That's a pretty flimsy argument. If you want to go play an actual game of soccer right now, you probably won't be able to make it happen, and you won't be able to play at the level the characters in a soccer game play (ever) and playing a soccer game and playing an actual game of soccer are two very different things anyway.

So are racing actual cars and playing a racing game, by the way. Sorry if that's like hearing Santa Claus doesn't exist.