https://i.imgur.com/3hOxASH.png32 ETH seems like a lot to stake to start getting rewards I'm not sure many people would be willing to lock up that kind of money for small % gains.
It's normal for those coins they're trying to squeeze as much from the holders as possible. They always say high cap is made to secure the network but really they don't care if you make money from it so they're not trying to make the system user friendly.
Look at Dash and how expensive it is to run a node there. It's not PoS but the idea is very similar to make it affordable only for a few wealthy individuals.