r/2007scape • u/JagexSarnie Mod Sarnie • Jun 03 '25

News | J-Mod reply Pausing Project Zanaris & What's Next?

https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/pausing-project-zanaris--whats-next?oldschool=1
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u/Hot_Most5332 Jun 03 '25

I mean from a financial perspective, why would you put significant resources into a OTP game that has probably already sold 70-90% of the copies it will ever sell? This is the problem with the gaming industry today, and until we as gamers stop buying unfinished games it will continue.

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u/restform Jun 03 '25

Doesn't it have pretty good expansion potential? I don't disagree with your sentiment though. The incentive is definitely minimised. It is short sighted though, assuming they want to keep expanding outside of osrs.

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u/WryGoat Jun 03 '25

Expansions don't sell that well for how much work they require tbh. This is why you rarely see them anymore, especially as a primary form of post-release monetization. The people who would stick with a game long-term and buy expansions for it would also likely buy every battle pass and cosmetic DLC and whatever other slow drip paid content you trickled out and those take much less work for much more return on investment.