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It's a matter of tooling. Flash is a mature technology for game development, whereas JavaScript is quite new in that area. However, I firmly believe that thing

by scott_w 14y ago

It's a matter of tooling. Flash is a mature technology for game development, whereas JavaScript is quite new in that area. However, I firmly believe that things are improving. Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. Web browser compatibility is an issue; however it remains a development issue. Building separate applications for each platform brings in other issues, such as app store rules and visibility. Granted, this is a trade-off.

camus 14y ago
> Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. which ones? you're talking about appstore rules but phonegap purpose is for a js app to be deployed like a native app,out of the browser. > visibility : an app on the app store is more visible than any app on a web site on mobile. I have no exemple of any profitable html5 game , on the other hand there are plenty ( machinarium )exemples sucessfull of unity or flash games. Things may be different in 5/10 years , but i code for now and with stable technologies.