My answer is because study is boring. All you read are words, numbers, and the things you usually do not care, understand, interest you.
Playing games are fun. They lead you to another world (or your environment) and make you curious that you continue to play. The game play is interesting either because doesn’t take too much energy than studying.
Actually these all come back about mindset. We have heard study is difficult and boring, unconditionally we believe it, then making us so hard to study, otherwise playing games are relaxing.
But what i find is study is monotonous and playing games are dynamic (because game must be interesting to attract people to play)
The solution to reverse it:
1. Because study is monotonous and playing games are dynamic, better we are Playing While Learning. Making it a good study process, like playing games while learning English.
2. The big reason we don’t like study because we don’t like the subjects or we don’t care the subjects. Find the subjects you love and care about then study it (until now i like history and biology, it isn’t a matter for me to study them)
Last words, we live in society and there is thing called education system. It controls what we should study, despite you like or not, and eventually we have to learn all things. Well, you need to bear with them, but everything happens for a good reason so enjoy it.
Note: if any of those two tips do not help you, this is the third tips.
3. Make your study interesting by listening to your favorite musics, studying together with friends, or studying with the one you love.
Hope it helps
Source: Quora