Oh, I can absolutely relate to this. Gaming is quite an expensive hobby, especially if you're a PC player, and thus need to upgrade your machine every so often with new hardware. I myself just replaced my 10 year old PC with a new machine and splurged several hundred bucks on a reasonably powerful graphics card which will hopefully be enough to hold me for a while.
I feel your pain. :)
Even if someone is going for a console it´s quite expensive, sadly it´s not a hobbie for everyone but at least older consoles are cheaper.
True. It's a major reason I haven't cared much about this past generation of consoles. I have so much stuff I have yet to finish from the PS2 and PS3 era, the PS4 and PS5 really don't interest me. :)
Or if you game on PS4/Xbox. Those games can be pricey when they are released and you have to depend on bundles (if the game has a series like The Walking Dead Telltale and they offer the full series for a good price) or sales.