Just
over
one
year
ago,
EA
and
Respawn
announced
that
Star
Wars
Jedi:
Survivor
would
also
be
coming
to
last-gen
consoles.
Now,
versions
have
got
a
release
date.

Star
Wars:
Jedi
Survivor
will
arrive
on
Xbox
One
and
PS4
on
17th
September.

The
reason
for
the
massive
time-gap
between
the
game’s
initial
release
and
its
last-gen
ports
is
presumably
down
to
performance.
Even
on
the
newest
hardware,
Survivor
suffered
from
frame-rate
issues,
especially
on
PC.
In
fact,
the
fine
folk
at
Digital
Foundry
revisited
the
PC
version
10
months
ago
and

described
as
“still
the
worst
triple-A
PC
port
of
2023.”

In
other
words,
a
lot
of
people,
including
myself,
are
somewhat
sceptical
about
how
well
the
game
is
going
to
run
on
an
Xbox
One
or
PS4.
According
to
the
press
release,
it’ll
have
 “a
variety
of
optimisations
aimed
at
maximizing
the
hardware
capabilities
of
the
consoles.”
Forgive
me
if
I
don’t
hold
my
breath.

Going
back
to
the
PC
version
for
a
minute
though,
EA
are
promising
a
new
update
in
the
coming
weeks.
The
update
promises
“enhancements
to
the
game’s
technical
performance,
controls
and
more”,
along
with
some
quality
of
life
improvements,
too.

If
you’re
wondering
why
EA
and
Respawn
are
intent
on
porting
a
game
backwards,
well
that’s
because
there’s
still
a
hell
of
a
lot
of
people
still
playing
on
older
hardware.

For
example,
half
of
PlayStation’s
monthly
users
are
on
PS4s,
so
it’s
hardly
surprising
the
industry
isn’t
read
to
let
go
yet.

Speaking
of
PlayStation,
if
you
fancy
some
Star
Wars
in
your
life
you
can

grab
Lego
Star
Wars:
The
Skywalker
Saga
as
part
of
the
PlayStation
Plus
Essential
plan
right
now.