Mr Viral
It’s sparked an interesting discussion
by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 3:58pm
We’re now entering the twelfth year of the Xbox One’s existence, and Microsoft’s last-gen console continues to receive loads of new games on a monthly basis – an incredible feat for what eventually turned out to be an incredible system!
But at what point do you stop? That’s the question that indie developer and publisher “HappyPlayer” asked on social media last week, pondering whether it’s “necessary” to support the console with a new release called Idle Devils.
As you can probably imagine, this sparked an interesting discussion with multiple viewpoints shared – many people stating that Xbox One should remain a key focus for the team, while others advised ditching it for the Series X|S alone.
Here’s just one example of an exchange over on Reddit:
In the case of Idle Devils, the developer is having an issue where the game is taking too long to load on Xbox One, and apparently Microsoft has a loading limit of 20 seconds in order to put the title on the market. That’s the gist of it!
It remains to be seen what they’ll do next, but in our view, it probably is worth the effort to try and push the Xbox One version over the line. Yes, it’s an old console and many of us have moved on now, but the “Top Paid” Xbox charts are filled with “Xbox One” versions of games all the time, so clearly they’re still managing to shift copies going into 2025.
What do you think about this? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments section below.
Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.
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