It has never been clear to me why people want movies and games to be the same thing. Most AAA games that are "cinematic" are just bad or mediocre movies that wo

It has never been clear to me why people want movies and games to be the same thing. Most AAA games that are "cinematic" are just bad or mediocre movies that wouldn't get made or have already been made. For example, even some very famous video game designers have mentioned that they would rather make movies. Why don't they then? I think it's because the threshold to make a story good enough for a movie is a bit higher than a video game, even with the bar falling a bit in modern times for movies. There's even a question as to why gamers want movies made out of their favorite game. There's a reason why these usually fail, and it's usually because the underlying story is just not that interesting. In my opinion, a video game should be a game and not a larping simulator for movies. Games like Journey, The Witness, The Last Guardian, Shadow of the Collossus, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Mirror's Edge, etc. should be the standard for video game designers.