>is 'go woke go broke' a real thing or a cope?
A cope
>I can't think of a single game that would have succeeded if it weren't 'woke.'
True. Likewise, there's not really any woke game that succeeded and would NOT have succeeded if it weren't woke.
>They still would have been failures, even with better looking characters and no flags or pronouns.
True.

Simply put, this culture war bullshit is only here to make browns and other assorted losers think they are #GamersRisingUp.

Pic related. A best seller in 2023.