I don’t think any informed buyer had the expectation that a Series S would perform like the X. That’s like expecting a PS5 to have the same capabilities as a PS5 Pro.

That said, the naming really betrays the Series S. It would have been more clear to name it something like Xbox (gen) and Xbox (gen) Pro.

Anyhow, I think the Series S is especially critical to have on the market in a world where console prices are increasing with age. We are back to the early 2000s when Moores law collapsed and it’s no longer true that affordable hardware will double in capability year over year at roughly the same price point.

This dev is out of touch and making excuses for lazy optimization. Optimization is going to be critically important so that games run on cheaper hardware until prices drop again.