It does by voting. If we have the smaller numbers, the smaller votes aren't suddenly going to dwarf the larger ones. Yes, they can totally stay "£consistent", but that at the end of the day means nothing if that consistency lands them at the small side of the pond for years and years.

I know that tactic, and I'm honestly not going for it . I don't vote because I know the numbers game on here. Me voting does nothing to sway anything and it wouldn't make any substantial increase nor "improve" or make things look "better" than they currently are. 

I guess it's easier to jab than it actually is to accept the smaller numbers . I've already accepted it, and yes I do love to point it out, because I can do that. Mentioning other groups having smaller votes at one time doesn't really do anything either, considering that they dwarf your own group, so there is that as well.

With the amount of work that goes in those replies to JEMC, you could have voted 5 times

5 times?. :-o

The problem I see here is that you take this feature as a contest, when it's not. This is not about winning or losing, only fools would take it this way, it's about showing what games each one of us care about.

And sure, the bigger the fanbase, the more votes some games will get, but so what? Are you going to buy a game just because a lot of people voted for it? Of course not! But, and here's the fun thing, you may find a game that only one people has voted for, a game that you haven't heard about, and maybe, just maybe, that will pick your interest and push you to find more about this game. And isn't that great?

big downfall for ps4 games

Why did PS4 votes drop by half ?

Not really. I see it as more of a table of contents, that show who votes for what and how many votes go into it, not some "1 winner, everyone else a loser" like you seem to think I see it as. WHen you see the results, they speak for themselves, they don't say "loser/winner", they say "popular/not popular" "bigger/Smaller", and we could even use your view "cared/not cared".

If the data didn't really matter then it wouldn't be worth posting, going by the "so what" logic. Am I going to buy a game based on this site's thread topic about voting for games in an odd order?, no, I buy the games I want when I want. I don't even base my purchases on some meta critic site like some folk do on here (and think highly of it as well). I don't look at these votes, big or small and go "I def gotta try that game", because I don't think the way you do, and I don't try to sprinkle rainbows on it for the sake of happy go lucky feelings.

I find out about games on my own accord, not what a pie chart and data sheet shows me on here. I know what you're trying to do with your pov, but I disagree with it outright, and nothing is going to change that, just like it did not the last time. You don't see things my way, I don't see things your way.

It doesn't affect my personal list, mostly because said list doesn't exist on my end due to what is able to be voted for vs what I actually want to vote for, let alone care about to vote for.

Well that's what I usually do. I'm not complaining about the numbers either. This notion that pointing out what is small vs what isn't isn't me complaining. Telling someone it's raining, there is a lot of downpour, people are sure to get wet, isn't complaining, it's pointing out what is or is going to happen. People here have already started talking about PS4 getting less votes, unless the data is correct or not, people are going to assume what is there is there, not what isn't there, and even then that wouldn't be seen nor should it be as a complaint. 

Nobody excited for Divinity 2 original sin?
What is wrong with you guys one of the best RPG's of all time.

Although it's not my top 5, it's on my wish list indeed