Sounds like you have your own definition of what a gamer is that's not based on anything real, where it's not a true gamer without top of the line specs?
The average gamer still uses 1080p, a xx60 or xx50 series gpu and 4 core processor. Steam has hardware surveys about average specs.
The biggest "gamer" friends I have don't even have the money to upgrade, since they could play 10h+ every day. No way to afford better specs like that.