Who is convinced by such argumentation I wonder? If there's a hypothesis, and there's multiple examples disproving the hypothesis, and not even a single example proving the hypothesis is provided - how can you be a fan of the hypothesis?

It may be a matter of marketing and luck to make money on a "good" game, but a brilliant game is destined to spread like wildfire, because the gaming community is enthusiastic enough to look for such gems and announce the findings.