Comments on: Vista hurts casual gaming http://shebanator.com/2007/01/11/vista-hurts-casual-gaming/ Thoughts on Dynamic Languages, Web Apps, and more Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Shebanow http://shebanator.com/2007/01/11/vista-hurts-casual-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:09:42 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/2007/01/11/vista-hurts-casual-gaming/#comment-154 Alex, it is true that Vista doesn’t ship with Flash. But there is a HUGE difference between installing Flash and installing a game. Flash is a well known product from a well known company so most users will install it without worrying about security issues. On the other hand, most cool casual games come from smaller, less well known companies like your own and it is much harder for those companies to gain the user’s trust.

Furthermore, the Flash install is a one-time effort – once installed, all Flash casual games just work. For Windows native games, you have to make a trust decision for each and every game separately.

]]> By: Alex St. John http://shebanator.com/2007/01/11/vista-hurts-casual-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:55:53 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/2007/01/11/vista-hurts-casual-gaming/#comment-153 Actually, Microsoft doesn’t ship Flash with Vista, so your kids will be safe from evil Flash games as well. They will require a download just like any downloadable game in Vista.

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