The idea behind a console like the Xbox Series S was to have a simple system that allowed you to play next-generation games with lower graphical capabilities. One of the benefits of consoles is that you know if a game is released on it, it should run properly. However, it now turns out that the Xbox Series S is becoming outdated for some games less than three years after its launch.
Due to its lower power and limited memory, it is already experiencing VRAM issues just like graphics cards with 8 GB of VRAM. This is supposed to be a bug that consoles shouldn't have.
Xbox series S already ballasts graphically and has problems
According to Reddit user u/jokekiller94, the Xbox Series S is experiencing memory allocation issues in Borderlands 3. He shared a screenshot of the game crashing on his Xbox Series S console with an "out of memory" error message.
The Xbox Series S console has 10 GB of GDDR6 memory. But this memory is shared by the CPU and the GPU. In addition, the bandwidth is very different, since 8 GB works at 224 GB/s and the remaining 2 GB only at 56 GB/s. Most triple-A games released in the last few months already require 6-8GB of dedicated VRAM on PC for even the most modest settings at 1080p resolution.
If we compare the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 with 16 GB of shared GDDR6 memory, there is a big difference between the consoles. In the case of Borderlands 3's graphical issues, it's strange since it asks a lot less than, for example, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, so it could be a bug. But keep in mind that 10GB for the entire system is a low figure even for the low-end if you want to keep getting the latest games.
It must be accepted that developers will have to lower the quality of the textures on Xbox series S shortly at the rate that the games are going. Or maybe soon we'll start seeing games that won't come out on Xbox series S and only series X due to the graphical demands.
Source: Tech 4 Gamers
