Its a clever joke imo, the backtracking was corny tho, but the amusing thing about this whole situation was the whole "anti-woke" / "anti-PC culture" / "anti-cancel culture" / "anti-whatever the fukk" crowd of racist ass gamers who complain about the industry (and society in general) being too sensitive or woke, turn into exactly what they hate over a playful dig at their precious video games.
They hate "cancel culture" but got no problem cancelling someone who makes fun of their gaming preferences. Just a bunch of lames.