Yep, that is most likely what he is referring to

I hate this line of thinking from indie devs, and it's even relevant to big games as well. Minimizing optimization issues just means brute forcing through unoptimized code. That causes the system to run more than it has to, and optimization is where you can best find ways to make the game run better at it's core. It's not just about having power to run poorly designed code....which is usually what unoptimized code is....sloppy, it's about making the code so it's elegant, and performs it's best. Any self respecting programmer would want that.

For artists, you design for the system, and that means learning your craft to allow things to appear better using less. Yes, you can take advantage of the extra hardware, but you don't learn as fast, or hone your skills on how to make efficient objects.

I've seen so many indie games which would run on a NES or SNES just fine, yet they'll tax the system because they're so poorly designed on the back end. While I wouldn't call them lazy, I would say that they don't care enough about their craft to do things right. Simple games are simple, and if you're struggling to make a game like that on today's hardware, much less next gen hardware, then it'd be good to get back to basics, learn a few things, then design your game, because you will be much better prepared for the future.

Most of them are using unity or similar engines, those that make their own engines seem to do better. These game engines make it easier to make a cross platform game, but they don’t seem to run as well as we would like. Even games that seem simple can struggle on consoles when they use unity or unreal engine 4. Next gen I don’t think this will be a problem.

I want them to either stop using unity, for unity to get better, or for them to make their own engines. I also think people should stop being armchair developers unless they put their money where their mouth is or at the very least learn enough to have an informed opinion.

This just in.... Still won't do a damn thing to make Bethesda games run any better.