Xbox Series S Game Sizes to be Smaller Than Xbox Series X - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 October 2020 / 2,083 Views
Xbox director of program management Jason Ronald in an interview with IGN has stated game sizes will be smaller 30 percent smaller on the Xbox Series S than the Xbox Series X. This is good news as the Xbox Series S comes with a 512GB SSD, while the Xbox Series X comes with a 1TB SSD.
The smaller game sizes for the Xbox Series S is due to the console running games at 1440p or 1080p resolution, while the Xbox Series X will run games at 4K resolution.
"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," Ronald said. "Ultimately the controls in the developer's hands.
"We've had this technology for a while that allows developers to intelligently choose which assets to install on which device they're playing on. So the flexibility is in the developers’ hands to make sure the right assets are there."
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will launch on November 10 for $499 and $299, respectively. Pre-orders will begin on September 22.
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I'm interested to learn what files sizes will be like next gen.
Iirc the PS5 supports BD's up to 100GB and I assume XB is the same, so I'd guess the average would be around there give or take the size of the day 1 patch. Some may use two discs.
Makes up for the smaller SSD
Given it has less RAM I figure Series S versions may use lower quality textures in some titles. Perhaps video files can also drop down to 1440p versus 4K. We are already seeing some of this on Xbox One and One X.
That was expected. Good to have confirmation.
hahahaha its up to the devs though which will make it twice more work for a weaker console
This is something developers already do if you have a Xbox One X.
@Mr Puggsly, now I'm curious, does installing a game on Xbox One X uses more storage than if you were to install the same game on a regular Xbox One?
Yeah, some titles do change in size for X1X. Sometimes its obvious why, certain titles have higher quality textures not used by base specs. The Xbox One X automatically downloads the larger version of the game.
Think of it this way. On PC sometimes the enhanced texture packs are separate download and can be 20+ GB.
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