I think it's more than just political correctness that's impacting the sales of the game. Political correctness does not explain a lag of 85% and I doubt the casual audience of players that make up the majority of the player base really cares about stuff like that. This game has just done a really poor job at marketing itself and is coming out in a holiday season that has the following games:
-Red Dead Redemption 2
-Call of Duty BO4
-Smash Bros Ultimate
-Fallout 76
-Spider-Man
-Spyro
-FIFA 19
-Forza Horizon
-Assassins Creed
-Mario Party
-Soul Caliber
-Hitman 2
-Pokémon
-Just Cause 4
-Team Sonic Racing
This is one of the most crowded holiday seasons I've ever seen. EA needs to spend more money on advertising the game properly instead of plopping it into the middle of the Daily Show where most of the audience doesn't care.
