system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is it more fun to save in games than in real life?

I've always noticed that in games like lets say RuneScape, saving really feel like a goal. It becomes very nice to see that first 100k, got into 1million, than to 10, 100, etc. It really motivates.

However, in real life this is a bit different. I personally have the will to touch it. It doesn't feel like it's really growing (even when it does). I guess in most games you don't really have to pay as much rent as in real life...

Why do you think this is, based on behavioural economics?
gpt
Games are nothing more than accomplishment machines. They have straightforward rules and guaranteed payoffs for exactly the amount of difficulty you tell it you want. If they didn't then you wouldn't play them.

Reality is messy and slow by comparison. Payoffs are never guaranteed, difficulty is uncontrollable and either so low as to be boring or so high as to be frustrating or impossible. What's more, payoffs take much longer to achieve.

That being said, there are some mental tricks I've learned that can turn certain aspects of life and some types of careers into a much more game like experience. The main one being to find something that is sufficiently challenging.