YouTube “Playables” could bring Facebook-style casual games to YouTube
An intriguing article from The Wall Street Journal discusses a new “YouTube Playables” feature that is reportedly now being tested. One YouTube-related gaming service, Stadia, was recently discontinued by Google, however it only offered AAA games that were streamed frame-by-frame online. “YouTube Playable” would follow Facebook’s model more, providing more informal, straightforward games that play in a browser. Think of Angry Birds or Farmville on YouTube. Stack Bounce, a brick-breaking game with a smartphone app that can also be played on the web, is one such game from the study. In my opinion, these are still “Flash games”—simple, 2D, addicting games played in a browser. I am aware that the Flash platform has been defunct for years. Flash-style YouTube Playable games Who would want casual games on YouTube , exactly? According to the article, YouTube “is already a well-liked gaming destination and competes with Twitch from Amazon for viewers of live-streamed content....