questions about the word 'exist'

[Heidi L]

"Many hurdles exist to making cloud gaming successful, especially for fast-paced games like Halo."

I have a few questions about the above sentence.

1. Is it fine to say 'exist to making' here? Does it work if I change 'making' to 'make'?

2. Does that sentence mean 'there exists many hurdles in order to make cloud gaming successful'?

3. Is it fine to say 'many hurdles exist in making cloud gaming successful?'

Thank you!

 

[Heidi L]

I think you have completely misunderstood the sentence, Hurdles are obstacles not aids.

Where did you find this sentence?

"Many hurdles exist to making cloud gaming successful, esecially for fast-paced games like Halo. Competitive play requires quick, responsive controls to keep up with the action. For mobile devices, xCloud games will have touchscreen controls. For a more console-like feel, gamers can connect their smartphone to an Xbox controller using Bluetooth."

The whole paragraph is from a English-teaching magazine.

 

[Heidi L]

"A more challenging problem is the time it takes to transmit signals between a user and a network. Game lag, or the delay between a gamer's action and the game's response, can be extremely frustrating....."

That is the next aragraph.

 

[jutfrank]

1) No, that's poorly written English in my judgement. No, that's worse.

2) Yes, I believe you've understood the sense. (I'm not completely sure.)

3) That's no better.

 

[teechar]

Can you tell us the name of the magazine and provide a link please?

 

[Heidi L]

Can you tell us the name of the magazine and provide a link please?

Studio Classroom - April 2019

I'm not sure if there is a link, I bought it in a bookstore.

 

[teechar]

Studio Classroom - April 2019

Thanks for that. I advise learners to avoid it.

I'm not sure if there is a link, I bought it in a bookstore.

That's a comma splice error. Do you know what it means and how to fix it?

 

[Heidi L]

1) No, that's poorly written English in my judgement. No, that's worse.

What would you reword that sentence if you were the author?

 

[Heidi L]

That's a comma splice error. Do you know what it means and how to fix it?

A comma splice? No, I don't know what it is. Please tell me more about it. Thanks.

 

[jutfrank]

What would you reword that sentence if you were the author?

I'd avoid the verb exist and use the collocation face many hurdles. Perhaps:

Developers face many hurdles in their efforts to make cloud gaming successful, especially with fast-paced games like Halo.

 

[Rover_KE]

The whole paragraph is from an English-teaching magazine.

Please give details of the source of any quoted text – such as the name of the magazine – in post #1, without having to be asked for it.

 

[teechar]

I'm not sure if there is a link, I bought it in a bookstore.

Those are two independent clauses. Therefore, they should not be joined with a comma. They should be separated with a full stop (period in AmE).
I'm not sure if there is a link. I bought it in a bookstore.

In some cases (if it makes sense to the context), you can use a conjunction or a semicolon.

For example:

I like porridge, I eat it for breakfast every day. [comma splice error]
I like porridge, and/so I eat it for breakfast every day. [fixed]
or
I like porridge; I eat it for breakfast every day. [fixed]

 

[teechar]

[STRIKE]What[/STRIKE] How would you reword that sentence if you were the author?

.

 

[Heidi L]

Can you tell us the name of the magazine and provide a link please?

I found the link (http://m.studioclassroom.com/).

Maybe you would like to contact them and tell them about that bad sentence? Thank you!