I don't think RS3 would make enough money to be profitable without TH. OSRS can survive without MTX but that's because their dev team is much smaller.
NeuralNet
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JAgex are owned by foreign investors now, it is ENTIRELY a business model ever since the Gowers cashed out. Investors want higher profits and TH provides a huge chunk of that.
Ever since day 1 with SOF, MTX will never go away now.
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Runelower
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And most of the money goes to managment bonuses now as in it was different when Gower brothers ran the show.
That's true too. Also Zhongji Holding took £31 million from JaGeX's bank account last year as a dividend. Which was actually larger their net profit. So their cash on hand actually went down despite making record profits.
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Popadopolous
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No support. I personally enjoy TH.
You enjoy gambling? This game isn't for you then.
ok on a serious note, i didn't know ppl actually enjoyed spending money on useless cosmetics that could otherwise have been available via normal gameplay if treasure hunter didn't exist.