One point missed as the title was read too quickly and so was the article.
Video games are games and might be broken games.
Video games are also pieces of software and thus, might be broken pieces of software.
Those are two different things. Reading the title, the article, the comments, it is hard to determine whether people consider one or the other.
Board games are also games and thus might be broken games in similar ways video games might be. But board games cant be broken pieces of software.
Board gaming went through a period when players prefered to spend money on gaming material instead of games themselves.
The current trend is that players want nice card decks, good looking minis, cool tokens, beautiful artwork, deluxe paper manuals, high quality tiles etc...
Games have turned into a pretext to provide all that gaming material.
Video games, even when they are perfect pieces of software, can still be broken games. Going to be interesting to see if a similar to board games trend is going to appear, with players focusing on the piece of software side while dismissing the gaming side.
I've been playing games since 1998 or 1999, I think.
It was already over. The industry knew the internet was going to be introduced and with it, the pipeline to deliver patches over patches. Preparatory groundwork.