The majority of games that are played online are coded in a manner that means they can be played on most computer platforms. This makes it easier for many people to enjoy the same game regardless of the type of computer that they are using to access it. Consequently, you find, for example, that a Macintosh user will have a very similar experience on a game as a Windows based user, and the online gaming community is brought much closer, as hardware and software barriers are removed.
The ability to have the same online gaming experience, regardless of the computer hardware that you have, has been made possible through the creation and continued development of Flash and Java Script which are both programming languages. As these two languages began to get recognition, more and more games began to be made using them, with the result being that gamers were demanding that any new computer they bought had the capabilities to play them.
For years Macintosh and PC users were effectively separate camps, and they are still are to some people, but the advent of universal programming languages bought gamers on these two platforms together. Not only could they play and compete against each other, but they could do so on a level playing field as everyone, regardless of what type of computer they were using, was seeing and hearing the game in pretty much the same way.
It is no understatement to say that online gaming, and the Internet as a whole, took a massive step forward as a consequence of those two computing languages. Not only was the gaming world bought closer together, but people really began to sit up and take notice as to what possibilities the Internet held. It was no longer just a method of retrieving and sharing data, it was now becoming more of a multi media type experience. The Internet was being seen as more of a fun and social phenomenon, and less the domain of geeks. It was cooler to know about the Internet, and to be use it and play games on it, than it was to be ignorant.
Progress and developments since then have been fast and furious, and online games as they now were beyond imagination just 10 years ago. It s really been a snowball effect, that started with the introduction of Flash and Java Script. Those two languages opened up the Internet to lots of new people, and as more people began to use the Internet, the more companies set about improving the online experience in terms of technology and connection speeds, so as to meet the demands of the ever increasing online market.
Such improvements within the industry have unsurprisingly led to an influx of new people to the world of online gaming which means the market is bigger, there is more money available, and, as a result, game producers create bigger and better games in order to gain a bigger share of it. The result? Even better times for gamers everywhere!
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