this seems to be a genuine example of a game not ramming The Message down our throats when it very easily could have done so.

I think the problem here is it isn't all that easy to shove the message down many consumers throats anymore. They'd sooner bite a company's fingers off than let them do that anymore. Attributing them toning it down to some kind of favor to us, rather than as a natural consequence of losing hundreds of millions repeatedly is going to make you complacent.

That video covers that a lot of the same people behind the scenes profiting from this are the same ones pushing a black Anne Boleyn and female amputees as the real heroes of WW2 a few years back. Keppler still had an arm with millions dedicated to only publishing "black lead and developed games". There's nothing to say the less intense message is truly a change of heart or just trying to refill the war chests with your money, because their other bullshit was getting too expensive.