Jagex and popularity

[brammy7]

didnt they used to have tv ads in the US a few years back?

 

im sure i heard about that

[Winner5555]

In my opinion, they are advertising, but only to the people who they can easily appeal to. Miniclip and addictinggames are for people looking for a game to try out, and the E3 is for gamers who might appreciate how good they got java to be. I doubt TV advertising would be that effective

[angry555]

In my opinion, they are advertising, but only to the people who they can easily appeal to. Miniclip and addictinggames are for people looking for a game to try out, and the E3 is for gamers who might appreciate how good they got java to be. I doubt TV advertising would be that effective

 

I think the main reason for that is that where they advertise is people looking for something to try and pass the time (miniclip & addicting games) and E3 for people that would appreciate it as you said but also that they would be more likely to become members.

[PaladinLord]

Well personally I agree with most of the people who post before me.

 

 

 

but I think that besides players spreading word around and website advertisements, I think runescape could use a couple T.V. commercials.

[smilieboy34]

They should advertise but maybe not as much as TV commercials, it could be just a simple banner on a popular website [remember those Adventure Quest ads?-Bleh!].

[crazykiwi]

why do other mmorpgs have so much more players.

 

Because they don't. WoW is the only mmo game with more paying subscribtions than runescape (and they are so far ahead no-one will ever catch them). Check http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart1.html.

[Kata_Phfract__the_slayer]

They should advertise but maybe not as much as TV commercials, it could be just a simple banner on a popular website [remember those Adventure Quest ads?-Bleh!].

 

 

 

those aq adds are still out and going strong (if anything there are more of them).

 

back on topic, i have sean an advert on miniclip befor i played rs, and i was just thinking "not another advert for some lame game" then a long time later one of my friends told me about it, (and naged me to play -.- ).

 

then i got some of my friends to get mebership two.

 

 

 

moral of the story, word of mouth is just the best (and the most cheep) way of advertising for something like rs.

 

 

 

edit: has anyone thort about the adverts of funorb?

[Tim_Tam_Tan_Tien]

id rather that the community got smaller, i remember when i knew nearly everyone in my homeworld, now theres so many new people i end up just ignoring most of them.

[buzz_knight]

good noobs yees yesss, dumb noobs plz dont come, i think they do enuff advertising

 

 

 

In English please?

 

 

 

OT. I think that their advertisement through word of mouth is effective enough, as you can tell with the amount of players, but with them also having Runescape on other websites i.e http://www.kongregate.com certainly brings in new players and new communities...

[coffeesloth]

I need help with the title but ill just leave it at that for now.

 

 

 

Now u notice that jagex is missing alot of players. For example, why do other mmorpgs have so much more players. the other day i saw my younger brother watching his kiddie shows when pirates of the carribean online pops up. the commercial easily convinces him to make a new account, which he doesnt know how to :lol:

 

 

 

the point is why doesnt jagex advertise? they have the money to invest in? why dont they do it? im pretty sure making a few commercials can bring in customers which is cash :thumbsup:

 

 

 

I saw an ad for Pirates of the Caribbean as well. I tried to make up a character, and maybe I did, but I couldn't figure out how to play. If ever they have more players, it's because people make up characters and can't figure out how to use them, so they make up another one to see where they might have gone wrong.

 

 

 

I'm going to get a RuneScape hat as soon as I can, that'll be advertizing for them. I do tell everyone I know who might enjoy the game about it, too. I don't know how much advertizing they really need to do, though, if they are the record holder for the biggest (free) MMORPG two years running.

 

 

 

Final thought......With as much stuff as they keep adding, I don't think they could even keep the advertizements current anyway.

[Hasib]

why do other mmorpgs have so much more players.

 

Because they don't. WoW is the only mmo game with more paying subscribtions than runescape (and they are so far ahead no-one will ever catch them). Check http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart1.html.

 

 

 

 

 

and in my eyes WoW doesn't count from my own *personal* point of view as they started out with an initial player base even before the game was released due to the warcraft series ;)

[hot_lips255]

Before like 2 years ago, RuneScape's popularity was spread only through word-of-mouth, which is something they were proud of.

 

 

 

Now they advertise on miniclip, addictinggames etc. Plus when they win industry awards and are at E3 etc, that's not exactly discrete.

