Why can games from the end of a console’s lifespan be better than one from the beginning on the same hardware?

Question

Why is it the games from the end of a video game console’s lifespan can be superior graphically and performance wise to games from the start of the console generation, even if they can both be run on the exact same hardware?

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Answer 1

Because by then the developers have had plenty of time to learn how to use that hardware. Developer *skill* increases even as hardware remains unchanged.