Battlefield 6 Optimization for Xbox Series S Helped the Game Run Better on All Platforms - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 September 2025 / 3,509 Views
Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl in an interview with Kotaku revealed the developers had trouble getting the game to run on the Xbox Series S, however, with optimization the game would not only run smoothly on the Xbox Series S, but also run better on all platforms.
"I will say that the biggest thing we did that was a challenge for us was [dealing with the console’s limited] memory," said Buhl. "Xbox Series S does have less memory than even our mid-spec PC. And so there was a point…Oh, I want to say, like, 6 to 12 months ago where we kind of realized that a lot of our levels were crashing on Xbox Series S."
The process to optimize the memory made the "whole game better and more stable." The devs also focused on specific optimizations" for the Xbox Series S as well.
"We were doing so much testing…we were collecting all this data," he added. "Once we kind of started running all our levels through it, and were able to see where the problems were, after a month or two, we had kind of resolved all of our memory issues on Series S."
Buhl concluded Battlefield 6 is now "super solid" and "performant" on Xbox Series S and will run at a "smooth 60 frames per second."
Battlefield 6 will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on October 10.
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we need the down vote back
It makes sense for devs to try their best to optimize their efforts for Series S if they are supporting Xbox with their game. Series S represents the majority of Xbox hardware sales so if it doesn't work properly on that machine you're cutting your potential sales target on that platform by over half.
Should never have made a version that even runs on it.
Why ? Not only everything is getting expensive, and consoles on top of that too, and you want to limit the bunch of people who can't afford 600$ for a console (or even more for pc), to not be able to play new titles ? I don't agree with that. If the bunch of people can't afford more than 300-400$ for a console, that should be just fine, they have to be able to enjoy new games, just like 10 and 15 years ago, when you could buy 300$ or even 200$ and you could enjoy the latest games.
You're right... They only should have made the PS5 Pro version
XSS, XSX, PS5 base are all holding back the "real" version of the game
$900 is a small price to pay for such an amazing game
They should have delayed it for the PS6 Pro
You are right
I now see the flaws in my argument lol
Probably they should make it exclusive to PC, with minimum requirements of at least the future RTX 5090Ti, and the future Intel 15900k.
I agree it's not worth limiting the scope of the game for that one Xbox SKU.
So you are saying that I shouldn't be able to play Battlefield 6 ? I don't agree.
I don't think the XBSS/X consoles will survive long either way. They're selling like Wii-U and Xbone in 2020
Don't change the subject. I (and many others) bought the cheaper Series S. I think I fully deserve to be able to play Battlefield 6, and all other big games too that will come out for this gen.
I think that's a strange mindset, to think it's something you deserve just because you bought a console. There's no guarantee a console will be supported by games if the console is weak or it's selling poorly to the point devs don't want to support it anymore. Doesn't matter though. Enjoy the XBSS whilst it's still supported.
It's a strange mindset to not want multiplatform games on a current gen system.
I don't consider the XBSS current gen but again it doesn't matter to me. If you enjoy it that's all good but with the sales the XBS consoles have I think it's days are very numbered.
It clearly matter to you too much or else we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Yeah because I don't like the idea of games like the Witcher 4, GTA6, ES6 being compromised in design because of a console that has severe technical limitations. Not worth arguing over it though
I agree. If you bought the Xbox S, you should have known going in that you bought the inferior console. You exchanged money saved for specs, and so when the inevitable happens, you either accept it, or you don't and learn from it so you don't make the mistake next time. Anything else is just mental gymnastics that only hurt yourself.
Exactly. Well said.
So far, no games have skipped the platform due to the Series S as far I know.
Tell us, what is there to learn from when EVERY current gen game on Xbox has come to the Series S? If anything, you haven't been paying attention to the clear pattern of support the platform has recieved. No shit it will happen eventually. That's how console generations work. No console gets indefinite support.
In the old days, there was not a weaker SNES or Genesis. Or a weaker PS1. There was one SKU, relatively speaking, from the start to the end. Therefore, you could expect games until that point.
With Xbox S, things have changed. We all knew it was weak. We all knew that things might be bleak for it. There was always a chance for things to go wrong from the start. So if a person bought it, that was the risk they were taking.
This is not the 80's or 90's anymore, sadly. The rules of what once was no longer apply.
So all the console buyers have strange mindset then. Since from the beginning of the consoles they were always inferior to the PCs, and especially inferior in their second half of their lives. This has been the case for all the generations by now, and you are speaking like it's something new, and even my mindset is strange. So the people that bought PS2 in 2003 or XB360 and PS3 in 2010 shouldn't expect the games till the end of the generation (and even the beginning of the next one) to work on their consoles ? Do you forget how underpowered XB1 was and it still getting games to this day, some of them even AAA games, 12 years later after it's release. Also the discussion here, is not about what I think I deserve, but about you telling millions of players and Series S owners they don't deserve to be able to play Battlefield 6 (and presumably by your words other future AAA games as well). It's like I telling you that you don't deserve to have an air conditioner in your car, because it's not S class or 7 series. Yes I will enjoy it, that is why I bought it in the first place. And I also think to play most of the future AAA games on it at least till 2028. And yes, that is why you are buying a tech, to be able to use it for many more years to come. And in the console market, that is what console manufacturers guarantees us. Sony with PS5, Microsoft with Xbox, and Nintendo with the Switch. No matter which SKU you are buying. On the question of how exactly they will run, I don't mind, I just finished all of my big backlog on my PS3 and X360 consoles. I player years and years on 720p 30fps. So even if I have to play at 900p or 1080p some of the new AAA games on the Series S, I will be more than happy. After all I bought it just for 250$ on sale (brand new of course).
Expecting it to be supported in 2028 is far too ambitious I'm sorry. I'm not telling anyone to not buy anything, but I'm saying if you want a current gen console that is still supported in 2028, only the PS5 will be.
Also, just because Xbone is still supported doesn't mean XBSS/X will be supported for same length. Xbone is so similar to PS4 that the devs just make a PS4 version and then just throw it over to the Xbone for very little work. Getting things to work on XBSS after development on PS5 though is a very different story
Going by the history, it never been any different. And all the consoles gen, even the failed ones like Wii U and OG Xbox if you want, have been supported by new games till end of their generation and even going into the other, let alone the more successful Series consoles. There were rumours that to be the case for the XB1 too, since there was the XB1 X. And people talked that the crossgen games might be only available on the X. That didn't happened. Nothing for the moment points out that it will happen with the Series S as well. Since it's inferior console, it will just run the games at lower and lower res and fps going forward. It may become 720p 30fps by the time next gen comes, but it will still be there. And with how the games look and feel in 720p, with AA, and upscaled by my 4K I am okay with that, for the last 2 years of it's life. By now 5 years passed since this gen, and all the games runs very nice on the Series S, most of them at 1080p or even 1440p. So It's looking good for now, and very far from simply discontinuation for versions on the Series S, it will simply go lower on the fps and resolution, that's it. Just like it did on the PS3 and 360 in the later part of their lifes, or the PS4 and XB1 in their cross gen games.
im sure downgrading for the series S helped the more powerful PS5 and series X run the game run better
Explains why the game looks last gen
Sounds like a game that has actually been somewhat optimized.
