However, you gotta admit that its a little bit harder to get of your butt when playing an online game compared to when watching something on telly.
That's true, but I said it was irrelevant because I'm sure that kid behaves just as badly even when not playing games. In fact, I'm sure he'd still be just as much of a brat even if he'd never even seen a videogame in his life. It's down to bad parenting. End of story, although, I'm sure the parent(s) would love to be able to blame it on something else.