Xbox Series S Suffers from VRAM Limitations, Just Like 8GB GPUS

[John Elden Ring]

It looks like the Xbox Series S is facing serious memory allocation issues in Borderlands 3, at least according to Reddit user u/jokekiller94 — who posted a screenshot of the game crashing on their Series S console with an "out of memory" error on the screen.

The issue isn't limited to the original poster — Reddit user u/bacon_sammer responded in the thread, saying they have the same issue with Borderlands 3 crashing frequently on their Xbox Series S. They said the game runs fine on the Xbox Series X, however, so the it seems to be a Series S issue.

Sadly, this type of memory allocation issue is not uncommon for Microsoft's little console. According to reports from Digital Foundry and The Verge, the Series S' small memory capacity is a headache for developers to optimize around. It is the single biggest contributing factor to the console's lower graphical settings and lack of ray-tracing effects on Series S ports, and it bottlenecks the console's already weak 4 Teraflop (PS4 Pro level) GPU.

Apparently, complaints among developers regarding the Series S' memory became so extreme that Microsoft released a dev kit in June 2022 that gave developers more manipulation over the Series S' memory system.

 

[AshHunter216]

That dude's salty response is pretty funny, and the fact that he deflected to Sony when no one mentioned it says it all.

 

[ethomaz]

How can you have out of memory errors in a fixed hardware is out of my mind.

Ohhhhhhhh not I forget MS had two SDKs and an unified SDK (aka GDK)... that explain it.

 

[Gediminas]

That dude's salty response is pretty funny, and the fact that he deflected to Sony when no one mentioned it says it all.

Guy is fucking shit. Made fake news on gaf, capped for xbox and acted like Elden Legend's dad.

Oh and of course, xbox series S(hit), xa..

 

[ethomaz]

Guy is fucking shit. Made fake news on gaf, capped for xbox and acted like Elden Legend's dad.

Oh and of course, xbox series S(hit), xa..

Ohhhh now I realized he was that fake developer on GAF... he used another name.

 

[Deleted member 417]

Gavin Stevens used to post on GAF. He was run off GAF for being batshit insane. He threw a wobbly that people wouldn't listen to his shit and ended up crying himself into a ban.

Good to see he is still providing endless laughs.

 

[Gediminas]

Gavin Stevens used to post on GAF. He was run off GAF for being batshit insane. He threw a wobbly that people wouldn't listen to his shit and ended up crying himself into a ban.

Good to see he is still providing endless laughs.

Cooo coo, coooo coo cooooo....

 

[ethomaz]

Cool coo, coooo coo cooooo....

Edit - I remembered his name was Odium.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Ohhhh now I realized he was that fake developer on GAF... he used another name.

Is he the dolphin game guy?

 

[AshHunter216]

Guy is fucking shit. Made fake news on gaf, capped for xbox and acted like Elden Legend's dad.

Oh and of course, xbox series S(hit), xa..

Twisted himself into a pretzel looking for ways to spin this as a win for Xbox. "MS are honest about their hardware failures unlike Sony!" lmao

 

[ethomaz]

Is he the dolphin game guy?

He used the nickname Odium, no?
If so he was the founder of the fake game company called Team Blur Games that never release any game.
They said it has a project called Overdose, a first-person shooter using the idTech 2.

The site doesn't even exists anymore: https://overdose-game.com

My feel he pretended to be a developer on GAF and so when people started to doubt him he created that "company".

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

He used the nickname Odium, no?
If so he was the founder of the fake game company called Team Blur Games that never release any game.
They said it has a project called Overdose, a first-person shooter using the idTech 2.

The site doesn't even exists anymore: https://overdose-game.com

My feel he pretended to be a developer on GAF and so when people started to doubt him he created that "company".

Oh, Yes I remember him now

 

[Bryank75]

Gavin Stevens used to post on GAF. He was run off GAF for being batshit insane. He threw a wobbly that people wouldn't listen to his shit and ended up crying himself into a ban.

Good to see he is still providing endless laughs.

Good to see people remember that... guy is a pathetic fanboy.

Did his Xbox exclusive indie game come out yet? LMAO

 

[Gediminas]

Oh, Yes I remember him now

Co Cooo Coooooo.. Cooo Co

 

[Bryank75]

Guy is fucking shit. Made fake news on gaf, capped for xbox and acted like Elden Legend's dad.

Oh and of course, xbox series S(hit), xa..

'Elder Legends Dad' Hahahaha

Nice!

 

[Sircaw]

Is he the dolphin game guy?

i think that is called orphan of the machine.

Another idiot, but a different idiot.