Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox Series S and X’s price and launch date were announced last week. The fans were extremely happy with the $299 price for the Series S considering it still had the next-gen capability. Even Sony’s announcements yesterday for the PS5 wouldn’t have bothered Microsoft that much. But, in a recent interview, Xbox exec Jason Ronald mentioned something that would make a lot of fans extremely happy.
Jason spoke to IGN recently where he revealed that the Series S game sizes will be relatively smaller compared to Series X. In the interview, he mentioned “With a performance target of 1440p at 60 fps, our expectation is that developers will not ship their highest level mipmaps to Xbox Series S, which will reduce the size of the games,”
Xbox Series S game sizes will be 30% smaller compared to the Series X
IGN added to this where they said “Jason Ronald confirmed that game install sizes will be approximately 30% smaller on the Series S than on the Series X. This is due to the reduced resolution texture packages needed for games on the Series S, which will be targeting 1440p resolution instead of 4K on the Series X.”
Although, the smaller game size doesn’t mean that there would be any compromise in performance. The games would still run at 1440 60 FPS, as the developers targeted. The Xbox Series S was even marketed as the less powerful console, but with next-gen capabilities. So, it was only natural not to expect 4K resolution from it.
Additionally, the Series S has a 512 GB SSD. That is a 50% drop from the Series X’s 1 TB SSD. Consequently, smaller game sizes will be beneficial for users. This is probably because won’t have to spend extra to get Microsoft’s proprietary expandable storage.
This bit of news came at a time when there was a lot of confusion regarding the Series S’s ability to run the Xbox One X game versions. Fans thought that the Series S won’t be able to run the One X games altogether. Although, it was later found that it just won’t be able to run the games at 4K. This was definitely reassuring and cleared up a major doubt.
The Series S and X will launch on November 10th and the pre-orders go live on September 22nd.
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