Respawn director explains why Jedi Survivor won’t be on Xbox One and PS4
Jedi Survivor’s game director has told us precisely why the upcoming title won’t be available on last-gen consoles.
Star Wars Jedi Survivor is a Souls-like action game in George Lucas’ classic setting that follows the trials and tribulations of Jedi-in-exile Cal Kestis. The sci-fi space-wizardry simulator is due to release April 28, so it won’t be long until we have our hands on the title.
However, Respawn Entertainment won’t bless every console with more Star Wars goodness. Ahead of Jedi Survivor’s release, game director Stig Asmussen explained why the title won’t be coming to PS4 and Xbox One.
In an interview with PLAY magazine, Asmussen made his case: “Bottom line, we learned quickly that we could take advantage of the faster processors, larger/faster memory, better loading times, etc., to create much larger maps, with more detail, greater density, broader enemy/NPC variety, and overall fidelity” (via MP1ST(opens in new tab)).
He continued: “We didn’t want to break what we did in the first game because it was well received, but we wanted to evolve/ enhance the experience.”
Though he doesn’t say it outright, there is an implication here that previous generation consoles would not have facilitated the evolution and enhancement that Asmussen and his team have sought with Jedi Survivor. Indeed, the developer assured us that “[we’ll] experience the benefit of the more powerful hardware throughout [the game].”
Jedi Survivor’s move away from last-generation consoles is indicative of a trend we’ve seen across more than a few high-profile 2023 releases. The Dead Space remake, Forspoken, and bizarre monster-slaying adventure game Wild Hearts have all eschewed last-generation consoles.
This move has certainly been a long time
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