yes but those games are not multiplayer based. Also some of the best games have no story, quake, unreal tournament..
so story is good, of course but just like sports, multiplayer games do not need a story!
unreal tournament 3 have a campagin too. and why is ok for a game to be mulitiplayer and not have a campaign? or do we need to play more than $50 to get everything we want? like halo3, gears of war 2 and more.
and that list is for stroy games for the quote.
sports and sims are sandbox game.