As far as I understand there were multiple assets in the file that insult not just Xi but mainlanders in general(Of course reddit just cares about the Xi part), this made Chinese gamers obviously really fucking mad and they started review bombing and stuff like that.

But then on another level the publisher was based in China which means that since they technically published material that breaches the law which(I dont know the specifics) bans certain kinds of insulting/mocking imagery towards public officials, their license to publish games was put in jeopardy, which caused Devotion to be taken down and have a lot of trouble finding new publishers cause China is such a huge market and they dont wanna risk their business there.

Devotion now has become more of a political statement than something you just enjoy for its quality, its the Trump beans but for western leftists and sinophobic gamers to announce how epic owned Xi is.