This comic does not apply to Cyberpunk 2077. No one needs to play Cyberpunk or any game for that matter. Video games are not essentials. They are luxuries.
People found enjoyment in other things long before video games were around and if the entire industry was to vanish, they'd continue to do so.
What does this comic even mean?
The comic is mocking idiots who think they're so smart by attacking people who want to see changes in society for participating in society. Usually by making use of systems or products they want to change or destroy.
Like for example, I'm sure everyone here is against child labour, but everyone here also uses products that are the product of child labour. This does not make child labour morally okay or everyone here pro-child labour. We should still combat it, but because of how the world economic system is structured, many essential items like clothing, food, and phones are tainted by child labour. Now applying the logic to justify playing a video game is a tad daft as video games aren't essential.
If they were honest they'd admit they value playing the latest AAA game over potential concerns of supporting transphobia. But because of how hard they pushed their campaign they have to come up with silly explanations such as they were gifted the game, they're using their friend's account, and Kyuuji's "for research purposes." The latter being as believable as your average right-wing Christian/Muslim politician caught on a gay dating website claiming they were undercover preaching. It's not like thousands of hours of streams wouldn't be uploaded onto the internet for her to watch. Or the countless articles touching the issue of trans-representation in the game.
While I'm on the subject of her, some of you folks could be the better people and not do stupid childish shit like misgendering her. It'd doesn't help your anti-Era argument. It only hurts it.