This has got to be satire. This reads almost like the gamers rise up memes.
Most of the journalism that I read about FC5 around that time of the release complained that the both the villain and the rural characters you befriend are too likeable and the game didn't deal with "real issues".
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/29/17176308/far-cry-5-review...
The game completely avoids discussing race. Some of the cult members are black, though the members are overwhelmingly white, as are all of its actual leaders. The game has nothing to say about white supremacy or American extremism of any stripe, except, possibly, that murder cults are bad. ... And that limp, almost nonexistent exploration of politics, race, and religion is at odds with the action, to the point where it detracts from the experience.
I guess it has something everyone can complain about.
Pick the one that represents the highest rate of return and run with it.
Not really. Some games got American military funding to promote the army.
> wondered what the backlash would be
For examples, look at backlash to farcry 5. See https://www.change.org/p/ubisoft-cancel-far-cry-5 where people just can't handle white American Christians being the bad guys.