Does instant transportation effect game immersion?

[Bled]

I'll tell you what, I'll go make a game where you win by fighting enemies and getting gear, and you go make a game where you win by idling on an airship with a scrolling background for ten minutes then holding W for the next halfhour, and we'll go see which is more popular.

Neither would be popular... to be a good game one mechanic can not be exclusively intended there needs to be a balance of all mechanics.

“media contents are perceived as ‘real’ in the sense that media users experience a sensation of being spatially located in the mediated environment.”

Breaking down the above sentence, fighting monsters, running raids, buying items, and insta teleport does not make up a game exclusively. Rather the extension of the world needs to create a second reality for you, rather then o hey i just killed x amount of what even monster for sp value.