Video Gaming: Gone to far?

The video game industry has expanded enormously, it has become a common household product that joins the electronic powerhouses of Television,and Internet. Microsoft, one of the worlds largest grosing company, promotes its specific home entertainment system known as the "Xbox 360". I believe it's popularity stems from the fact it includes some of the greatest graphical visualizations in the world, amazing online capabilities, and promotes some of the most popular game titltes, such as halo, gears of war, and fallout. The xbox 360 has become such a cultural phenomena that there is know an "international league of gamers" who assemble together on certain dates of the calender year to challenge each other on a competitive level of gaming. The league known as the MLG, also known as Major League Gaming, includes the liberties and success that of a Rockstar, professional athlete, or singer. I believe it is absurd to think that a fifteen year old boy can become famous and obtain "superstar status", just by pressing a couple of buttons on a controller, and pushing a joystick. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love video games, and promote it as a very relaxing hobby, however the implications of this system, cross the line between its purpose and function, which was supposed to be intended for fun, yet has know become an international obsession, that will see political, economic, and social issues in the near future.