Witcher 4 Is Taking A Console-First Approach, Plus A Reality Check For Xbox Series S

CD Projekt Red is a busy studio these days. It just recently released a solid port of Cyberpunk 2077 on the Nintendo Switch 2, it’s deep into production of The Witcher 4, and has already announced that Cyberpunk 2 is in the early stages of development. Yet the developers still had time to show off an impressive tech demo featuring Unreal Engine 5 and discuss its new console first approach.

In an interview with Digital Foundry, VP of Technology Charles Tremblay shared some insight into the studio’s current development process. “We always do PC and we push and then we try to scale down. But then we had so many problems in the past that we tried to say, this time around we really want to be more console-first development."

Tremblay’s mention of issues the company has run into in the past is likely a reference to ...