I don't think there are many turn based RPGs that really match pokemon in terms of popularity or notoriety, you say if a product is truly crap no one will buy it, but it will still have a redeeming factor (as it inevitably does) to save it. Even if it didn't, people would still buy it to just...
You say this but 9/10 of those claiming to boycott it will still go back to buy it at a later date because of either peer pressure (i.e: my friends are all having fun with it so i should join in too) or because they think the pros out weigh the cons.