The enthusiasm of a developer may be not relevant to a publisher

"It was really not earning any profits, but we'd put so much work in to this point, and there were thousands of players who were playing the game," said Andrew Gower in one of the book's numerous interviews. "It was exciting to OSRS Gold see 2,000 or 3,000 users enjoying the game simultaneously, a lot of people talking on the forums, and everyone was enjoying RuneScape. I would like to continue making it. It was enjoyable, even if it wasn't financially profitable".

This is why we made the free membership level be left in place - they didn't want to lose the members. As we've seen, it definitely worked, and the game's popularity only increased. However, as The First 20 Years explains, RuneScape didn't reach its top levels without making some mistakes along the way.

For those who played the game daily during the 2000s might struggle with the first-ever release that is now called RuneScape Classic. Players could attack anyone, even each other. The graphics were beyond basic. It was only able to hold about 1,200 players without crash.

The games can't be a mess no more. Titanfall 2 isn't getting the necessary resources to correct its online gameplay on the PC. Anthem was scrapped midway through the development of its major overhaul. Fable Legends was cancelled before it was even able to launch. Now, you have to be Fortnite, or die trying.

The enthusiasm of a developer may be not relevant to a publisher, too. Dragon Age 4 has been pulled twice due to superior interference continuously dictating the game's direction. Metal Gear fans, who very obviously want single-player games Cheap OSRS Gold, have received the co-op game, Metal Gear Survive in the year of 2018. And that's not even to look at all the affiliates Activision Blizzard wastes on constant Call of Duty development.