It's very questionable whether consumers want to spend the money to run LLMs on local hardware; nor do companies want them to, instead of charging a subscriptio

It's very questionable whether consumers want to spend the money to run LLMs on local hardware; nor do companies want them to, instead of charging a subscription fee. High-end PC gaming is still a small niche. Every new and more powerful gaming console does worse than the previous generation. VR hasn't taken off to a significant degree.