The director of the action-adventure sport Black Fable: Wukong has lastly revealed the actual cause for the indefinite delay of his Xbox Collection S model. Feng Ji, often known as Yocar, has blamed Microsoft’s much less highly effective console’s restricted storage capabilities as the rationale for the delayed launch.

This can be a large blow for Xbox players who had been anticipating the discharge of the sport, which has already discovered nice success on PlayStation and PC platforms. The saddest half, says Yocar, is that this model couldn’t be in time to finish what has in any other case been a stellar 2024 for the sport.

Based on the publish by Yocar on Chinese language social media web site Weibo, that “10GB shared reminiscence” utilized by the Xbox Collection S was a bridge too far for Recreation Science’s builders. With out “just a few years of optimization expertise,” Yocar mentioned, it merely wasn’t attainable to launch the sport on Microsoft’s lower-spec console.

The director’s assertion places an finish to hypothesis that Black Fable: Wukong had secured an exclusivity cope with PlayStation. Many customers had assumed that the shortage of an Xbox launch was the results of a behind-the-scenes deal, however Yocar’s feedback make it clear that technical limitations had been the rationale.

This isn’t the primary time Xbox Collection S causes complications to sport builders. Studios like Funcom and Larian beforehand have made public their problem in optimizing their titles for much less highly effective console.

However whereas that is a disappointment for Xbox Collection S house owners, Yocar’s message ended on a excessive word. He grew to become emotional when speaking concerning the sport’s reception, mentioning that it swept this yr’s Steam Awards – three awards, together with the massive one for Recreation of the Yr. Based on the director, that is all of the extra cause why he is decided to make it possible for Black Fable: Wukong makes it to Xbox sooner or later.