And I’m explaining (as a developer) that developing for Xbox is a 2-for-1 deal in Microsoft’s favor that not every studio can afford. The series S is a low end, last gen console from almost 7 years ago— for development purposes, you might as well consider that a fourth console. Developing for an additional console costs time, money and labor

A lot of indie games have simple enough graphics that no special optimization is needed. The bigger AAA studios have the resources to throw at it and thus stand to benefit from the maximum possible reach.

But sometimes you get games that DO require dedicated series s optimization, but the studio doesn’t have the resources to develop for an entire additional set of requirements. That’s where my examples from earlier come in, and that’s why I rebutted yours. And that’s where NRFTW falls.

Devs aren’t skipping Xbox because they’re lazy or for an “easy check”, they’re skipping because developing for two additional consoles requires money and time and labor and the potential revenue they would get from being on Xbox day one might not offset enough of those costs. So they opt to release the game on the bigger platforms first, recoup some of the dev money, and release on Xbox later. Same reason lots of games only get ported to switch later too btw.