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deviliscious Novice Member Joined: 11/09/07 Posts: 6873 "Adjusts ponytails and pulls the lollipop out of my mouth"	9/07/09 11:19:41 PM#41 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Malianea 20% of their 10 million players pay the alternate subscription of $5.00 = $ million per month. WoW generates far more than that with US subscriptions alone, nevermind the $ made on subs in other countries and the pay-per-hour fees generated in Asian markets. The claim that they make more $ befuddles me :/ Runescape has never had 10m players .. LMAO! They topped off at like 6m, and then lost over half of that when they ruined the game with terrible updates. On top of this the 2.4m visitors are not even all playing the game or paying for memberships. One thing Jagex is very good at is being dishonest with both the community and their player base. siteanalytics.compete.com/runescape.com/
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metalhead980 Apprentice Member Joined: 6/11/08 Posts: 2699	9/07/09 11:22:11 PM#42 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) People seem to love runescape, honestly I would rather just resub to UO. In its current state its superior in every way. PLaying: EvE, Ryzom Waiting For: Earthrise, Perpetuum
PhelimReagh Advanced Member Joined: 8/21/08 Posts: 579	9/08/09 6:56:53 AM#43 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) This guy from Jagex couldn't be more full of crap. There is no way, on this earth, that Runescape even comes close to WoW. I'm pretty sure the WoW Mountain Dew budget is higher than Runescape's gross income. And all this nonsense about registered users is just that. Anyone who has ever played Runescape knows that probably 80% of accounts were made by gold farmers. Runescape is what it is, it has been successful in it's niche and more power to the folks at Jagex for it. But to make brain-dead claims like that... sheesh.
Briansho Apprentice Member Joined: 3/05/06 Posts: 4632 Functionless Art is Simply Tolerated Vandalism...We Are The Vandals.	9/08/09 10:08:04 AM#44 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Wait I thought Perfect world had over 50 million players? Or was it Runes of Magic? I remember seeing something on the front page here about it. Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!
drbaltazar Novice Member Joined: 3/28/07 Posts: 7366	9/08/09 10:13:21 AM#45 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) or jagex rep in his haed is correct but underestimate how much wow profit it does say we just divide by 2 the number of player advertise it around 5 million x 15$ a month thats min 75 million a month jagex might receive that yes but probably in a year
todeswulf Novice Member Joined: 10/23/07 Posts: 750	9/08/09 10:16:03 AM#46 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Kyleran Hmm.... i can't say I believe this, certainly not because the dev's say so. I personally know a lot of people who play MMO's, and not one of them plays Runescape. Not young players nor older, so who is the target audience? No one in my world, that's for sure. THIS^ The need to compete with wow has passed desperation and has landed squarely in the world of deluded idiocy.
lethys Apprentice Member Joined: 4/26/09 Posts: 589	9/08/09 10:19:42 AM#47 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I know a lot of people who play Runescape, actually. It's very popular amongst the college and high school crowd, even a bit younger. Older people don't play this game as much. I know some do, but it's more of a younger person's game. I personally hate that damn browser garbage. Play a real F2P like Runes of Magic or Perfect World.
SnarlingWolf Apprentice Member Joined: 6/23/09 Posts: 1855	9/08/09 10:25:44 AM#48 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) The math just doesn't add up for them to make as much as WoW, but I suppose as long as a person says "possibly" in front of ridiculous sayings then they can't be lying. So based on that theory, I make possibly as much as blizzard does each year I just hide myself from Forbes so the secret won't get out. I tried runescape one time and couldn't stand it at all, which is why I've always been surprised by the millions who play it. But I guess the fact that it was one of the first free MMOs (if not the first) and it ran in a browser, made the entry level so low and easy that some people just stuck with it.
dacofty Novice Member Joined: 7/23/09 Posts: 15	9/08/09 10:50:38 AM#49 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Why dont we make a site for those who have to compare WoW to everything out there. Walmart had coke on sale for .50 but I am sure someone read or saw WoW had it cheaper or sold more. Go figure!
PhelimReagh Advanced Member Joined: 8/21/08 Posts: 579	9/09/09 6:28:24 PM#50 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by dacofty Why dont we make a site for those who have to compare WoW to everything out there. Walmart had coke on sale for .50 but I am sure someone read or saw WoW had it cheaper or sold more. Go figure! Then tell the dimwits at Jagex not to initiiate the comparison.
bastii Novice Member Joined: 9/06/09 Posts: 137	9/09/09 6:35:40 PM#51 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) What a ridiculous claim.
User Deleted	9/09/09 8:49:15 PM#52 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by todeswulf Originally posted by Kyleran Hmm.... i can't say I believe this, certainly not because the dev's say so. I personally know a lot of people who play MMO's, and not one of them plays Runescape. Not young players nor older, so who is the target audience? No one in my world, that's for sure. THIS^ The need to compete with wow has passed desperation and has landed squarely in the world of deluded idiocy. Where did it start? And why do players think the game they play needs to compete with wow? What do they think will happen if it doesnt?