"I wish hardware like the Xbox Series S wouldn't be released" - former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada trashes Microsoft's console in front of senior Xbox staff

Katsuhiro Harada, formerly director on the Tekken series, is known for not pulling his punches. This truth was reinforced recently, as he said he wished the Xbox Series S "wouldn't be released" at a developer panel. All while a member of the Xbox team was in the room.

Per Inven Global, Harada was sitting on a panel at the Console Game Developers Conference 2026 in South Korea. The panel was moderated by former Sony president Shuhei Yoshida, and featured Shift Up CTO DongKi Lee (Stellar Blade), Too Kyo Games CEO Kazutaka Kodaka (Dangenrompa), CD Projekt Red associate game director Paweł Sasko (Cyberpunk 2077), Ludeon Studios CEO Tynan Sylvester (Rimworld), and of course CEO of the newly formed VS Studio Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken).