Are you trying to compare interactive software, one of the dominant forms of programs and widely used by billions of people every day, to formula 1 cars, an engineering niche created solely for a set of artificial racing criteria?
A better analogy would be being mad that the Tesla can't drive on the interstate.
"sophisticated games" pretty specifically implies contemporary 3d gaming, which is not a useful criteria for exploring a fundamental paradigm shift in programming.
A better analogy would be being mad that the Tesla can't drive on the interstate.