Actual 24 year old zoomer here. I got into some shitty retail job around summer of 2023 (before that I had a seasonal job and then a agonizing fast food job). The money quickly dried after the holiday season so I getting paid $60 per day on a 2-day work week (it eventually become 1 day per week and then none/1 day per 2 weeks lol). Fell into a bit of a depression when the job market dried up in 2022-2024 so my active buying of games at full price halted completely aside from a few games I'd buy here and there (also steered my attention to college a lot more as well). I played a lot of emulated games to make up for that time though. I recently got a cool substitute teaching job last month where I get paid $175 per shift and I was able get a Switch 2 + MKWorld last week. I'm doing a lot better now and I forward to buying games again like DK Bananza, Shadow Labyrinth, etc but a lot of ppl my age are less fortunate with no/shitty jobs that pay like crap and school loans raping them up the ass.