Quote Originally Posted by sapi
Unfortunately for you, that idea is extremely unlikely to work.

A miniscule percentage of gamers read forums, and only a small proportion of those who do will boycot the game. Such actions simply won't make a big enough difference to change anything.
That's exactly the same false logic people use to justify the fact that they do not vote. "What difference can I possibly make?" It's bull. Elections are the sum total of each seemingly insignificant vote, just as a game's success is the sum total of each seemingly insignificant consumer. You just do not realize how much power we have, because no one has ever tried to exercise that power. Between us, the power of the Internet, and word of mouth, it's practically guaranteed that we could reach the majority of gamers out there for this (or any other) reason. For instance how many gamers do you know that are familiar with the "All Your Base" phenomenon? It's hard to find any that aren't, which is my point: the communication tools are in place and working. The biggest roadblock is not communication per se, it is rather getting the key elements (like forum mods and webmasters) to support the issue so they can actually get the communication engine working. A very small handful of the right people, if convinced to support it, could easily get (and keep) a large portion of gamers informed and involved, and empower the entire community as a result. At the heart of everything, I guess the biggest point is that we need infrastructure if we want power.