Now that we're nearly 5 years in, was Series S a good or a bad idea?

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On paper, I think the idea of cheaper entry level system wasn't an inherently bad one, though I do think it could have been executed better.

I kinda wish for instance that there was a Series S variant with a disc drive. A little more RAM also probably would've been a good idea, as that seems to be the main pain point for developers.

I feel like circumstances also didn't really favour it; had Xbox Series as a platform been more popular, devs may have tailored their games more to the S, but as things stand with PS5 selling far more, Series S versions were a lower priority, leading to a lot of subpar versions.