Like I've said before I cannot see an apology as sincere if he feels the need to say " If I offended someone..." It is pretty clear that he offended a ton of people so in my book it makes him seem insincere
Maybe it is just me, but I've heard too many people that have no remorse "apologize" along those lines.
Yeah, why has this kinda behavior become acceptable in games.
Because it has been normalized in society in a certain way so it is more acceptable to hear people say it. There is also the whole identity/race thing that doesn't come across in an anonymous setting, so in the end, it becomes a lot worse.
There is also no way to filter the words out b y voice recognition and the reporting parts of many games never get anything done because people just use them to troll.
It's a lot more complicated than people saying racial slurs on voice chat. In PewDiePies case he is a moron because he is in a very public setting and he knows this. That slip is more than that. Maybe he normalized the word into his everyday online life.