Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition Gets Ray Tracing on Series X, Not Series S

As Microsoft's next-generation consoles approached their November 2020 launch, Capcom's Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition quietly revealed something the marketing materials had not: not all next-gen is created equal. By granting ray tracing and 4K resolution exclusively to the Xbox Series X while withholding both from the more affordable Series S, the studio drew a visible boundary between aspiration and hardware reality. It is a moment that speaks to a recurring tension in consumer technology — the promise of the new, and the quiet compromises that make it affordable.