Why there be no sweet man-on-man action in mah' AAA games?

As I hear on Twitter, some people got their balls stuck between subway train doors over some lesbian stuff in The Last of Us 2, and somebody noticed that while there is some representation of female gay relationships in AAA gaming, there are barely any mandatory male gay relationships. And that there was absolutely no representation at E3.

While I understand that all people want their stories told, making a mandatory male gay romantic relationship for a protagonist in a AAA game is commercial suicide. Let’s break this down. AAA game. These games are expensive, and companies need to at least recoup the costs.