memory.
More memory for developers
Remember that the Xbox Series S has 10 GB of memory (compared to 16 GB on Xbox Series X), part of which is requisitioned for the interface and background tasks (2 GB). With this new update, Microsoft therefore allows developers to take advantage of an additional margin when it comes to bringing their games to the smallest Xbox.
” Hundreds of megabytes of additional memory are now available to Xbox Series S developers says Microsoft’s Game Dev team. ” This gives developers more control over memory, which can improve graphics performance even under stress conditions. “.
It remains to be seen how this small surplus of memory allocated to developers will appear on the screen with regard to games on Xbox Series S. Remember that the console is displayed at only 299 euros in stores, against 499 euros for the Xbox Series X (and the PS5), the latter still being particularly rare to observe on store shelves…
Source : The Verge
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