 

 

 

How many people, and especially people who would be possible new players for runescape, keep up to date with who won what award in the games industry, or research E3?

[3hitm4g3u]

Jagex have a very difficult time just getting updates right; I doubt they would be organised enough to shoot a commercial.

[buzz_knight]

Jagex have a very difficult time just getting updates right; I doubt they would be organized enough to shoot a commercial.

 

 

 

their updates a perfectly adequate , they maybe be directed at younger players but their is nothing wrong with them, plus they would have a separate department working on advertisement not EVERYONE works on the game...

[kwarlord]

I'm sure that maintaining all those servers and paying their java programmers to code their game costs them money and 5.99 per per person a month may not cover all of their expenses to justify unnecessary advertising.

 

 

 

besides that, people looking over your shoulder asking "hey,what game is that?" is plenty of advertising for Runescape. :lol:

[Sojin]

I think that runescape right now is in sortof a transition stage in their development as an advertising company. Word of mouth has done Jagex wonders but that's only going to take them just so far. I have a feeling that t.v. commercials will be aired but not just yet.

[BiJay]

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Here's the german ad btw...

[jimmyjames227]

I came from just after the easter event in 2006 (How unfourtanate:() and heard about miniclip from a friend then saw runescape and joined.

[Evaluate]

I think they don't advertise because of the headache it would bring for them. They had enough trouble dealing with the amount of cheating and such that there used to be; so much it forced them to remove a near vital part of the game. If the sent out a commercial, it would just send that many more people into the game, and it would only take one person to find a loophole or glitch in the system and bam! Youtube video on how to use teleother on a chicken. Of course, that's a less serious example, but you get my drift. They're well off enough as they are, I'm glad they aren't getting greedy.

[Sir_Squab]

I'm sure that maintaining all those servers and paying their java programmers to code their game costs them money and 5.99 per per person a month may not cover all of their expenses to justify unnecessary advertising.

 

 

 

besides that, people looking over your shoulder asking "hey,what game is that?" is plenty of advertising for Runescape. :lol:

 

 

 

You do realise that 5.99 a month per member translates into over 6million dollars a month for Jagex, and 72million a year....

[Kata_Phfract__the_slayer]

I'm sure that maintaining all those servers and paying their java programmers to code their game costs them money and 5.99 per per person a month may not cover all of their expenses to justify unnecessary advertising.

 

 

 

besides that, people looking over your shoulder asking "hey,what game is that?" is plenty of advertising for Runescape. :lol:

 

 

 

You do realise that 5.99 a month per member translates into over 6million dollars a month for Jagex, and 72million a year....

 

 

 

rawr_im_very_scary's right you know. but how much of that cant be spent of adverts becouse the need for staff payment, updating rs/funorb, forums, reporting and baning/muteing.

[rook_2222]

I don't think they should advertise on T.V. or ads. It would just attract more little kids than actual age-appropriate players. It's not like there is a similar problem going on right now, but this wouldn't help.

 

 

 

I think all Jagex is doing right now is trying to convince all F2P'ers into becoming P2P'ers, which won't happen any time soon. Updates also cost money, so any disposable income is probably being used on these 2 things.

[turbofreak12]

I think the best advertising is done by word-of-mouth. A big part of the game for me is a group of rl friends who also play, which you can only get if a friend tells you about the game. Word-of-mouth generally attracts more mature people, vs. people who do whatever their T.V. tells them to do. This makes for a more enjoyable experience for everyone.

 

 

 

Oh, P.S. - word-of-mouth is free!!!! \

[Sir_Sibz]

Word-of-mouth is how I got to know this game . (I started playing fall '04.) Interesting how far it goes, eh? :P

[Bauke]

I think they don't advertise because of the headache it would bring for them. They had enough trouble dealing with the amount of cheating and such that there used to be; so much it forced them to remove a near vital part of the game. If the sent out a commercial, it would just send that many more people into the game, and it would only take one person to find a loophole or glitch in the system and bam! Youtube video on how to use teleother on a chicken. Of course, that's a less serious example, but you get my drift. They're well off enough as they are, I'm glad they aren't getting greedy.

 

 

 

What the hell? You think Jagex doesn't want more paying players just because it increases the changes of someone finding a bug?

 

 

 

Are you high on something, or do you just make random stuff up?