Personally, I'll be interested to see if anything comes of this because there is some truth in what you say.
As much as I hate to bring up an MMO I previously played (as do so a little too often really), your comment reminded me of the times that game produced player feedback which included a 'what would you like to see next' poll. Said poll only had five options, and it played out like this:
Option A:
25.3%
Option B:
18.8%
Option C:
34.9%
Option D:
21%
I mean, the favorite is pretty clear, right? Except, despite option C having the clear majority, option A was given priority. Followed by D, and then B. And option C, the poll winner, didn't happen at all - at least not for a few years and another poll where almost the same thing happened!
