Siksi GSC Game World teki S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobylista Xboxin yksinoikeuden

GSC Game Worldin kauan työn alla ollut S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl julkaistaan 20. marraskuuta 2024 PC:lle ja Xboxille unohtamatta Xbox Game Passia. Mutta miksi Xboxille?

Windows Centralin haastattelussa on selvinnyt, ettei kukaan GSC Game Worldilla tuntenut ketään Microsoftilla. He löysivätkin Microsoft Gamingin ison pomon Phil Spencerin sähköpostiosoitteen Redditistä. Ja siitä se sitten lähti.

"We actually started with zero contacts inside Microsoft. We started searching Google for an email for Phil Spencer, and we ended up finding it on some Reddit thread. It was an email that was essentially 'We are GSC Game World, we're interested in bringing Stalker to console players.' We got a near-instant response and a connection to the correct team. We've been working until now with the Xbox team, we love them, we think they are very effective and very empathetic."

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on kohdannut haasteita saada peli pyörimään Xbox Series S -konsolilla. Hyvä puoli on kuitenkin se, että samalla koko peli on saatu aiempaa paremmin optimoiduksi ja hiotuksi.

"We had to boost our expertise on the optimization side, which also helped the PC build, making it a lot more performant. We have quite low minimum PC requirements for a modern game."