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Running games in the browser provides a bit of convenience of not having to download and run a platform-specific executable. There might be some security benef
by omoikane 4y ago
Running games in the browser provides a bit of convenience of not having to download and run a platform-specific executable. There might be some security benefits too.
Depends on the nature of the game though. It works best for games that are lightweight and stateless.
- kleiba 4y agoSure, this was clear to me too. My question was not so much about the advantages of browser games but rather if they actually have a market. And speaking of that: what are the main monetization schemes? Are browser games sold like other games? Or are they mostly ad-based like other web content?
- omoikane 4y agoAs one data point: https://itch.io/games https://itch.io/games currently lists 729397 games, 844 of which are tagged HTML5. It's nonzero but I guess it's not that big. But https://itch.io/games/html5 https://itch.io/games/html5 lists 301816, I am not sure how to reconcile these numbers. Some of those are accepting donations, but I can't tell if they are profitable.