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Jesus; you talk about others being spoiled brats throwing a tantrum, all the while you yourself throw a fit over people criticizing Jagex's questionable choices in monetization, because... why, exactly? > )

Also, how do you know that Jagex "has their reasons which they are not ready to reveal"? You obviously don't work for Jagex, so you should be able to give a source for this claim without problems, yes?

Jesus; you talk about others being spoiled brats throwing a tantrum, all the while you yourself throw a fit over people criticizing Jagex's questionable choices in monetization, because... why, exactly? > )

Also, how do you know that Jagex "has their reasons which they are not ready to reveal"? You obviously don't work for Jagex, so you should be able to give a source for this claim without problems, yes?

Your behavior speaks for itself. > )

And please, you seem to be missing some crucial things here; one, that Jagex itself has reported record profits for its operations, and two, that membership is not the only price tag of Runescape; it's also outrageously filled with MTX. Numerous gaming companies, big and small alike, have shown that it is very possible to be profitable with either free entry to the game and MTX, or an entry fee/subscription and no MTX. And Jagex's own financial statements also confirm this, yet despite all of it, they still keep pushing both MTX and membership price increase, when they literally have no reason to do so, as shown by their own documents.

But to go back to your "comparisons"; my ISP only charges the agreed-upon subscription fee, and unlike Jagex, doesn't keep charging me for extra with garbage like MTX (yes, you can "ignore" it, but it's designed not to be ignored, and even if you do ignore it, you're missing out and at a disadvantage to someone who does buy into it). I don't eat fast food, so I don't care about McDonalds. Hopefully this answers your question.

I'll throw the ball right back at you: how do you know Jagex does have a proper reason for the price hike? > )

If Jagex doesn't like this negative criticism, and feel like it's wrong, by all means, they're welcome to explain in better detail why they need that money on top of all the record profits from MTX.

And yep, sometimes prices go up without improvement in return; but what Jagex has done is heavily increase the price (by not only increasing membership price, but also constantly spamming MTX promotions) and given us less in return than before. We used to get more and higher quality updates than we do now. Now we get patch weeks more and more often, as well as the spam of lazy copy-paste temporary events, as filler for the lack of proper game updates.

That last sentence is false btw. What if after this price increase, I suddenly feel like wanting to make a new alt? I can't add it to my existing account, because only one character can be done per account, and if I make a new account, I have to pay the new membership price. So much for "just keep your current membership and nothing changes".

But wait, it doesn't end there; what if I want premier club on my existing character? Premier club doesn't include your grandfathered membership rate; it uses the new pricing. So even if I don't make a new account, I can still be affected by the price increase. Oh dear. > /