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.