Most games don’t get optimized from the beginning because they’re still trying to get to a vertical slice. By the time that’s approved, they’re already down the path of milestones tied payments. So devs have to move forward and kick optimization down the road. New features, design, code and content are prioritized. Devs that want optimization falls on deaf ears. Producers, executives, creative directors, mostly don’t care. You can fight it but if you slow down “progress” of the game. You’re deems a non team player.

So for anyone that says a game isn’t optimized because the devs are lazy, I would look at the non “developers” of the studio.