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They are not going to sell any browser games if they don't work on phones, tablets, or TVs. And they wont, if they depend on Flash and NaCl.

rsaarelm 16y ago
Why wouldn't NaCl work on phones and tablets? The NaCl people seem be developing an ARM version.
- extension 16y ago
  It works in theory. In practice, compiling your web app for multiple CPU targets is likely to be yet another complexity for the app developer and a drag on the platform as it tries to keep up with native apps. I don't see how they are going to get it on any other gadget platform besides Android, in which case there is no real advantage for the developer over a native Android app.
  - corysama 16y ago
    Having both an Android version and a web version of the same app native-compiled using 90% shared code is a pretty nice advantage.
extension 16y ago
I don't understand the downvoting on this, but I'll elaborate. Computer gaming was already a high-end, enthusiast market before the whole phone/tablet thing started. Going forward, it's only going to become more of a niche as the desktop computer becomes strictly a work machine. Casual entertainment is now delivered through convenient gadgets that work where you are comfortable, instead of chaining you to a desk. Anybody who has some of these gadgets knows that this is the way it must be, and soon that will be everybody. The technology stack Google is talking about here is nowhere close to being viable for games on gadgets. And the gadgets already have fully realized commercial gaming platforms anyway, that are always going to be way ahead of the web stack. There is just no reason to make games for the Chrome App Store. Productivity apps are a whole other matter. But games, no.
- patrickaljord 16y ago
  > Computer gaming was already a high-end, enthusiast market before the whole phone/tablet thing started. I'm not sure what you mean by "computer gaming" but if you mean graphic intensive games, I don't think that's what Google is aiming at (at least, not as a priority). Google is aiming at social addictive games that millions of normal people (not hardcore gamers) play, such as farmville and co. Google has already bought/invested in 5 social gaming companies and those are doing great on the "computer gaming" market.

rsaarelm 16y ago

Why wouldn't NaCl work on phones and tablets? The NaCl people seem be developing an ARM version.

extension 16y ago
It works in theory. In practice, compiling your web app for multiple CPU targets is likely to be yet another complexity for the app developer and a drag on the platform as it tries to keep up with native apps. I don't see how they are going to get it on any other gadget platform besides Android, in which case there is no real advantage for the developer over a native Android app.
- corysama 16y ago
  Having both an Android version and a web version of the same app native-compiled using 90% shared code is a pretty nice advantage.

extension 16y ago

I don't understand the downvoting on this, but I'll elaborate. Computer gaming was already a high-end, enthusiast market before the whole phone/tablet thing started. Going forward, it's only going to become more of a niche as the desktop computer becomes strictly a work machine. Casual entertainment is now delivered through convenient gadgets that work where you are comfortable, instead of chaining you to a desk. Anybody who has some of these gadgets knows that this is the way it must be, and soon that will be everybody. The technology stack Google is talking about here is nowhere close to being viable for games on gadgets. And the gadgets already have fully realized commercial gaming platforms anyway, that are always going to be way ahead of the web stack. There is just no reason to make games for the Chrome App Store. Productivity apps are a whole other matter. But games, no.

patrickaljord 16y ago
> Computer gaming was already a high-end, enthusiast market before the whole phone/tablet thing started. I'm not sure what you mean by "computer gaming" but if you mean graphic intensive games, I don't think that's what Google is aiming at (at least, not as a priority). Google is aiming at social addictive games that millions of normal people (not hardcore gamers) play, such as farmville and co. Google has already bought/invested in 5 social gaming companies and those are doing great on the "computer gaming" market.