Many think Runescape will go “down” (unpopular) because of the newer games that are being released, while others (most play Runescape) think Runescape will go “up” because of rumors that say that Runescape 3 is going to be released. Personally I think Runescape will go “down”. Even if Runescape 3 comes out, it might go “up”, but then it will go back “down”.
When the first version of Runescape (now called Runescape Classic) was released it wasn't popular at all since the graphics weren't good.
Updates were constantly being made to keep the game from going too far “down”. But then they released
Runescape 2 (the current version). That made the game go up. But it went slowly “down” so they kept making updates, of which most are for Members. Because of this more players are becoming Members, but the ones that can't be Members just quit Runescape. And since 8 million out
9 million Runescape players, Runescape is going “down”. Recently they started making more updates for Non-Members, like “The Grand Exchange”, to keep the Non-Members playing for a while. People that play Runescape a lot just hope that Runescape 3 is going to be released and will be a lot better than
Runescape 2. They hope Runescape 3 is going to be released because if a good update doesn't come up, Runescape will go “down”.
Most players stop playing Runescape after about 3-6 months if they can't become Member. This is one of the main reasons why Runescape is going “down”, most parents don't want to pay for their child's Membership. They think it is a waste of money. They are partially right. But if their child really wants to be Member they could let him be one for 3 months, he should be bored after that.
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This graph shows how many accounts were used from 2001-2007 and a prediction for 2008
