The debate on what is or isn’t a gamer is going to be one you all never disagree on.
The answer to Apple ‘gamers’ and it being a status symbol. Well. Lol.
If you’d pay $5k for a Mac that can barely run video games, instead of a rig with everything maxed out (that would probably cost less), then that’s your choice. A foolish choice, one that would make you the laughing stock of anyone with even an inkling of IT knowledge, but it’s your choice.