I think the argument against it is: Most of the art in games could be extracted from the game context and the art itself would suffer no consequence. i.e., Mos

I think the argument against it is: Most of the art in games could be extracted from the game context and the art itself would suffer no consequence. i.e., Most of a game's story could be told in film, the interaction adds little to the art itself. I don't agree, but neither do I think we've yet arrived at a mature medium. Technologies on the horizon will increase the immersivity of games (Natal, DS3D). Combined with better writing (we're finally getting there) and better applications of present tech (most wii games suck), we'll probably see our Citizen Kane before 2020.