Kiara_Kat Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 This week's Tip.It Times has been released. Feel free to discuss the article or post any comments. If you have any criticism, please make sure it's constructive! :D Is There a "For Sale" Sign in the Near Future of Jagex? The Editor Recently the Wall Street Journal printed an article about RuneScape and Jagex. Apparently thereÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s a lot of interest in the company. IÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢m not surprised. There seems to be a corporate predator mentality out there in the Real World ÃÆââââ¬Ã¾Ãââ, a mentalityÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ Click here to read the rest of this article. Remember, the SEARCH button is your friend. Use it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocacolabottle Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Very interesting, well written =D> I hope it never happens though. 99 Slayer since August 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill_Life Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Good written. But it's not about Runescape Ingame. But about Runescape and real world. Don't really like that. And what really upsets me! All posts about people saying on tipit how much Runescape earns got locked. And now he's writing a post about it.... "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"[Currently playing: K1ll L1f3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberman Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 One of the best articles I have read, unlike others this one has a point. Write more articles :boohoo: :thumbsup: :shame: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xana Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 o all go read it right now By 'fittest' do you mean 'most selfish brat with the fastest internet connection?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I disagree with the authors opinions in this article. Most entrepreneurs, if they decided they wanted to move away from their current project would undoubtedly still run it and use that income to work on a secondary project. In the business world it's neccessary to have multiple streams of income. Selling the "ideas and implementation behind RuneScape" would be pointless, it's just a process. Anyone with a degree in marketing could figure out WHY Runescape is popular: It's free, it's little load time, it's targeted to teens and young-adults, it's browser based, it's an MMORPG for those who cannot afford and MMORPG, it's not anime-styled graphics (which allows for a more serious instead of a cutesy gameplay). If Jagex was hurting for revenue then selling their game off would be last thing they would want to do (it's their trademark, it's all they do). I'm positive that they'd sell shares of stock before they sell their company. Going public does not have to change the direction of the game. When Google went public as the author notes, did it change its task? Did it strive to please the shareholders? No, by far no! Instead it used its new found funds to further its goals. That's what happens when a company with integrity goes public. I'm sure many others will agree with me on this one, let's keep the Tip.it Times related to in-game/about the game ideas. I'd rather hear about My Arm than what Jagexs future policies will be. Also mind giving us the date published or a link to their website when you start citing Newspapers or Magazine articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runekille156 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 i think if they sell jagex runescape would lose its comunity and the price for the agme would go up to play and there would be less fun if they went public with rs imagine 500 servers :ohnoes: with like 1m people playing :uhh: http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/chara ... Wulfkiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death_goat2 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Very good read as usual but he has overlooked something VERY important. Not only does the site make money from membersips, it makes ALOT of money from selling advertising space. I rescently saw an EA Games advert on one of thier pages and i know for a fact that EA pays majour amounts of money... so annually i am willing to bet they make the same amount of money as memberships through thier advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamykazee Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 While we often criticise the way Jagex handle the game,i think it's best the way it is now Very interesting article. Great job editor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drk1lucian Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Personally I like the idea of Jagex finnaly get some attention. This will begin to make things interesting. Of course nobody wants to see RuneScape turned over to some completely different company, but seeing as how it is catching some attention makes me feel better about wasting my time on it. : The article itself was very informative. I knew Jagex was getting something big, but over $50 million dollars seems incredible. Plus not to mention with the publicity out that a high-dollar company has their eye on RuneScape will more than likely attract more players. Just think how different things would be if shares of RuneScape where bought by Square Enix. The graphics area would leap forward in a matter of months pretty much. I'm not saying that it should though, because many players have pretty slow connections as it is. All the updates are great though. It seems Jagex really know how to make things better without many issues to go against. In my opinion, I also personally thing that Jagex would sale shares first before going public. Actually I really don't think they ever would go public. Really the only things that would be different about RuneScape if Jagex sold out would be the graphics probably, and maybe the server space. More worlds would open up, and bright minds with new ideas for RuneScape updates would cycle through for a while. Pretty much I don't think anyone has anything to worry about though. Jagex is a pretty self-dependant company. Those are just my opinions though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar3019 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I've just got one thing to say: if Jagex does sell RS, I will quit and play Neverwinter Nights. Simple as that. perfect grammar is