Can the virtual be enough?

I just wanted to speak again to the idea of virtual experiences shaping one's reality. Snowboarding is actually a good example. There was one winter I played a ton of SSX (a snowboarding video game) I got to a point where I was actually really excited to go out and experience real snowboarding again, I even made a CD mix of songs from the game so I could listen to the same music when I got out on the slopes. When I finally did put board to snow I was sorely (pardon the pun) disappointed. The harshness of reality (the icey slope, the cold, my lack of skill) hit me full force. My the experience of playing the game was more emotionally fulfilling than actually being out on the real mountain. In the virtual world I was a snowboarding god, in the real world a hopeless amateur. I remember going home that day and returning to my PS2, and the 'more perfect' virtual world it supplied me. I guess the question is then: If a virtual world supplies you with the fulfillment and happiness you seek, is there a prerogative to go elsewhere?