is that because they can't or are unwilling because of some expensive constraint. the average person can get ahold of a gpu for example if they are willing to pay a premium. I wonder if perhaps SE is stuck a little in the past as japan is with their fax machines. they could have moved to the cloud temporarily but im wondering if their app and scripts are not setup for that.
It's an interesting question. They literally stopped selling the video game due to a server shortage. I assume the money lost from lack of sales during the holiday season outweighs the cost of premium price on servers.
"Since July 2021, in order to accommodate the significant increase in the number of new players, we have been working towards building a new logical data center and adding new Worlds. However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have not been able to make any additions due to suspension of semiconductor production at manufacturing factories, decrease in production quantities, as well as a shortage of raw materials. Although we are investing much more money than usual, our attempts to alleviate the ongoing congestion situation are being delayed due to the physical shortage of server equipment."
