Most of the gamers here can't really see that high prices like real inflation will eventually cause people to stop buying the said item, the problem here is that this will never happen because you can easily buy a bond for $8 RL cash so people might not buy the Bond in game but they'll be willing to spend the $8 on it IRL, then you have market abusers inflating the price by trading amongst themselves thus raising the prices which is illegal but when bonds sell that's usually who's buying them because regular every day players can't afford that price tag, I've done the math, illegal GE activity is never something you hear about either because high Bond prices means a constant flow of $8 cash from hundreds or thousands of players trying to earn a quick 70m, $8x1000 players = $8000 in a single day, in case you don't remember, $10 got you an entire months worth of extra content.
There is a lot more at play here than a lot of these gamers know, not only are they getting $120/yr from each players memberships but they're also making thousands in MTX and other forms of sales such as Bonds and Runecoins daily, yet another game is ruined by corporate greed and it's just sad that it's really come down to this, Runescape feels like another mobile game, not in terms of content, but in terms of drop rate and MTX, low drop rates coupled with high inflation = more people buying gold via the Bond system which means more revenue for the company, it isn't that hard to see.
07-May-2023 19:43:42
