['I told my son repeatedly to do the dishes, but instead he played video games all night and never got them done.', 'You should confiscate his video game and teach him a lesson.', "That's definitely my plan. He will learn there will be consequences for his failure to listen."]
You are doing the right thing for him to learn discipline.
I asked my son to do the dishes. He said he had to play his video game and he would do it later. Well, he never did them.