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We had instant browser games and the gold rush of mobile ate them. The AppStore stack had better discoverability and native performance...a lot of benefits, r
by jayd16 5y ago
We had instant browser games and the gold rush of mobile ate them. The AppStore stack had better discoverability and native performance...a lot of benefits, really. Why would we all go back to the browser?
I feel like a large leap is being made that instant games will win back users when their instant-ness didn't keep them in the first place.
I don't feel like any catalyst is explored enough to be convincing.
- larsiusprime 5y ago> had better discoverability I don't agree, particularly in the case of mobile App stores where the top charts are consistently dominated by the same few games.
- utzucto 5y agoI think the increasing difficulty of being discovered on ever-growing platforms like the App Store is/will push more games to other places (though I don't know how instant-game platforms will build userbases like native app stores). Also, I don't think people moved away from instant games because the instantness wasn't enough. I think it's more about what devices kids (and people in general) are using for everything else; people who are playing mobile games now probably would have been playing flash games a few years ago. I'm kindof spitballing here, but I wonder if all the chromebooks that are used in schools now are or will be pushing kids back to online games platforms like the old flash sites