Ex-Naughty Dog, Rocksteady Dev Wishes The Series S Never Existed

Ex-Naughty Dog, Rocksteady Dev Wishes The Series S Never Existed

From TheGamer (Written by Johnny Flores Jr.) on | OpenCritic

It's no secret that the Xbox Series S is not the easiest console to optimize games for, but never has a developer openly spoken out against the system in such a negative way. That is until Del Walker, a former Naughty Dog and Rocksteady developer, took to Twitter to air out his grievances against Microsoft's budget next-generation console.

Microsoft’s own policies surrounding Xbox Series S are helping it lose the war against PlayStation.

In response to a thread outlining the week in news for Xbox, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 and Avowed being 30 frames per second, Walker wished that the Series S wasn't a thing. No, really.

I wish the Series S never existed, man. So annoying to optimize for that console - I expect we'll unfortunately see more game launches get skipped by Xbox in the future.

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement for the Series S and is potentially a sentiment that is shared by other developers, though they have yet to speak out in the same way. It's important to note that, contrary to popular belief, Walker did not have a hand in optimizing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice...

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