You just dropped $70 on the year's most hyped release, only to watch your high-end rig choke and sputter. Sound familiar? You are NOT alone, and we're here to tell you it's not your hardware's fault. A plague of catastrophic optimization is sweeping the industry, and Unreal Engine 5 is at the heart of the firestorm. But is this revolutionary engine the true villain, or is something far more cynical at play? We descended into the fiery depths of Avonetics to uncover the truth from the gamers and insiders on the front lines. The theories are explosive. Is it developer inexperience, with studios gutted by high turnover and a loss of veteran talent? Are they just not skilled enough to handle advanced features like Lumen and Nanite? Or does the blame lie with ruthless corporate cost-cutting and impossible deadlines that force devs to ship broken, unfinished code? Many studios are now using upscaling tech as a cheap crutch, a digital band-aid to mask their lazy optimization instead of building games that run properly from the start. The most infuriating part? Flawlessly optimized UE5 games EXIST, proving it can be done. This isn't an engine problem; it's a studio culture problem. We expose the great debate and reveal the dirty secret behind why you're paying a premium for a broken experience. For advertising opportunities, visit Avonetics.com.