ShadeStrider
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You know, even if we consider Video Games an art form... we still do expect a product when we purchase one.
But, say you wanted a Painting to make your house look prettier. If it looks extremely ugly, you wouldn't really buy it for your house, right? You are expecting a product. But it doesn't change the fact that Paintings are an art form, even that ugly one.
But most of the time, when a creator puts enough love and hard work into it, then any of these things naturally become both a competent product and a good representation of that art form.
If anything, Video Games are the best at being a demonstration of both Art and Technology, to an extent that even Movies just can't reach.
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And yeah, like any Storytelling Medium, the purpose of a Video Game is to keep you immersed. The difference is that Video Game's have a lot more tools at their disposal compared to Movies and books.
A Book's only real tools in keeping a reader immersed are the style of the writer and the story. If either one of those fails, then the Book becomes extremely boring and the reader will lose interest. And Who can blame the reader?
But a Game can still preserve immersion through Gameplay even if the Story is absolutely terrible. It definitely means that that Game will be viewed on a level below other games with competent or masterful narratives. But it is still, at its core, a competent game.
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