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Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: undertakerjoey on July 07, 2007, 07:05:01 AM
"Runescape developer Jagex has revealed a console version of its browser-based fantasy MMO is something it keeps considering, the arrival of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 making such more tempting than ever before.

"It's certainly more interesting with the current generation of consoles of course because they're far more Internet-connected than the previous generation and it just wasn't worth looking at", the game's creator Andrew Gower told CVG recently.

"But with the PS3 and Xbox 360 and the Wii, it's much more tempting, I have to say".

Talking about PS3 specifically, Gower said that Jagex could probably get Runescape running on the machine right now, adding overall that "Technically porting the game to different platforms isn't a huge amount of work."

However, he explained the reason the developer's "slightly reluctant" to bring the MMO to too many different platforms "is because the more platforms that we're on, the more we have to update in parallel and that would slow us down."

"We've always tried to be a very agile company whereby if the players say they want something, or there's something not quite right, we'll fix it there and then", Gower said.

"We're loath to lose the rapid response... that we've got at the moment, and the more platforms we go to the more than happens, so it's a bit of a trade off."

Gower said there was nothing he could talk about at the moment regarding actual plans to bring Runescape to console. The game, which consists of both free and subscription versions, recently hit one million subscribers and boasts over 5 million active players."


Quoted from a VERY well known game site.


When I read this, I was completely blown away.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: ÅмзЯĉăИ дЯмy on July 07, 2007, 07:48:09 AM
thats pretty sweet but also it would kinda suck... the worlds would be way too crowded and [censored], training even in member worlds would be crap
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: bloodvenom on July 07, 2007, 09:20:27 AM
I read this on a website 2 days ago everyone in it was crying about little 12 year olds coming to consoles...
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: bLaCk0uT on July 07, 2007, 09:29:36 AM
That would be pretty cool.  Only problem is people would find hacks instantly.  Jagex could probably patch it up though.
Too bad i dont play anymore.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: foreverhere on July 07, 2007, 10:36:11 AM
Bad news, if it does, ill kill myself

Did you find it on IGN?

post a link
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: JB Lee on July 07, 2007, 10:55:42 AM
its not true...

its not on IGN
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: ibuy/sellaccounts on July 07, 2007, 12:11:36 PM
hopefully its fake....i cant afford any console newer than xbox /tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: haagse sjonnie on July 07, 2007, 06:55:51 PM
that would be pretty cool but it would be different to play without the mouse
and its gonna look waaaaaaaay better
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: colletto on July 08, 2007, 10:52:35 AM
that would be gay lol...
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: undertakerjoey on July 08, 2007, 01:47:52 PM
would mean better graphics
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: GOD OF WAR on July 08, 2007, 09:01:56 PM
i think that this is a bad idea, like said before, people would instantly find hacks and the world would be packed as hell! and i just find that playing runescape without a mouse and a keyboard would be completely stupid. besides... how the hell do you type letters with a controller?
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: AbdulAlhazerad on July 09, 2007, 01:21:49 AM
Is it authentic or no? I mean look at WOW, it is what roughly 4X more populous? Wouldn't you think more kiddos wold be attracted to that versus Runescape?
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: JB Lee on July 09, 2007, 09:54:56 AM
if it was real...it would be on IGN...thats all im saying
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: oompa on July 10, 2007, 11:46:41 AM
Its not going to make it. The reason runescape is so good right now is that its graphics blow and any pos computer can run it. Up the quality and you lose a chunk of your market.

Little kids play runescape. They place because 1) its free 2)no dl required. Get rid of those two and thats another huge chunk of the market.

You end up having a pos game with good graphics and no players.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: elvemage on July 11, 2007, 01:15:25 PM
u fing me oompa???? look at wow better graphics and yet over 10X more people play!!!! dee dee dee!
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: Mesmerized10 on July 11, 2007, 01:53:27 PM
If it had better graphics then I wouldn't even bother playing I like the crappy graphics lol and without a mouse and keyboard it would be so gay.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: Stop Reading My Name on July 11, 2007, 04:16:17 PM
They are contridicting everything they have ever said... first it was there will never be any dragon full helm.. then it will never go on a console... [censored] gower..
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: Werefaw1 on July 12, 2007, 02:01:33 AM
i seriously doubt its gonna happen.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: fr0sty on July 13, 2007, 05:31:13 PM
wow that would be awsome! /biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

does anyone know how to have ur e mail and pics or whatever at the end of any post automaticly??
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: Stop Reading My Name on July 14, 2007, 08:42:11 PM
It's your signature, click the My Controls link at the top of this page, then scroll down until you see edit signature.
Title: ????Runescape becomnig a console game????!!
Post by: pure mayhem on July 15, 2007, 02:30:15 PM
i heard about this on another forum