jijilentosmi Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Assuming Jagex were to go under, which is unlikely but surely possible: what would be the fate of the game? I've been pondering it in my head a bit, and concluded that the game itself would continue, perhaps without updates or support, most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlowinRedM Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 inb4 not this thread again OT most likely that if servers can actually be sustained The corp beast, is, well, just a corp beast. He doesnt even have any friends.[spoiler=Other Quotes]tbh idk why this makes me laugh so hardAll DFS threads turn into efficiency flame wars >.>>OP asks "why use DFS?">everyone says "there is no reason">someone says "stop bashing people who use DFS, efficiency troll ass clown">thread is now a flame fest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Mass exodus. Doesn't matter where, but if Jagex could no longer maintain the game, no one would bother sticking around except the bots. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 There would still be people who would play, just like any other game. However, the number of players would drastically decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thus Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It would become like RSC. Also not this thread again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It would become like RSC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pal2002 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I've been a doomsayer for a while now - but when I say that RS will die - I'm not saying that all the servers will stop running - but that real players (esp. long time players, since pretty much NO NEW PLAYERS can get into this game now...) will stop playing the game so that there is pretty much nothing but bots/diehard loyalists remain. Surprisingly, by taking the money off bots/diehard loyalists, most MMOs can last a LONG TIME before servers are ever shut. But the game is essentially dead. Unless you like wondering through a ghost game or pretending to be playing a single player game. MMOs that come to these stages become but a sad husk of their former game, whispering softly of their past glory days of being the talk of the day. (sound like a vyre corpse...) I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating - Sophocles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Nothing out of the ordinary, really. The playerbase would quickly leave, leaving behind the loyalists, and the servers will eventually be shut down. The game might even be open-sourced. MMOs historically end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Rest assured, though, the one thing that Jagex isn't doing is losing money right now. No matter how much fun people are having proclaiming doom for the game (as they have been doing for years and years), currently it's not equating to a financial decline for Jagex and/or a reduction in the players of this game. It's going to be going for a long time yet. ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'd presume only the people who we are better off without in the community would leave. Everyone else still hasn't gotten through the vast amount of content available for them. Yeah, they'll slowly grow bored but it will be nothing over night. People that QQ about every update and continue to play will thankfully go, I'm sure. Or, would they? RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obidiah Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 depends what would happen to Jagex's intellectual assets and codebase in such a situation. Depends how dramatically things went wrong. They might be kept my the shareholders, they might be sold off by liquidators to whoever was prepared to pay the most. Then the question would be what would the owners do.They could a)Keep the assets, but not run the game and not let anybody else do either. (Which did happen in the case of Andrew's early product- castle games domain - now owned by yahoo)B)Run the game but don't maintain it (Which is possibly the scenario you're actually hypothesising about)C)Run the game and provide support servicesD)Run the game and provide support services and updates.E)Let someone else administer the game for them in either style C or DF)Release the game as Open source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly_Wizard Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It would probably be sold to someone else. If Runescape is still profitable and there is money to be made from it, someone will pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UserOnRS Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It will probably end up like FunOrb (no staff has been working on it for almost a year) if/until it's purchased by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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