I kinda agree with your point? Don't think I've been to an island with more than 4 players lol.The 8 players thing is unneeded as is. The island is way too small for 8 players and more than 10 villagers.. If you disagree it's probably because you crammed all 8 player houses together with little to no design or yard.
Love the idea of making a beach resort!I mean I put all of my animal villagers against the beach outskirt in a straight line. But I was going for a private beach resort (so I could have the rest of the island for whatever I wanted to do) and it actually works. But I still only see myself adding two or three more player villagers for design purposes.
I kinda agree with your point? Don't think I've been to an island with more than 4 players lol.
But then again, we should just be able to trade player spots for villager spots IMO. May still get crowded somehow but hey, gotta let people play the way they want to.