Battlefield 6: Optimizing for Xbox Series S has made the game “better and more stable

The technical challenge of Microsoft's most affordable console has ended up benefiting the entire project.

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The Xbox Series S has always been under scrutiny from some studios, accused of “holding back” next-gen games. But Battlefield 6 comes to prove the opposite. Its developers claim that optimizing the game for Microsoft’s more affordable console was a challenge, but also an opportunity that ultimately improved the overall result.

In statements to Kotaku, Christian Buhl, the game’s technical director, acknowledged that the biggest problem was the Series S’s limited memory. For months, the title suffered from constant crashes on this platform, forcing the team to spend much more time than expected adjusting memory consumption. This work, which could have been seen as a burden, has turned out to be the opposite: now the game runs more stably on all platforms, including Xbox Series X and PC.

Xbox Series S holds its own in Battlefield 6

After this process, the Battlefield 6 beta on Xbox Series S ran at 1080p and 60 FPS stable, with minor graphical cuts in shadows and textures, but without compromising the gaming experience. For many, it’s a sign that the console is still perfectly capable of handling big productions if the necessary optimization work is done.

Other studios, such as those behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, have also highlighted that working on Series S forced them to find more efficient solutions that ultimately improved the game as a whole.

A console that still has a lot to say

Far from being a hindrance, the Xbox Series S once again demonstrates that it still has a place in the current generation. Its price has made it the gateway to the Xbox ecosystem for millions of players, and cases like Battlefield 6 reinforce the idea that with effort and good technical decisions, it can offer solid experiences.

In the end, what seemed like a problem has turned into an unexpected advantage: optimization for Series S not only ensured the game ran smoothly on that console, but also made Battlefield 6 a more stable and polished title across all its versions.