Rewards

For what reason do we continue to play games, especially very tedious ones. The rewards, plain and simple. When a game offers an interesting reward, we will continue to play the game until we achieve this goal. Like some RPG games, where a rare enemy will drop a rare piece of loot that could be vital for making an optional weapon or piece of armor. This will cause gamers to repeatedly fight this enemy again and again until the loot is obtained, even going as far as equipping certain accessories that will increase your chances of obtaining it. When you do finally receive the reward, you feel very accomplished and proud that you were able to make such an achievement. Another example would be Xbox achievements, where gamer points can be received by doing the most tedious objectives in video games. Some rewards will entice you more than others, but in the end that's what we're playing for, whether it for tedious gamer points or Oreo cookies, we will keep playing these games to receive these rewards.