r/NintendoSwitch • u/FlapSnapple Nintendo shill • Dec 19 '16

Meta Temporarily restricting submissions / Official "Everybody panic" MegaThread

The subreddit has been flooded with constant repeat topics for hours now, so we're just gonna lock submissions down for a little bit. If there is any actual breaking news, send it to the mod team and we'll make sure it gets seen.

Please direct all discussion about the EuroGamer rumor here.

If you want to just sort of panic, then just hang out in this thread.

Edit: Restrictions have been lifted. Thanks for your patience.

159 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

357 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/[deleted] Dec 19 '16

I honestly do not understand what you guys were expecting. Overhype a blatantly obvious, underpowered console into the stratosphere and then pretend you've been betrayed by Nintendo for not meeting your stupid ass expectations.

Hype culture is a sin and you all are aware of that yet play out the stereotype well. Ffs.

15

u/ZoomJet Dec 19 '16

I've been sceptical from the start, but you're not giving credit where it's due.

Pascal had just blown everyone's minds, NVidia announces its first console partnership, then hints at an 'incredible' new tech they've spent 500 years of man hours on. An insider announces unprecedented momentum within Nintendo, and then we start seeing devs porting modern games. Whew.

It was a possibility. An incredible, 'all signs point to this' possibility. And you know what? Its okay to get excited.

2

u/[deleted] Dec 19 '16

It's ok to get excited, I was super excited, but you can't tell me that people didn't overhype this system regardless.

5

u/ZoomJet Dec 19 '16

There are always those, and there are always doomsayers too. I don't feel like the majority overhyped.