OK lets see what one of the premier video game creators of the world thinks on this matter, the creator of nintendo, mario, and zelda. you know, some of the games people in this very thread are calling works of art.
https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/50570-former-nintendo-dev-says-miyamoto-s-view-of-games-as-products-and-not-works-of-art
>Former Nintendo dev Takaya Imamura has taken to social media to share some thoughts on Shigeru Miyamoto from a developer perspective, and he says the Mario creator doesn’t look at games as art, but instead sees them as a product.
>Mr. Miyamoto studied industrial design at an art university and views games not as “works of art” but as “products.” I believe this perspective leads to game development that is more closely aligned with users.
>[Takaya Imamura]
>We’ve often heard about how Miyamoto looks at games in ways most developers would never even consider, so it’s not all that surprising to see him look at games as products rather than works of art. Just as Imamura says, this approach likely does make for a better experience for the player, but you’d have to imagine that’s in terms of gameplay specifically.