Jagex's beloved MMO Old School Runescape has become the most downloaded app in several nations in the first 24h of the release. Breaking 1 million downloads on RS Gold App Store, the game topped charts in Canada, United States, Australia, Netherlands and"key" Nordic countries while making the top ten record in 15 counties entire. With such numbers, Old School Runescape's playerbase will grow to more than 2 millions with more than 1 million players already playing the sport since the subscribers only beta launch. These will also be the highest average daily user amounts because the PC launch in February 2013.
The launch shows the development team Jagex have hit the nail with the choice to make a full port for its mobile platform with employed cross-platform aid, which might continue the development of the franchise over the upcoming years. Runescape has brought in almost a billion dollars since its release 17 years ago.
Based on Jagex CEO, Phil Mansell, the cell release is a massive milestone for the team and was something that they planned for quite a long time. "Earning our living games accessible to more players on more apparatus was a priority for us since we put out the next age of Jagex," Mansell said, adding that lots of old school gamers today probably have limited time to enjoy the game so that they desired to produce the grind possible on the move. "Over time, our players have grown up and some, who have been PC players, have alternative format tastes that fit their altered lifestyles," Mansell clarified.
Old School Runescape has been published as a totally free to play title but there is also a version for Cheap RuneScape Gold subscribers that prices ￡8.65 a month and brings a few extra stuff like a larger map, more quests, skills and additional charge account slots.