If we’re talking about PCs you could buy an old office PC on eBay for $150 with a 7th gen Intel CPU and 16 GB of RAM and play a glut of low power games, retro emulators, etc. And if you’re willing to shell out another $150 for a 5 year old GPU you’ll be able to run just about any game, albeit on the lowest settings most of the time.

That's a very American view on prices. Multiply those by 10 for Brazil.

It's cheaper to fly to America and buy game consoles or PC hardware and fly back than it is to buy them in Brazil. Just be sure to hide your price tags from customs (or have a nice little bribe ready)

Just a decent set of tools for overhauling a bicycle cost me more than my Switch + games.

wait...

A stand, chain lube + cleaner, tubes+tube patch kit, chain brush, floor pump, chain drive tool, cable cutter and a set or two of wrenches/screwdrivers cost you more then a 200/300 euro switch plus at least one 60 euro game?

And you bought these? You didn't inherit all this stuff from your grandparents together with an "Oma fiets" or two when you born?

jokes aside, I do imagine that you might have more specialized tools. specially if you're working with some of the older sport bicycles that need love.

not really, e.g. music can be much cheaper to start (find an old guitar/digital keyboard) though get expensive if you want good instruments later on, i guess. sure ash cheaper than my shooting habit tho :)

I mean in this thread we are specifically talking about a £389.99 console (new) which has a huge subscription library at a fairly low price.

Sure, you can choose to buy a PC... but that's not a requirement (or indeed a preference) for lots of people in the hobby.