The thing is I'll fully recognize that it's unfair and unreasonable to dismiss the preferences of others, and I do try to remind myself of that constantly. My point, I think, is that this discussion has been blown so far out of proportion as people have fixed on it as the primary criticism of the new Zelda game.

I really think it's more impatience than anything, as it ceases to be a problem after only a few hours into the game, and where I'm at I routinely have to leave behind awesome weapons despite a drastically expanded inventory as I always have a full stock of weapons and, as you improve, the gear continues to scale along with you (lately I've been getting ++ items that do absurd damage).

As someone who probably gets more sentimentally attached to in-game items than 99% of people (you should really see my banks from WoW, I still have every set ever, my first epic, my original gear etc lol) I understand that notion of wanting to keep an item. The breaking weapons are one of the driving forces of the game though, keeping you hunting for more gear and such.

To me, there's one improvement that could be made: very rare items that are quite strong but, while still breaking eventually, can be repaired at great expense. A this point we do have reward items that can be replaced, but they're so weak that they're not worth carrying.

Either way, it's hardly an issue, but the way it's being discussed it's as if it's a game breaking feature.

Also, for the record, I certainly don't think this is a perfect game. Heck, I made a thread about it yesterday lol:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=226761&page=1

Part of what the developers wanted is the freedom to beat the final boss whenever you wanted to.  You can even beat the game within the first 30 minutes.  If you didn't have the ability to gain op weapons early, then you wouldn't be able to take down the final boss.

Inventory is limited in BotW. You start out with eight slots for weapons and by the time the average player is going to face Ganon, the inventory is going to have ~15 slots. There is no huge arsenal to build. There is also no real unique weapon, except for the Master Sword (which repairs itself).

What happens in practical terms is that players save strong weapons when they initially find them, but then start using them when they realize that it isn't a rare weapon. Repeat this process a few times and after a good amount of time spent with the game, players begin to realize that all weapons can be replaced, so there's no fear of breaking anything anymore.

You also need to remember that weapon durability in Zelda wasn't a problem until one reviewer out of well over 50 said it is a problem. Since then it has been blown out of proportion because people who wanted to see faults in Zelda finally got something to latch on. They had to endure perfect score after perfect score for ten days, but then finally somebody delivered.

From my vantage point, it's the other way around.  There are no perfect games.  Every game has something that some people don't like.  With most games, they disagree and it's no big deal.  Everyone accepts that preference is a thing.  However, with Zelda, I can't recall running into a situation where so many people are so angry and eager to prove that other people are wrong for not liking this or that.  It's like they've been personally insulted.

'Weapon durability' hasn't blown up into a big deal because of the people complaining about it, it's blown up because of the people who are upset that other people are complaining about it.  

It's something that some players consider a negative.  Those who insist that Breath of the Wild has to be perfect need to get over it.

I can care less what BOTW got. My complaints are my complaints. I bitched how awful Fi was, for Skyward Sword. I'll complain about a system, I think, went too far. In annoying the player.

Or some players. Opinions, opinions. Some people here declare it the end of the world, while others seem fine with it and even others think it makes the game even better. Look at this thread to see that all these opinions are present. We should respect them.

What I meant with using it for picking at the game is that this issue is blown way out of proportion. So some looked for a complaint some users had and ride it to death.

You also need to remember that weapon durability in Zelda wasn't a problem until one reviewer out of well over 50 said it is a problem. Since then it has been blown out of proportion because people who wanted to see faults in Zelda finally got something to latch on. They had to endure perfect score after perfect score for ten days, but then finally somebody delivered.

There isn't any hand holding in Zelda, you wouldn't know you could do those things unless you experimented.  Also after beating particularly hard groups, it's possible to get a really op weapon early on.  If durability wasn't a thing, that op weapon might make the game too easy.  

The thing is I'll fully recognize that it's unfair and unreasonable to dismiss the preferences of others, and I do try to remind myself of that constantly. My point, I think, is that this discussion has been blown so far out of proportion as people have fixed on it as the primary criticism of the new Zelda game.

Either way, it's hardly an issue, but the way it's being discussed it's as if it's a game breaking feature.

Also, for the record, I certainly don't think this is a perfect game. Heck, I made a thread about it yesterday lol:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=226761&page=1