Battlefield 6’s technical lead says that optimizing the shooter for Microsoft’s entry-level Xbox Collection S console ‘made the entire recreation extra steady’.
Like all Xbox releases, Battlefield 6 is obligated to launch on each the Collection X and the much less highly effective Collection S. Talking to Kotaku, the sport’s lead tech developer admitted that getting the shooter working on the previous had been a problem.
“I’ll say that the most important factor we did that was a problem for us was [dealing with the console’s limited] reminiscence,” stated technical director Christian Buhl. “Xbox Collection S does have much less reminiscence than even our mid-spec PC. And so there was a degree…Oh, I need to say, like, 6 to 12 months in the past the place we form of realized that quite a lot of our ranges had been crashing on Xbox Collection S.”
After the group targeted on optimizing reminiscence utilization in Battlefield 6, Buhl stated the method made the “entire recreation higher and extra steady”, along with particular enhancements for Collection S.
“We had been doing a lot testing…we had been gathering all this knowledge,” defined Buhl. “As soon as we form of began working all our ranges by way of it, and had been capable of see the place the issues had been, after a month or two, we had form of resolved all of our reminiscence points on Collection S.”
In accordance with the technical director, Battlefield 6 is now “tremendous strong” and “performant” on Xbox Collection S and can run at a “easy 60 frames per second.” You may watch footage of the sport’s open beta working on Collection S to see it in motion.
EA not too long ago printed particulars of the Battlefield 6 maps and modes that will probably be included, plus challenges that gamers will have the ability to full to unlock rewards when the complete recreation is launched on October 10.
VGC wrote in our Battlefield 6 hands-on preview: “Most significantly, gunplay is satisfying, and the destruction is dynamic. These two containers being ticked will doubtless be sufficient for many Battlefield gamers, however thus far, Battlefield 6 appears like far more than merely ticking containers. It’s the Battlefield recreation that followers of the franchise in its prime would count on from a 2025 entry, and we’re excited to attempt extra of it.”
