Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox Series S/X
According to a report by Forbes, The Xbox launch of Black Myth: Wukong hasn’t been delayed due to an exclusivity deal between Sony and Game Science. The sport has reportedly not arrived on Microsoft’s console concurrently with different platforms due to a “tech challenge.”
The report does not make clear the technical challenge with an Xbox model of the sport, however one can gauge it might need one thing to do with optimising the sport for each the higher-end Xbox Series X and the much less highly effective Xbox Series S.
Earlier this yr, Game Science had clarified the explanation for the sport’s delay on Xbox Series S/X within the FAQ part of the sport’s web site. “PC and PS5 customers can benefit from the full sport beginning August 20, 2024. We are presently optimizing the Xbox Series X|S model to satisfy our high quality requirements, so it will not launch concurrently with the opposite platforms,” the developer had mentioned. “We apologize for the delay and goal to reduce the await Xbox customers. We will announce the discharge date as quickly because it meets our high quality requirements.”
Black Myth: Wukong is inbuilt Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 and is a graphically demanding title that might seemingly face points with working easily on Xbox Series S. The underpowered console has beforehand acted as a hurdle for video games launching on Xbox. Baldur’s Gate 3 was launched on Xbox Series S/X months after launching on PC and PS5 as a result of developer Larian Studios struggled to make the sport’s split-screen co-op function work optimally on Series S. The sport finally launched on the platform with out the split-screen mode.
Microsoft, as coverage, enforces gameplay function parity between each of its current-generation consoles and the corporate intends for video games to launch on each Xbox Series X and Series S concurrently.
Black Myth: Wukong arrived on PC (by way of Steam and Epic Games Store) and PS5 on August 20. Since launch, it has gone on to change into the second most-played sport on Steam, behind solely PUBG: Battlegrounds, with its all-time peak concurrent participant depend hitting over 2 million customers on Valve’s platform.
