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Immortalized said :
yes but they're subscribing to play osrs not rs3

I guess a fairer way to say is they lost 200k rs3 players but gained it in the game that has no form of TH in it. I mean duh.

Runescape members subscribe to play both RS3 and OSRS, not just RS3 or OSRS. It is clearly stated in the term of that product. Regardless what these members play RS3, OSRS, both or none, they still paid and it makes no difference to Jagex's top and bottom lines. In fact, if they play RS3, there is always more chance for Jagex to gain more from MTX.

There are hundreds of thousands of recent active players in RS3 as shown clearly from Hiscores like Achievements and Clue Scrolls, even more so than players in the same categories in OSRS Hiscores.

17-Oct-2018 17:08:10

17-Oct-2018 17:22:40 - Last edited on 17-Oct-2018 17:27:14 by Lojith

Lojith said :
Can't say I'm overly fond of Treasure Hunter. It started out as a login incentive but now it's just a pay-to-win / pay-for-convenience mechanic which isn't really in the spirit of the game.

Jagex relies heavily on word-of-mouth for drawing in players so it typically has this cult player base, and by having this pay-for-convenience mechanic it somewhat betrays its player base as if by saying ' you're not enough '.

I can see it being a big reason as to why players would rather play OSRS instead of RS3.

Word-of-mouth? "Cult player base"? Perhaps you need to wake up and see Jagex is turning to main stream players. It is a $1 billion global game developer now. It can't survive on $1 million a year "profit".

Aren't the "cult" OSRS player base going with the flow gradually to main stream channels like Twitch and embracing "pay-to-win" mechanics like Purple Skin too?

17-Oct-2018 17:39:45

17-Oct-2018 17:47:28 - Last edited on 17-Oct-2018 18:02:21 by Lojith

Lojith said :
I highly doubt this game is becoming "mainstream". From what I understand its glory days are behind it and if RSFest18 was anything to go by I'm right.

I guess those who just resubscribed recently like in Sept 2018, perhaps you know at least one of them too, think this game still have plenty of glorious days ahead.

17-Oct-2018 18:02:41

Dilbert2001 said :
Lojith said :
I highly doubt this game is becoming "mainstream". From what I understand its glory days are behind it and if RSFest18 was anything to go by I'm right.

I guess those who just resubscribed recently like in Sept 2018, perhaps you know at least one of them too, think this game still have plenty of glorious days ahead.

Well browsing the forums and reddit I've seen a lot of people returning. Not a lot of completely new people though. Ironman for life, baby!

Trust in the rust

17-Oct-2018 18:14:25

Lojith said :
Dilbert2001 said :
Lojith said :
I highly doubt this game is becoming "mainstream". From what I understand its glory days are behind it and if RSFest18 was anything to go by I'm right.

I guess those who just resubscribed recently like in Sept 2018, perhaps you know at least one of them too, think this game still have plenty of glorious days ahead.

Well browsing the forums and reddit I've seen a lot of people returning. Not a lot of completely new people though.

There you go... players returning to a game with glorious days ahead obviously. Who care about optional TH or whatever MTX? These things don't really affect actual game plays, they just provide some fun and surprises occasionally. Good stuff that can be had for free too.

Most new players will have to come mainly from uncharted regions to Jagex like Asian countries where MTX particularly Gacha is predominantly their primary source of revenues.

17-Oct-2018 18:23:48 - Last edited on 17-Oct-2018 18:27:42 by Dilbert2001

18-Oct-2018 00:03:42

Immortalized said :
u can just look at online player count and osrs topples over rs3, it is clear the lack of TH is crucial in gaining player base. when they introduce TH in osrs you will see the same result

That's totally not true according to Mod Rowley. "Online Player" only means current player online, not total player base.

https://external-preview.redd.it/ti9vhhVvaPhd7RyreyTWYcWdrnJ8hy0JKyox4mjrr98.png?auto=webp&s=8213f38da60f32fe19cb277f388dc3c25b4f7c2f

If somebody just picks some random snapshot of some random numbers and claims osrs "topples over" rs3, why not take the the bigger unique player base in Clue Scroll among other RS3 Hiscores than OSRS and claim RS3 topples over OSRS?

Besides, there is no TH in OSRS now, and this thread is not about it whatsoever. Please stay on topic.

18-Oct-2018 01:19:42

18-Oct-2018 03:03:44