I completely agree. I forget that most Apple users have little to no experience outside the products that don't start with an "i". The "i" world is dominated by annual upgrades, but the world outside that has a 3-4 year product cycle and always has. Maybe with a "refresh" in the middle where the SSD is bumped a notch. I just don't see a nine month old product, that is not in the "i" world, having anything change in the next year.I think that the M2 Mini models will take priority in being introduced before an updated Studio.
The Pro and Mini cycle has always been 3-4 years. That is where the Studio lives. Not in the iPhone, iPad, iMac world.