It’s clearly a gray area. You grew up playing a franchise and the latest one injects politics into it. It’s hard to drop the franchise you love so much....most just keep playing for the parts they like while complaining about the parts they don’t. You thinking one can just drop it out of principle and not bat an eye isn’t a likely scenario. 

A games success depends on it’s gameplay end of the day. The heavy handed political message likely isn’t a deal breaker in itself. Fans have every right to complain about that. 

The problem is most humans are assholes, so we do need rules to keep things running smoothly. Some are called laws and others societal standards. Give people absolute freedom and see them completely abuse it and use it to hurt others. The ironic thing right now is that PC culture is used by assholes to hurt others. It's gonna be interesting to see how the next few decades will deal with that.

No, PC culture isn't ruining gaming.  Just...not even close.

The real culprits are lootboxes, timesavers, roadmaps, anthologies of DLC, basic features held ransom behind paywalls.

"PC culture", be it real or imagined by yourself, isn't responsible for the likes of Battlefront 2, Fallout 76 or Metal Gear Survive.

(it's the 'triple A' standard-stock business model)

What you said has merit, much more merit. Doesn’t mean the other isn’t a problem at all. There are degrees and ratios, it’s not one problem and others simply don’t exist. To tell one group that their opinion doesn’t matter isn’t productive to having a civil discussion. 

The non-PC society is very well preserved. It's just slightly more restrictive. We joke about things we weren't allowed to 10 years ago and in a decade we will joke about this PC nonsense. Yep, it sucks that I cannot openly state how much I reject transgenderism without people trying to ruin my life for it, but it's fine. I have plenty of outlets and if you're together with the right people you can joke about anything.

I fully expect a counter wave to happen within my lifetime. The current freedom and inclusiveness can go both ways. Hardcore SJWs and feminazis are a tiny minority and as soon as the general is bored with it their ideologies will be dropped like nothing. In the meantime it's probably best to not kill yourself over a few words you're not allowed to say in public settings.

Also, you really need to look up the term "confirmation bias", because you're constantly falling into it.

The poll doesn't ask whether PC culture "is a problem", but whether it is "ruining gaming".

Even if it is a problem, it is not one that is ruining gaming.  The 'triple A' business model has staked its claim on that.

I can't think of a single instance that political correctness "ruined" a game for me, but I'm also not focused on things like political correctness when I play a video game, haha.

Those who constantly whinge about Political Correctness and their supporters are equally as bad. Let's be realistic here.

Vote with your wallet instead, if a games political messaging is something that turns you off, don't buy that game, it's capitalism at work.

It’s all subjective. Arguably having heavy handed political messages in someone’s favourite franchise would “ruin” the experience for them. By contrast they can avoid the micros and enjoy the game for what it is if they aren’t tempted 

 But what if the game in question is from your favourite franchise since you were a kid? It’s not so easy to just drop the franchise you’ve loved for years. It’s not so black and white 

These things tend to not be a deal breaker. But it can still take away from the games story appeal.