This article is idiotic. The assertion seems to be based entirely off Google Trends and "supported" by a quote from someone with a professional relationship to

This article is idiotic. The assertion seems to be based entirely off Google Trends and "supported" by a quote from someone with a professional relationship to the author that just says they "believe" it might be true. Google Trends is almost completely meaningless for both judging the popularity of a game, and the popularity of sites like reddit or Amazon.