Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash grab.

Here’s a mega thread about the price increase on Reddit. Overwhelmingly negative feedback on the price increase

https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/s/samPRjFSCn

So I decided to make a post on Reddit basically asking in a neutral way if it would deter people from playing… And I was met with the most hostile, toxic keyboard warriors basically telling me “maybe stop working at McDonalds and you can afford it” and defending the company for the price increase. After an hour, my post was removed, and I was banned for a year without any explanation.

I’m honestly in shock that I would get banned just for asking a question, like they are that angry about people talking about the price increase?

      • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Wait hold on, how does an across the board increase from $12 USD to $14 USD result in 50% increase in price, “depending on currency”?

        Isn’t currency conversion just a scalar multiplier that applies to both the $12 starting cost and the $14 new cost?

        • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          No, not sure if other industries do this, but buying a game in a weak currency usually turns out cheaper (by alot) because Devs will usually offer the game for a lower price in the weaker economy

          • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
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            3 months ago

            So OP wrote a misleading description when saying the increase was from $12 to $14?

            I don’t play RuneScape and I’m just going off of their description, which is inconsistent and the derogatory “just read lol” has so far shown to be wrong.

            • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Because they quoted the dollar price, and how it affects other countries. The prices are featured in the link, SEK is particularly egregious.

              • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
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                3 months ago

                I feel like I’m missing something completely - maybe I do need to learn how to read. The only thing I’m seeing on the jagex page is new prices for a handful of currencies, SEK is not one of them.

                There’s no mention of past prices at all?

                  • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
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                    3 months ago

                    Oh.

                    I don’t think I care enough about drama in a niche game to do a deep dive on all of the reddit comments to learn about something…

                    It would be helpful if you or OP could provide links, or at least quote things. Most passerbys simply have better things to do than to find better context of what OP is saying about a game from 20 years ago. I think it’s only natural for people to be confused when OP didn’t provide enough context, or the only way to get context is to apparently read an entire Reddit threads worth of comments.

            • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Well OP does say the price increase ranges from 20% to 50%

              In other currencies the price change is over 50%, for example Euro price going from 8 to 12.50