[Zababa]

That's my conclusion too. Game are, at their core, something close to a real world activity but not the real thing. Even cats play games like that to learn. But current games, that is video games, are most of the time not a substitute where you can experiment with something close to the real thing. They are a form of entertainement. That means that what you accomplish in those games is nothing.

If you want something with stakes in, there are options in games (competitive players are like professional athletes this days for example), but the alternative that makes the most sense is just real life.