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The article cites technical barriers such as latency and dependence on nearby data center coverage, causing cloud streams to fall apart on mobile data or in regions without local servers, and the fact that data centers still need memory and compute so server hardware and RAM shortages raise costs. It also notes practical barriers including licensing headaches and a strong consumer preference for physical controllers and TVs. Together these issues prevent cloud gaming today from replacing local hardware. Answered

The article says months of unnecessary tariffs have helped drive up component costs for games hardware, significantly impacting the market and stalling hardware adoption. These tariffs, even though they are getting refunded, contributed to inflated prices that forced companies like Valve to accept higher memory costs and produce more expensive devices such as the $1,049 Steam Machine. Answered

The RAM and storage shortages have driven up component costs and stalled hardware adoption in the games market, forcing higher retail prices that have squeezed both gamers and manufacturers out of the mainstream. Valve says this pushed its Steam Machine price to an astronomical $1,049 and left companies little choice but to accept inflated memory prices or miss contracts, with wholesale supply shortages lagging retail by three to six months. Answered

The article states the Xbox Series X25 is apparently running the same hardware under a new shell and says buyers will be paying for a premium look while getting hardware that performs the same as it did in 2020. It notes this is based on reporting and is not a formal confirmation from Microsoft. Answered