alanti:
PRIESTESS: I don't think that is the case for existing platforms that are built on flash??
The game will still run as the Flash is installed on your computer, well that is my understanding.
What it does mean is flash will not update nor will be supported and development will be limited to the current parameters.
Yes, Flash will not update after 2020. Whether up to date browsers will still support it after that point remains to be seen - I would guess there will be a way to enable it for specific sites, but don't know for sure.
Flash is a massive security headache for Adobe, they are not able to properly secure it and can only just keep up with patching the bugs that are regularly found. I think many would argue it should have been killed years ago!
In principle it should be possible to implement WGT in HTML5, but I imagine this is a fairly big job and will take time and money. Let's hope someone is already on the case...