one thing, typing like a drugged monkey and enjoying it is anotherAMEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikesPizza Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Great article! Very well written! :mrgreen: I really hope the Gower-brothers don't sell Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara_Kat Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Also mind giving us the date published or a link to their website when you start citing Newspapers or Magazine articles? My error, I forgot to add it when I uploaded today's Times article. WSJ source citation added. For those of you that would like to read it, you can click here to access the Wall Street Journal article. Remember, the SEARCH button is your friend. Use it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sa121 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Jagex....being...Sold?!?! :shock: :ohnoes: Hopefully that never happens. If it does, and the new owner does change Runescape, I would probably end up quiting. :? Unless, its actually better, of course. :D : R.I.P Shiva and The Old NiteVisit My Huge Goals!!! <---- Click ThisMy Pk GalleryGWD: 3x Saradomin Sword, 2x Saradomin Hilt, 2X B Boots, 1x Tasset, 2X B Plate, 2X Shard, 1X D MedTDs: 3x Solo Claws, 1x Solo Armour Piece99 Untrimmed HP, 0% Pc'd and before Soul Wars -- Trimmed July 1, 2009First Untrimmed HP Cape to 96 summon, top 300 to 96 summonProud owner of the strength, magic, range, and hitpoints capes.Spa_Ins/LOLCANADA on IRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose585 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Great article, well written as usual :-w But im sure i'll be on of the first to say, If jagex becomes a publicly traded company, I'll have shares the next day : hows the weather up there. where the rich people live. currently, in the poor area its -1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Hmmm... interesting. Well written. ....:::Datasi:::.... ....:::99 Magic:::.... ....:::99 Thieving:::....http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3741/picture15jm6.jpg[/img:c156a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke_Freedom Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Don't got much to add to this, I agree that it's unlikely that Jagex will be sold any time soon. Mainly because the Gower brothers have mentioned several times that they aren't tired of it yet and since Jagex is working on a new mmorpg too. It's a very rare occurrence when an innovative product from a small company gets improved by being acquired by a large corporation. Whether you can call RuneScape an innovative product (the idea of a mmorpg is far from "innovative" and the idea of "play anywhere" which seems to be the slogan of Jagex is not that unique either) or Jagex a 'small' company (with a market share of 6.3%+) is questionable though. :P Only thing I think is a bit ridiculous in the article is... If they could bottle the appeal of RuneScape so that it could be applied to other online products and services, then they'd certainly have something they could sell with impunity. As I said, there's nothing that amazing or innovative about RuneScape IMO. The value of my bank at its height. Estimated value at the peak of the rares market: 250 billion+.Most likely the largest trade in RuneScape ever. Estimated value at the peak of the rares market: 70 billion+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I thought this was a pretty good article from a recent dry spell run of the editor. Keep up the informative/journalistic approach, not the blogging! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Interesting, was a good read 8-) Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I agree with everything that Duke said up there. My error, I forgot to add it when I uploaded today's Times article. WSJ source citation added. For those of you that would like to read it, you can click here to access the Wall Street Journal article. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryguy27007 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I thought this was going to be one of the "JaGEx is going to sell out! Oh n035!" articles. But I really enjoyed it, I would love seeing articles such as this every now and then to take a break from articles about the game every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Entity0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 That article made me contemplate for the first time that Jagex might actually sell out. *shiver* The corporate world is a cold place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_M_N_T Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 As long as the Brothers Gower can remain in game development Gower brothers. #-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Warrior Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Coming from a Socialist working-class background, I'm almost naturally inclined to oppose any takeover by a large organisation. A golden example of this is Tescos. I believe when companies own too much of the means of production in a market, this is bad, for obvious reasons. And I agree. While buying up a company (which would buy Jagex) can provide financial benefits to it's costumers (us) in the form of new support and products, they don't neccessarily have our welfare in mind before their own bank balances. However, the only reason I would support a takeover like this is in that last sentence - "can provide financial benefits to it's costumers (us) in the form of new support". I hate to say it, but maybe a takeover, dispite what I've said, is the only way in which the shambolic Customer Support team and services at Jagex can be improved. Overall, I'd hate a new takeover. I don't like change, I'm stubborn. But maybe a silver lining does exist in this big grey cloud... Also, let us not forget RuneScape isn't the only project Jagex have control of, and we should take their over projects into consideration before making our minds set. | Favourite Game Music | Last.fm | HYT Friend Chat Rules | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duct1 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 hmm i hope they don't sell out and the service becomes terrible. through all the things they do they've got an amazing product that manages to keep me entertained for more than an hour hehe All I have to say is this... LEEROY JENKINS!!!!111one11!!!!!eleven!!!!11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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