Yes.
Archfriends, Archfey, and GOOs are typically stronger that Dragons, intermediate celestial, random acts of magic.
You are conflated WOTC and the Community's lack of inspiration on design and the Potential design.
Like many said, the first 2013 playtest sorcerer was a very fresh take on how to design a sorcerer.
It was the community and WOTC who demanded the old boring 3e style sorcerer.
Then now they complained about it being boring.
It's like the people who demanded wizards have ALL DA SPELLS then whine that wizards have boring or unbalanced subclasses.