Video games are designed to make you hooked and extract as much as they can from you. You are slaves on the world they created, wasting your consciousness away on a virtual world. And the grinding games are the absolute worst, its just the same gameplay over and over.
The problem is not about video games but
ADDICTION in general.
People may be addicted to various things and it just so happened that people are hooked to video games nowadays. Also, there are people who are addicted to gambling which I believe brings worse implications and effects. The only way in order to solve this problem is by having self-discipline and limitation to oneself. Without these essential restrictions, people would succumb further which would potentially destroy their lives in the future.
Very true, but you can play to earn cryptpcurrency.
What kind of method would transpose to playing and earning cryptocurrencies? Also, regardless of the earnings, you would still succumb to addiction. The problem would manifest especially you take it away from them quickly and not gradually.