Meaning going to not even give it a chance unless it haves them.
It's like initial reactions to motion controls.
Patent has buttons in the back so NX will most likely have them.
Most of us have smart phones, so it's not like the concept of virtual buttons is new.
Many of us opposed to this saw the glaring issues with virtual buttons on a controller (things like not looking at the controller during gameplay, inherent costs, or the fact that the epic amazing haptic tech that everyone speculated about doesn't exist in consumer products).
There's nothing unhealthy about wanting something familiar. In fact, attempting to shame people for not wanting what appeared to be a terrible product (poor form factor, limited utility of additional screen space that may or may not be covered by thumbs, the fact that virtual buttons solves a problem almost no one in the gaming space has (oh too many buttons, we neeed custom buttons.... why?), reliance on nonexistent haptic tech to even make the thing usable that would still have major shortcomings in usability for TV gaming, etc) just because it's new or because it's "Nintendo magic" is what I'd label "unhealthy".
When something new comes along, it needs to be compelling enough to get people to try it.