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Hideo Kojima Says Games Aren't Art
Next Generation reports that, in a February OPM article, the maker of the Metal Gear series of games says games aren't art. From the article: "'I don't think they're art either, videogames,' he said, referring to Roger Ebert's recent commentary on the same subject. 'The thing is, art is something that radiates the artist, the person who creates that piece of art. If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art. But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art.'"
Last time I checked that is what a movie does as well.
No, that is what a Hollywood movie does. Hollywood movies (and Bollywood movies, and movies made anywhere where movies are made by an industry that churns them out in an attempt to maximise profits) are not art, they are simply formulaic shit that is intended to appeal to the lowest common denominator. By contrast, many, many films have been made that are very much art; they may not be popular, and in America they are certainly lumped into the category of 'foreign/arthouse' if they are ever imported at all, but they represent the true possibility of the film medium. Do not insult cinema by associating it with Hollywood.