Meh. Yes, I suppose on a technicality, it's art. However, I don't really consider it art simply because it "fits the description". Again, I feel that something has to be expressive in order to qualify as art, and games are made to amuse people, and here you (and DeeJ, obviously, he works for a company that makes them, I'm not surprised) are putting them up on some sort of pedestal.
"I could apply those same words to a job description on our Careers page."
This is exactly why meeting the description is not enough. If you are too close-minded to grasp what I'm getting at then I will resume my silence because I doubt I'll be able to reason with a crowd of butthurt Bungie.net users that consider their hobbies to be an expressive form of feeling. Hell, I don't even like art, and I know video games aren't art.
William Shakespeare's plays were written for a competitive, commercial and popular theatre.ZOMG SHAKESPEARE WROTE HIS PLAYS TO MAKE MONEY SINCE WHEN?!!
[Edited on 06.26.2012 3:30 PM PDT]