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While I'm seeing better perf on the flash side (XP, FF 3.6.12), Pong isn't exactly an ideal test bed. Interesting that on the page they say "We believe the two

While I'm seeing better perf on the flash side (XP, FF 3.6.12), Pong isn't exactly an ideal test bed. Interesting that on the page they say "We believe the two technologies are not in competition" but that is exactly what this type of demo is going to stir up. While the improvements in browsers and javascript engines as of late has been nice, I think we're still a few years off from real parity, especially on lower-spec'd machines. Make no mistake, Flash on the web will be obsoleted by HTML5. But not yet, especially for all those people who don't update their browser every month. For the time being, if Flash evangelists really wanted to make a point, they should do this same type of set up, but with a complicated (hardware-accelerated?) visualization.

benologist 16y ago
HTML5 will eventually achieve comparable functionality and more importantly, business models may emerge (flash gaming is an industry after all) given time that make it a viable alternative to the people making games. At some point it'll almost certainly coexist alongside Flash games on sites like Armor, Kongregate etc. But it's not going to kill Flash. HTML5's real fight is against native mobile platforms where it's competing against much richer platforms than Flash and more importantly business models that revolve around a mountain of cold hard cash people throw like confetti at the games they like. If all it does is coexist or even entertaining the fantasy where it 'kills' Flash its lost, Flash is just the tip of casual gaming. Solipskier made $70,000 in the first 2 months of their iOS version ... against $16,000 on the Flash version (and that's more than most Flash games make).