Quantum Error is in an “Unacceptable” State on Xbox Series S Due to its Weaker Hardware, Developer Says

[John Elden Ring]

In a recent interview with GamingBolt, when asked if he feels the Xbox Series S will be able to hold up its promise as a 1440p/60 FPS console as the generation progresses and developers start making more graphically intensive games, studio owners and co-founder Micah Jones of Quantum Error said that to achieve that, you’d have to specifically build a game around the Xbox Series S’ lesser hardware, thus sacrificing technical and visual leaps made possible by the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

“No, I think you have to build your game specifically to run on the S to get those specs with techniques that are used on lesser hardware. If we can get the Quantum Error Series S port optimized and acceptable graphically above our current tests, it will be 30 fps. We have all played some phenomenal games at 30 fps. But in this current generation if the graphics look blurry and smudgy, it greatly lessens the experience in our view. We use Real Illusions Character Creator for our character creation, and it has already advanced beyond what we used. We started on Unreal 4 and we finished the game on Unreal Engine 5.2 but now Unreal Engine 5.3 is coming out soon. The software advances will always outpace the hardware. For us personally, we come at game development as artists, photographers, cinematographers, writers, musicians, and partial computer nerds.

For me, the graphics are insanely important, and my artistic style always leans to the darker side and light usage in dark spaces is the biggest component that excites me. I want to stretch the tech as far as I possibly can. I could have easily made a game with lush landscapes and reflective water with amazing bright happy skies, but what happens when you just take metal, glass, metal, glass, metal, more metal and a little more metal and you use Global Illumination in dark spaces. The way the light scatters naturally and goes in between spaces, the bounce light gets us really excited and once you see it, you just can’t go back to using old lighting techniques. So for us and our studio, we aren’t going to build games for lower tech specs. This is part of why I have been a giggling little kid over what I am being able to do with QE using Nvidia tech for PC. But then Noah (Jones, co-founder) is hardcore about performance so we balance each other. Our PC version minimum specs will not go below the PS5 specs and will push the 4090 as hard as we can.”

Speaking specifically about the Xbox Series S version of Quantum Error, Jones said, the current state of the game on Microsoft’s lower-spec console is “unacceptable”, and that TeamKill Media “won’t release it in its current state.”
When asked if that means the studio is unsure the game can work on the Xbox Series S, he added: “We are not 100% sure yet, the Series S so far works but it runs really poorly, frame rate is very low, and resolution is extremely blurry. We will continue to work to see if we can improve things, but the current state of the game on the Series S is unacceptable.”

 

[Shmunter]

Time for Phil to send his smurfs!

 

[Box]

Hopefully Microsoft can finally drop the series s

 

[Vertigo]

Hopefully Microsoft can finally drop the series s

They can’t backpedal from this. A good portion of series consoles are last gen tier series S machines. It’s a massive blunder. They’re gonna have to abandon any parity and availability restrictions tho. Want to make an X only game? Go ahead. Can’t feature split screen? Then don’t.

 

[ethomaz]

Hopefully Microsoft can finally drop the series s

Way more change to drop Series X.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

What a lazy bastard, we were told all they need to do is cut the resolution and they're all set. So what's the problem with these guys?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

drop that version and cut your losses. Because this game looks like is going to flop hard anyway.

 

[Loy310]

Phil needs to resign

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Phil needs to resign

no.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Good luck to these devs, they will get attacked like Larian but they are way smaller. Gotta keep strong to make changes.

 

[Danja]

Only way for devs to get change is simply freeze Xbox development for both systems and focus on PS5/ PC until Microsoft is forced to either drop the parity clause for everyone and face the class action lawsuits lol.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Time for Phil to send his smurfs!

They're oompa loompas actually & they live in his magical creative decisions factory

 

[Would_you_kindly]

no.

Yes.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Yes.

If it weren't for Phil's incompetence, PlayStation would be in serious trouble

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Phil needs to resign

He needs a raise for releasing the mid gen refresh right away and saving people hundreds of dollars in upgrades! The most pro-consumer CEO that ever lived.

 

[Danja]

Phil needs to resign

No he doesn't! He's exactly where we want him. Being inept at the wheel, at least it helps to balance out the horrible Playstation leadership we have too.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

No he doesn't! He's exactly where we want him. Being inept at the wheel, at least it helps to balance out the horrible Playstation leadership we have too.

Playstation might get better if Xbox fixes up & stops being dogshit

 

[Danja]

Playstation might get better if Xbox fixes up & stops being dogshit

Yeah I doubt that, the CEO of Sony is shit as well. It wasn't like PS3 era where a guy who was passionate about gaming was placed to lead Playstation and Sony.

 

[Would_you_kindly]

Yeah I doubt that, the CEO of Sony is shit as well. It wasn't like PS3 era where a guy who was passionate about gaming was placed to lead Playstation and Sony.

Well if Xbox started rivalling playstation & they needed a new CEO then they would get rid of him

 

[flaccidsnake]

If it weren't for Phil's incompetence, PlayStation would be in serious trouble

Xbox only had 4 good years between 2004 and 2008.