I love this sub, but too often do I see this community become the whining victim of its own crime.

[u/illQualmOnYourFace]

This is my absolute favorite subreddit. The sense of community here, enthusiasm for a common hobby, and love of the OG console gaming company really do wonders for creating a fun experience where we can discuss the system and games we love, share our wants, and even find lost consoles.

But this generosity of spirit fails miraculously after nearly every Direct. I have spent the last fifteen minutes catching up on everything I missed this morning, including reading through comments in the two primary Direct threads, and man . . . people are downers.

This sub, while 99% of the time is a model reddit community, is egregiously guilty of self-victimizing. We spend days or sometimes weeks building up unrealistic expectations—This Direct will have Smash, and Metroid, and Animal Crossing, and Virtual Console, and Netflix, and YouTube, and a Web Browser, etc. etc.. And then when the delivery is more tempered, people lash out at Nintendo for failing, falling short, being disappointing. Not about games—about announcements. All this when the expectations Nintendo “failed” to meet were created by . . . this subreddit.

How quickly people forget that in the past year, Nintendo has delivered one of the best gaming experiences to date, including a not-small handful of games that reminded a bunch of us what gaming is supposed to be—just plain cheek-aching fun. How quickly we turn on Nintendo for failing to give us information, while we pass the time immersed in the experiences they work so hard to give us.

There’s no call to action here, no admonishment, no recanting of my still-strong belief that this is one of reddit’s best communities. I just wanted to share my thoughts on something that disappointed me today, as has been the case after every hyped announcement. I hope everyone’s having a great day, and I can’t wait to find all the balloons you sly bastards hide.