He's also not totally right.
I don't love that the thing exists, but it
is still a game, and largely much higher effort than a traditional ad would be. I don't know under what grounds you could deny that game from being on the store.
Like
MJunioR just said, the (Burger)
King Games trilogy was kind of funny.
Pepsiman is dumb and simple, but still technically a "real" game.
Cool Spot, despite being a 7-Up ad is actually a fairly decent game.
Chex Quest was a pretty charming total conversion of DOOM. One of the rarer Atari 2600 games you see collectors looking for sometimes is
Chase the Chuck Wagon, which is a dumb advertisement for Purina Dog Food.
And if you want to really be technical, all the sports games like
Formula 1, FIFA,
NBA 2K,
WWE 2K, and
NASCAR Heat are all glorified league advertisement and product placement.
I dunno, I think this is a weird thing to get worked up about. Advergames have existed for almost
forty years, they're nothing new. Why get self-righteous about them now except to shit on Valve?