Gaming laptops are an expensive, but still a nice, niche product. You're paying roughly double for the same quality of parts, but that's just the tradeoff.
I've realized lately a laptop is one of the few ways I can game consistently along with handhelds, even though I have a mid range desktop.
It's also so bulky.. it ruins the whole point of the portability. Also paying for brand names too.
I'm in a similar situation. It's not great.