Defender2516 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Lets face the reality guys. Jagex does have it going good for them at the moment.. but a few years from now? Eventually those "subscriber" numbers will start declining. Eventually players will have hit the peak of the game or want something new. What do you think Jagex will do? Should they plan for Runescape 3 and a new engine? I'm highly positive that computers these days can handle any new engine that can be dished out. Discuss ~Defender~ If you love me, send me a PM. 8 - Love me2 - Hate me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risen_The Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Maybe they'll try to make the graphics better, and the RS3 idea I agree too. http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=525348 - My Pking Gallery I'M BACK FOR SUMMER BABY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I'm sure they have an "exit strategy" but there's no way Runescape is going to be stopping any time soon. Membership subscriptions are expanding if not stable. The boys(and girls?) at Jagex are doing very well and probably will be for quite a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewen Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 The boys and girls I do think that eventually, Jagex will die out as all companies do. Eventually, Microsoft will die out, and Nintendo, and other major companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 The boys and girls I do think that eventually, Jagex will die out as all companies do. Eventually, Microsoft will die out, and Nintendo, and other major companies. Not if they keep with current technology and providing excellent services :-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewen Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Is the East India Trading Company still around? They kept up as long as they could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake6man Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I dout they need a back out plan... theyll just keep adding stuff to attract more people Whats your average lv? viewtopic.php?t=615571&start=0&pos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Is the East India Trading Company still around? They kept up as long as they could. Heh, well I suppose they didn't keep up well enough. But Jagex is basically the top dog in the world of "Browser Based" MMORPG's. Look at it this way. What did the world of MMORPG's start with? MUD's (Text based RPG's you could play online) then came more graphic oriented games. MUD's basically fell off the top because of the fact that their technology wasn't up to date and a newer and better thing came out. Jagex has shown their ability to jump out of a slump (if you consider RSC a slump which I don't but it better emphasis my point). When they created RS2 it was their foray into the "modern" MMOG's. Now they are in three dimensions they have the most advanced Java software that is out there, they've developed their own coding language just to be able to work more efficiently. Now there is a war call being played out on the horizon. A new game by the people who've made games such as City of Heroes and Guild Wars (NC Soft) is coming out in the near future which features breath-taking visuals (for a free game). It's most definitely geared towards older players BUT it will still draw a great deal of Jagex's target audience away from them. Their only possible response you might wonder? To advance their own game through high level content, darker/scarier graphics(as not all older gamers want to see "blood" splotches that have numbers on them, they'd rather see flesh wounds and severed body parts), and a smarter way of doing business. Overall yes the East India Trading Company is no longer in existence. Jagex does have it's own rivals to work against but I believe and hope (on account of the five years I've put into my character) that Jagex will have the staying power that will keep it going for year after year. EDIT: I forgot one thing, I have to mention that this new game I mentioned looks great and all but it's got an all too Adventure Quest feel to it so I may get a free character on it but I'd probably not want to pay for it. One thing I love about Jagex is that you'll never lose your character to inactivity. I could be gone for a year and so long as I remember my password it will still exist. They expect people to come back after long breaks, it's not healthy to be playing the same game day in, day out as you need variability in your life or you'll go crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkDude Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Jagex are making a new game AFAIK, so some new subscribers will go there aswell as some RSers will play both. So if they need it they'll have more coming in from the other game(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy87 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 this game is amazingly addictive... and boring. their plan is probably ride it out til the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_of_war4 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Maybe they'll try to make the graphics better, and the RS3 idea I agree too. they wil have to do a WoW on that because runescape is an internet game and internet games dont have the graphic power, they will have to intdroduce a disc in response to the topic, almost definatly click my sig for my blog!!!Thanks everyone for the sigs they pwn!No. Why should i give presents for someone in rs?Most selfish thing I've ever heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 The boys and girls I do think that eventually, Jagex will die out as all companies do. Eventually, Microsoft will die out, and Nintendo, and other major companies. Nintendo has been in business Since the 1850's. Not necessarily the best example. