I feel similarly sometimes myself. It's like those studies on giving money to little kids when they draw. You're doing something for the intrinsic reward, the j

I feel similarly sometimes myself. It's like those studies on giving money to little kids when they draw. You're doing something for the intrinsic reward, the joy of playing, and now they've slapped on some extrinsic reward you didn't ask for. So the game makes you feel, on some level, that you're doing it for the extrinsic reward, and it saps some of the intrinsic joy you felt earlier. https://www.spring.org.uk/2021/07/intrinsic-motivation.php https://www.spring.org.uk/2021/07/intrinsic-motivation.php > So, those who had previously liked drawing (high intrinsic motivation) were less motivated once they expected to be rewarded for the activity. > In fact the expected reward reduced the amount of spontaneous drawing the children did by half.