Key Takeaways
- Xbox Series Consoles reportedly facing performance issues due to memory leaks in Black Myth: Wukong.
- Series S has reported framerate drops with other games, possibly the main culprit behind the delay.
- Devs aims to fix the memory leak issue before releasing Black Myth: Wukong on the platform. (120 characters)
According to recent leaks, a memory leak issue in the Xbox port of Black Myth: Wukong is reportedly the reason behind the game’s delayed platform release.
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After speaking with Xbox insiders during Gamescom, Spanish leaker EXtas1stv announced the rumored issue through an X post earlier today.
For those unfamiliar with memory leaks, it’s where the game fails to delete data put into the RAM, which then affects performance and eventually crashes the game.
Smaller games that use less RAM could go on for a long time without impacting gameplay despite memory leaks, but games as big as Black Myth: Wukong don’t have this luxury.
In Black Myth: Wukong‘s case, the Series S’s limited 10 gigs of RAM could be the reason behind the memory leaks.
With the Series X matching the PS5’s 16 gigs of RAM, it’s hard to see what other hardware limitation is impacting the game’s performance enough to warrant a delay.
The Series S also has less than half of the Series X’s usable storage space.
While Xbox is the sole platform facing delayed release, PS5 players have also reported frame drops during longer gaming sessions.
The X post did not specify either Xbox model, but some hypothesized that the Xbox Series S is the reason behind the delay. As the Series X’s less powerful cousin, its hardware could finally buckle under some games’ requirements.
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Less memory and storage notwithstanding, the Series S is a very capable console that handles most games relatively well. So, is there any merit to the speculation?
Sort of.
The Series S has shown clear performance dips when too much is happening at once on screen and longer playtime. Players have reported horrible framerate when playing Elden Ring‘s DLC, Apex Legends, and even Fortnite.
With many particle effects, moving parts, animations, and enemies, Black Myth: Wukong could have pushed Series S to its breaking point.
That said, the Series S is still an all-around good current-generation console with enough hardware capabilities to run most games out there, if run at marginally lower graphical settings.
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Xbox’s refusal to let a half-baked port make its way to the Series S might indicate their continuing support of the console regardless of its limitations, which is always good news.
However, don’t mistake this initiative for genuine customer care. The Series S is a large moneymaker for Xbox with 74.8% of Xbox Series owners having one. Despite being less capable than the Series X, it has outsold the former by a significant margin.
Honestly, with inflation and the economy the way are, who can blame anyone for choosing a capable and cheaper alternative?
Even if there is no set Xbox release date, it’s good to know that the Series S has not been forgotten and that the developers are trying to fix the memory leak as soon as possible and get Xbox’s approval for release.
Meanwhile, Xbox players can only wait and maybe listen to the Headless Bard’s sick music .
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