What is the core reason you play games?

[SSJGohan3972]

Having Fun.

I play video games to have fun, not to compete, not to be challenged, etc. except if those things add to the fun.

Unfortunately I feel that the industry has moved away from games being fun as the main focus. I have no problem with competitive, challenging, story-driven, etc. types of games (in fact some of my favorite games have those as key aspects) as long as in the end they are fun - what I can't stand is games that put more emphasis on their looks, their story, just being stupidly hard/competitive, etc. and neglect making the game itself fun.

Luckily the industry is large enough now that I can still find plenty of games I like to play so I'm still having fun and being happy!