The Game Director of Black Myth: Wukong took to the internet this week to lament the lack of game presence on Xbox, and uses the Series S’s 10 GB of RAM as a reason.
It has now been four months since the massive launch of Black Myth: Wukong on the PlayStation 5 and PC. Since then, the title has dominated charts, and even the pre-release benchmark tool became one of the most popular titles listed on the SteamDB website at the time (a week before the August 20 launch). This week Game Science’s CEO and Director, Feng Ji celebrated Black Myth: Wukong‘s win at the 2024 Steam Awards for Game of the Year with a post on Weibo, and the translated post appears to point the finger at the Xbox Series S as the reason the title is still unavailable for the Xbox platform.
The translated post from CEO Feng Ji reads: “Although there were no big surprises, I still felt a little emotional after getting all of [the awards]. Everyone’s fighting power is so terrifying, but the only thing missing is the Xbox… It seems a bit wrong (but that’s 10 GB of shared memory; it’s really impossible to get it without several years of optimization experience).” The translation highlights the 10 GB of RAM in the Xbox Series S compared to the 16 GB available in the Xbox Series X and PS5. Game Science’s developer suggests that achieving optimization for the Series S would take “several years.”
Issues with the Xbox Series S and optimization aren’t new, however. Larian Studios also claimed to have problems with the Xbox digital twin when developing Baldur’s Gate 3 for Xbox. Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke said then “Series S will not feature split-screen coop, but will also include cross-save progression between Steam and Xbox Series,” which means Larian Studios removed split-screen compatibility to optimize Baldur’s Gate 3 for the Series S (split screen compatibility is still reportedly unavailable).
Although the Game Science director provided an unofficial explanation for why Black Myth: Wukong is not available on the Xbox platform, it does not completely rule out its arrival in the future. As of this posting, neither Game Science nor Microsoft has commented on the Black Myth: Wukong Xbox Series S optimization claims. CGMagazine will update this post if they do.
