That's usually because the game in question isn't designed with the possibility of higher frame rate. They tend to exclusive to one console or another (such as BotW on Switch).
Nice looking? Definitely. Smooth? Eh. Breath of the Wild's frame rate is noticeably flaky and inconsistent in areas that contain grass and fog (noticeably the Lost Woods). Even my naked eyes can see the dynamic resolution shifting as it tries to keep the frame rate as a playable level in spite...
I think there is merit to preferring a more technically powerful console. While a beefier console doesn't necessarily lead to better games, it can lead to bigger and prettier games. Something like Breath of the Wild looks nice, but it'd look a lot nicer with a stable resolution and a higher...
Not until I was in the Army. My platoon was in our platoon office when one of the soldiers brought up how they'd been playing Fortnite on their Xbox One. I mentioned that I too had been playing Fortnite, but on my Switch. He scoffed at this, acting as if I wasn't really playing Fortnite if I was...