This is the first time that a game in the STALKER series is being brought to consoles, and many fans with last-gen consoles have likely had their hopes dashed recently, as GSC Game World has stated that ' STALKER 2 is a next-gen game, and it’s impossible to run it on Xbox One or PS4.' While many other titles are being released as cross-generation, the developers of STALKER 2 seem fairly adamant that they do not want to be held back by creating a game that runs on the previous generation. RELATED: STALKER 2 Devs Lower Expectations for Xbox Indie Showcase STALKER 2 was announced once again in 2018 with a new release date of 2021, and a further announcement that it would make its way to consoles, specifically the Xbox Series X/S.
The 11-year gap between titles has made STALKER 2 highly anticipated by fans, especially considering its original release date of 2012, and its subsequent cancellation the same year. It has been a long time since GSC Game World released a game in the STALKER series, with the most recent installment, Call of Pripyat, coming out in 2010 for everyone outside of the CIS region.
Developer of the STALKER series, GSC Game World, has stated in an interview that STALKER 2 will not be making its way to PS4 or Xbox One any time soon. The main reason given by GSC Game World was that it did not want STALKER 2 to be limited by the hardware of older generation consoles.
