It really wasn't all that long ago that you could get an entire decent gaming rig for £1,000. Now you cant even get a fraction of the equivalent system for that now. Sad times. Greed is the problem. Manufactures greed in their pricing, retailers greed on gouging and scalpers greed. The whole world gets greedier year after year
Like you say, the muppets who pay it only fuel it.
A shame because there are some games I really want to play a few games but don't have the system to do them justice.
Maybe this is my last PC build after 20+ year and I move to Console because no one can get their act together.