Nintendo's Doing Something Right (response to Hating on the casuals thread)

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Pristine20 said:

LNRT said:
Games are meant to be entertaining. Why is it so important that they be considered art? I don't buy games because they are art, I buy them to have fun. This article nails it.

 

Playing games can also be competitive, relaxing, rewarding and many other values. Nintendo fans just seem to want to be lieve that "fun" is the end all in gaming. In my case, I don't play games to have fun. I do it to relax or compete with friends or engross myself in a new world. I date for my fun thanks.

You can't have fun while being competitive, or relaxing, or being rewarded? I play games to do all of those things but if it isn't fun then those other aspects don't really matter.

Edit: Desroko beat me to it.