That might be what they do, but I doubt it is fully intentional, since this is a remarkably stupid "game plan" which makes little financial sense. In the case o

That might be what they do, but I doubt it is fully intentional, since this is a remarkably stupid "game plan" which makes little financial sense. In the case of SimCity they have murdered what was once a popular and highly-profitable franchise. Rather it is likely a combination of fantastically stupid middle managers driven by conflicting and dysfunctional incentives coming down from upper management and the board. (BTW I just described 90% of apparently-stupid corporate behavior.)