Well this was a huge problem in China when I was there.
A lot of (boys) students worked(Studying hard and working in fields) whole their youth to have money to go to a University in China.
But on those Universities the most plays Videogames for the first time and I can say you it is heartbreaking to see this game ruin people their lifes...
It is their joice but it was the first time in my life that I thought 'Damned gaming is dangerous' especially when someone has played so much that he had to go to a hospital for months and then go to a centre where he has to be cured of his addicting problem...
Well that is my personal view about it...