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarted7 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 what about GE? IBM? AT&T? runescape wont die out for a while....while people quit and retire, 3 people start playing the game. I started when the game peaked at 40,000 people....now theres 230,000....not gonna happen for a while o and about graphics....its not what your computer can handle...its the internet connection...server powers...etc...etc Click here to see my goals and achievements thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiKRuy Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Nintendo has been in business Since the 1850's. Not necessarily the best example. What Nintendo did in 1850? oO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Runescape is ages from dying out. I would not be worried at all about the end for a long time. Runescape is actually comparably still in it's infancy, believe it or not, or at least in teenagehood. It has a lot of potential, and this is great because the internet speeds are increasing and so are the updates. Runescape has not been completely explored, recently we discovered another, larger, planet in the Runescapian Solar System (Large Orrey, POH) and of course, there is scaperune. By no ways is it going to end yet. Jagex will make an escape plan when the suitable time comes (in other words, the player numbers peak). ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Nintendo has been in business Since the 1850's. Not necessarily the best example. What Nintendo did in 1850? oO Playing cards. In fact, until the 1970's when Nintendo began to move into video games they made the playing cards that you could buy at the Disney parks. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcyte Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 it's hard to compare RS to these hunge companies i think, because these companies have different products, thus different standards. However the concept remains the same, keeping up with modern trends. So far, its doing fine..and i think it's expected that they keep it up for years to come. Click for mah Blog!- I'm not sure why you would though because i never update it Achieved 99 Thieving 3/10/07-992nd to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thargor01 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Is the East India Trading Company still around? They kept up as long as they could. American History FTW! finally back in the game! send me a message, all my old friends quit I laughed so hard I pooped my thong. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Jagex are making a new game AFAIK, so some new subscribers will go there aswell as some RSers will play both. So if they need it they'll have more coming in from the other game(s).AFAIK? Whats that? :uhh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tefda Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Runescape is ages from dying out. I would not be worried at all about the end for a long time. Runescape is actually comparably still in it's infancy, believe it or not, or at least in teenagehood. It has a lot of potential, and this is great because the internet speeds are increasing and so are the updates. Runescape has not been completely explored, recently we discovered another, larger, planet in the Runescapian Solar System (Large Orrey, POH) and of course, there is scaperune. By no ways is it going to end yet. Jagex will make an escape plan when the suitable time comes (in other words, the player numbers peak). Does that mean when the RS2 Beta was launched it was going through puberty? :lol: The body is changing so many different things going on in your head, you never feel right in your own skin, that pretty much describes the RS2 Beta and RS2 in it's first few months. Wakka: AFAIK: As Far As I Know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youknowwho Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 its not usually a matter of if there going to die out but when there going to die out every company dies at some time and its just a matter of time before jagex dies out, but i think there emergency plan would be to release rs3 lucky barrower-dh legs,veracs skirt,karil skirt, karils top (x3), dh pl8,karils coif,half key(x2), x-bow, ahrims robetopgoodbye Piman1053 Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:05 pm326death326 is banned~~~EVERYONE ADD MY NEW MAIN "Y0uknowwho" (first o is a zero) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das1330 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 they will eventually create a new game with warcraft graphics. its not computer speeds, internet speeds are the problem, as people who still have dial up internet conections would make for extremely slow download times every time they updated the game. they'll get there, you just have to be pacient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakka102 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Runescape is ages from dying out. I would not be worried at all about the end for a long time. Runescape is actually comparably still in it's infancy, believe it or not, or at least in teenagehood. It has a lot of potential, and this is great because the internet speeds are increasing and so are the updates. Runescape has not been completely explored, recently we discovered another, larger, planet in the Runescapian Solar System (Large Orrey, POH) and of course, there is scaperune. By no ways is it going to end yet. Jagex will make an escape plan when the suitable time comes (in other words, the player numbers peak). Does that mean when the RS2 Beta was launched it was going through puberty? :lol: The body is changing so many different things going on in your head, you never feel right in your own skin, that pretty much describes the RS2 Beta and RS2 in it's first few months. Wakka: AFAIK: As Far As I KnowOh I thought it was a game that Jagex is going to release :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulfire21 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I think people here are severely underestimating the vast empire that Jagex has built; named RuneScape. There are hundreds of thousands of F2P people, with the number increasing. Many of them will, eventually, get to members. Jagex has weekly updates - something most online games do not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffrichie Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Andrew and Paul have made enough money where they will never have to work another day in their lives so I dont think they are too worried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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