welcome to the age of computers. 1996 welcomes you
Anyway, yeah. Pretty much everyone knows that the pre-built ones are way way overpriced for what they are. With that same 2500 bucks you could build a system that'll run nearly anything available at the highest resolutions on the highest detail.
People buy em, though. I've sold those overpriced pieces of crap to people. That's why I got out of retail. I can't stand doing that. But some people can't build em themselves, even though the instructions on every component tell you exactly what to do. Ah well.