ironically enough even getting a 3060TI for 500 is hard. The market is simply ******, and i know mates that were using 580s and 1060s and ended up going console because the prices are just silly, before you could upgrade every 2-3 years for a 200 quid GPU and you were good to go, 200 quid will get you nothing nowadays so honestly its hard to see why some people are ****** and leaving pc gaming.
The thing with PC gaming though, you dont NEED a top end GPU to still play tons of games.
I know just 1 friend with a current-gen GPU. The rest have stuff as old as 960s, yet we still play every week.
If you have no PC, then yes getting into PC gaming is a bit of a no-goer right now. A pre-build might be the best way, and the current gen consoles sure look a better deal than that.
But if you have a PC, even one that's 6-8yrs old, there are so many games that play just fine. The friends I have with 960s managed to play and complete Far Cry 5. Sure it wasn't at high settings, but they enjoyed the game none the less.
I dont think this GPU price crisis will do anything long-term to PC gaming. If anything, more people will hang on to older hardware for longer. Thus requiring games to be able to run on them. As no point making a game if majority of player base cant play it.