So first of all I never said anything about being tired about the conversation so don’t be putting words in my mouth. I responded because I didn’t feel this was a “Fail of 2022.”
Second of all that data needs to be parsed more to understand the true impact of what your suggesting. Is it the most viewed? Yes. However, the juxtaposition is a very shallow one.
Third people have given valid reasons why they may be tired of it or refer to it as “whining.” If it bothers people that much they can ask the others to stop but they never do. They can’t ignore & scroll past because it appears everywhere for them. Like there is a reason a whole thread is dedicated to it.
You claim you aren’t “rubbing people’s nose” or “asking to eating crow” but the post comes off as very self-congratulatory & smug.
I apologize if I suggested that you specifically were tired of new Switch posts. I claimed that "people" were doing it. In reality, I didn't want to go through the effort of quoting all the posts, but also because it isn't a unique sentiment to the thread or even forum.
With regards to the data, I didn't claim to delve into a deep analysis of the data, but I do think the 1M view difference between the top three most viewed threads on the forum is significant. Is it shallow? I would say it's simple, yet effective. A 100% difference between them. In fact, all three of the threads are speculation-related, so there is actually a common theme. I mean, the next non-speculation thread is the XBC3 ST at 300K views! I'm just saying the numbers tell a different story. Yes there are those tired of it, but there are equally, if not more, people interested in discussing it. If someone makes a dedicated thread on a question or article, is it fair for the people that are supposedly "tired" to enter the thread and ask them to stop? They're not doing anything wrong and it's simple enough to click on the "ignore" button, I think.
And I agree that people are within their right to voice their complaints and reasons for why they don't like the thread...but I find it odd that they're going out of their way to enter it. I mean, isn't odd that you'd be tired of it, yet still engage in the discussion? In fact, to have been tired of the discussion in the first place would generally mean one was following it up to that point. Is there likely some frustration resulting from disappointment? Sure, but my point was that even the people saying they're tired of the Pro posts are usually some of the first to comment. High and rapid engagement, one might say.
On the other hand, while people have every right to ask people to stop, the people posting or asking about the next Switch also have every right to refuse...or even ignore them. And I don't think it would be all that rude considering this is a forum meant to facilitate and encourage debate, discussion, questions, polls, etc. When would be the right time to ask or post about the next Switch hardware or relay one's desires for it? Should they have to ask the tired side for permission or have a waiting period between posts? What is that line?
And I do admit, there is a bit of smugness and it mostly comes from the fact that I feel like the hardware speculators seem to be treated like the villains or the bad guys. There are times when I am scared to bring up my desire or wishes for new hardware outside the HW speculation thread. I worry that I'll ask to stop or upset people. But if it's fair for people to say they're tired of all these posts, isn't also fair for others to say they're tired the blowback as well?
It's also a result of various posters coming into the HW speculation thread and treating us like we're doomsdayers. "You said it was gonna happen last year! And the year before that! If you keep saying it, well of course it's going to happen eventually!" It almost feels like there's a preference that Nintendo maintains this "unpredictable god" image, where no one can predict what they'll do and you're a fool if you try. When in reality, the people in the HW ST would argue that there is a rhyme to the reason and that there are patterns, history, trends, and general rules that Nintendo follows leading up to hardware launches.
I would say that Nintendo's hardware cycles are not random and that given that it's about to be 6 years since the launch of the Switch, it's entirely normal for speculation and desires for a next-gen Nintendo Switch to ramp up (especially given that we didn't get a "new" mid-gen revision- like the FDS, GBC, DSi, expansion pak, 64DD, Motion Plus, or new 3DS).
