People spend thousands on fully released games. Some people are highly susceptible to the kinds of tactics game companies use to sell things like ships in Star Citizen and microtransactions.
Came to this thread right after one about how MTX accounted for ~55% of gaming industry profits in 2024, which is only a 1.7% increase YoY. There's a reason these ships are sold and hyped the way they are, and it's specifically to snare people who have impulse control issues.

TL;DR - Stop victim blaming.