There's also the factor of what kinds of performance you care about and are thinking about, and what you're not. There was the memorable story shared around he

There's also the factor of what kinds of performance you care about and are thinking about, and what you're not. There was the memorable story shared around here a while ago of a player patching GTA V's live service online to eliminate multiple-minute load times [1]. I'm sure Rockstar had/has many people working on performance (the core game is a well-known good performer and now has been on three different console generations since launch) but just, not this. (Though to totally miss such truly extensive load times on your main revenue-generating component, that one's a headscratcher. Feels like something you'd end up addressing just for your own internal sanity. Maybe everyone just had monster workstations and didn't notice.) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339