Microsoft has recently launched the June Game Development Kit (GDK) for developers. One of the GDK's features is that more memory has been allocated on Xbox Series S for developers to have access to, which could lead to improved performance of games on the system.

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“Hundreds of additional megabytes of memory are now available to Xbox Series S developers,” the video announcement details. “This gives developers more control over memory, which can improve graphics performance in memory-constrained conditions.”

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[DodgyJudge]

Now maybe we can see 60 fps cyberpunk 2077 and the crew 2 perphaps dead island too i hope!

 

[Jayro]

Imagine purposely gimping a dev kit's resources, only to unlock it for you later.

Douche move in the first place, Microsoft.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Imagine purposely gimping a dev kit's resources, only to unlock it for you later.

Douche move in the first place, Microsoft.

I highly doubt they had hundreds of MB of RAM just sitting there unused all this time.

 

[xYuunax]

GDK had memory issues when developing/optimizing for the Series S.
https://twistedvoxel.com/xbox-series-s-memory-limitations-development-issues/

 

[RedoLane]

It might be great for the UE5 games which will eventually come out.

 

[Cris1997XX]

"Hurr durr imagine screwing over indie developers amirite!?" Says the usual Microsoft hater

 

[kevin corms]

Imagine purposely gimping a dev kit's resources, only to unlock it for you later.

Douche move in the first place, Microsoft.

They couldn’t have possibly optimized the os, api or anything else to free up more memory.

 

[DiscostewSM]

They couldn’t have possibly optimized the os, api or anything else to free up more memory.

In my mind, I'm thinking of something similar to what Nintendo did for various 3DS games.

 

[gaga941021]

Now maybe we can see 60 fps cyberpunk 2077 and the crew 2 perphaps dead island too i hope!

Yes, few MB of memory will magically allow 60 fps.

 

[DodgyJudge]

Yes, few MB of memory will magically allow 60 fps.

Well you seems like you know more than what we know yes hundred of mb will help game run smoother...

 

[Jayro]

In my mind, I'm thinking of something similar to what Nintendo did for various 3DS games.

Yeah, where it reboots the system for free up almost ALL the ram for the 3ds game. It's quite brilliant.

 

[ut2k4master]

Yeah, where it reboots the system for free up almost ALL the ram for the 3ds game. It's quite brilliant.

like they did for morrowind on the original xbox

 

[urbanman2004]

Imagine purposely gimping a dev kit's resources, only to unlock it for you later.

Douche move in the first place, Microsoft.

Kinda like how modern game devs would purposely remove content before a game's release only to repackage said removed content as "DLC" just to profiteer beyond the base game sales. The gift that keeps on giving

 

[gaga941021]

Well you seems like you know more than what we know yes hundred of mb will help game run smoother...

Yes, smoother. But it will not turn games magically 60 fps.

 

[Jayro]

The grift that keeps on giving

FTFY.