RuneScape reaches 200 million player accounts.

[MKR&*42]

*Believe I post this in here*. Heard this on the radio this morning for some reason but I'm not sure when it actually happened haha? (Might have been a day/two ago idk - k no apparently it was announced today/happened today :P).


443 billion minutes of game time since the game launched in 2001.


RuneScape has reached the monumental milestone of 200 million registered player accounts, Jagex has announced.

The figure comes 11 years after its launch in 2001.Over the last 11 years, RuneScape's MMO world has been home to players from more than 150 countries, and If RuneScape were a country it would be the 5th largest population in the world.

All those players have invested a lot of time in the game, too, racking up in excess of 443 billion minutes of game time so far.


More here - http://www.videogamer.com/pc/runescape/news/runescape_reaches_200_million_player_accounts.html

Impressive achievement tbqh. Although I don't play the game, hats off to Jagex haha :)

[Richie]

Realistically they don't have 200 million actual players because people make multiple accounts. Over the years I would say I have registered about 20 and that's just me. Fair play though.

[MKR&*42]

Realistically they don't have 200 million actual players because people make multiple accounts. Over the years I would say I have registered about 20 and that's just me. Fair play though.

Yeah haha, that's what I wondered about first. What the 'active' users total was. Have they ever published a total for the active users?

[Richie]

Yeah haha, that's what I wondered about first. What the 'active' users total was. Have they ever published a total for the active users?

I don't think so but that's expected as it would be significantly lower :P

[MKR&*42]

I don't think so but that's expected as it would be significantly lower :P

True, haha. Wish they would though :(.

[Zak]

Well I have four accounts :P so no 200 mil runescape! FOR SHAME!

[DPS]

190 million = bots lol

[lawrawrrr]

Bots are still technically accounts ;)

but it's the same with Habbo, they have millions of accounts but someone people have like 200 *cough Samanfa; cough Red; cough*

Would be interesting to see actual active accounts tbh

[IceNineKills]

heard this on the radio at work earlier. never thought i would hear runescape on the radio at work.

[Paige.]

why would they announce this on the radio ahaha
i've registered two :P
i still think it's quite a good achievement though! :)

[Futz]

I think they have like 9 million active accounts per month (not players)

[Lagg]

runescape seem to be doing more advertisement than ive ever seen before from an online games company as large as it is, habbo did advertisement on MTV once don't know if that's still running, Doubt it after all the controversy over pedophiles.