I view it more as "an increasing amount of brand-new AAA games don't run well on any hardware, but high-end rigs can power through for a mostly-tolerable experience if you don't mind stuttering."

Totally. Because most of these games run at high fps with high end hardware but still have pretty low dips, creating a lot of stuttering if run at anything else than 30fps. That's the reason I always come back to my Steam Deck. It's, by far, the best 30fps experience around. So, if it doesn't run on my Steam Deck, I won't buy it. Anyway, Ubisoft is already dead to me. I didn't intend on buying this game, anyway.