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None of that is unique to games. Replace "games" with "books", "movies", "opera", "stage plays", or "pop music" and you have the exact same argument.

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No, not at all. A game is an environment in which you actually do things and generate some sort of result, however artificial. Everything you listed is inherently passive--you just observe it happen in front of you, no action from you is really necessary.

At least for books, some people vehemently disagree with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_response

And for (well known and respected) people also extending above theory to art, music, history and cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_response#Extensions

If you want to abstract and equivocate enough, you can say anything. I'm just speaking plainly.

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