I agree that there are examples, such as the ones you propose, of games that are widely regarded as "A Really Good Game" while clearly being a long stretch from

I agree that there are examples, such as the ones you propose, of games that are widely regarded as "A Really Good Game" while clearly being a long stretch from "Sublime Art". What I intended to get across was that there are other examples that I do not find so clear cut. Such as the 4 examples I gave. I can't tell if I would propose these as examples of "Games As Sublime Art" because they possess qualities deserving of that title or if they are simply tricking me by being very good games.