I think it was a mistake for Microsoft to sell the Series S version as nextgen. It was a disservice to players who wanted a capable nextgen console. They should have sold a disk less and regular version like Sony did. Selling a less powerful console and expecting game developers to just make it work is dumb.
It almost seems like a class action lawsuit waiting to happen, but Microsoft never claimed all developers would honor their parity plan and make the games. I do see developers not spending the extra time and money trying to make it work.
Curious to know what Phil claims to have learned. It seems like the dedication to feature parity is giving their competitors an unnecessary advantage and/or upsetting the player base (In the case of Halo).
I think it’s shitty to also put this problem back in the developers and say “it’s a creative decision”. Okay well how about those devs creatively only put their games on PlayStation or PC, Phil?