I know it's been over a year so it's old news, but I thought I'd ask it anyway. And, the reason I ask is because long ago, MovieBob said that BioWare's decision to cave in to the Retake Mass Effect movement destroyed gaming's chances to become an art-form.
For me, I don't think so. Saying that consumers have no right to say what goes in or out of a work of art is basically adding rules to art, and the thing is is that art has no rules at all. If you're an artist, you could always listen to consumer feedback to improve upon your art, and it would still be considered art, no matter how much you cave into the consumers. Otherwise, if you don't listen to your consumers, you'll only create bad art.