Why do you think Jagex has not allowed/regulated account sales by now?

Why do you think Jagex has yet to allow the sale/trading of runescape accounts?
Think on it for a second. Hypothetically, lets say they were to open a forum on the runescape website that was solely dedicated to the buying/selling of accounts. All account swaps could be handled directly by jagex once an agreement was made, basically using them as the middle man. By doing this, they could truly transfer ownership of the account to the new owner thus ending all of the mistrust/scamming that occurs with the current process.
By offering this service, jagex could charge a fee (almost any percentage, people would pay it to ensure security). They could literally charge 30-40% fee for a 10-15 minute transaction (they'd make $40 on a $100 account, $80 on a $200 account, etc.)

If you've played RS since the mid 2000's, you've seen the changes they've made and know that ultimately they're all about the money. They've tried everything from abolishing free trade, cracking down on bots, and honing in on account sales.
Why haven't they just gone ahead and taken part in this venture? It's a win-win for everyone.

Thoughts?

 

Because of massive backlash most likely. It ultimately comes down to those 'morality' issues, which it really isn't, in actuality it's no big deal if someone wants to sell/buy a virtual account on a game the other 7 billion human beings on this planet have never heard of or care about.

Obviously no one here on Sythe would be against account sales, but realistically, it'll never happen, ever. If it did that'd be cool.

 

I know it wouldn't happen. If it were to, it would have by now. I'm just curious as to everyone's opinion on the situation. I'm not sure I believe its some form of, "morality" issue. Morality doesn't even really apply here. Jagex throughout the years has also made it very evident on certain occasions that they do not care about morality. :nuts:

 

Bump.

 

>15 minutes is unrealistic, try 30.

2 trades an hour.

Must pay worker $15+an hour most likely.


$15 profit an hour

Jagex gets sued by someone charging back someone else $10k

much headache

10 workers=$150 an hour = say $1200 a day.


>company that makes ultra millions/billions a year


penny change.


much headache, little reward.


also many ppl no speak good englice.

much wow, much ragequitting jmod.


ya.

 

accounts would be worthless since a lot more top tier players who quit/ inactive would sell supply and demand here :<

 

If they were to do something like that, then they'd lose their entire player base then. As much as it seems like a nice idea, most people. Especially the players who don't codone of things like account buying/selling as no matter what, they'll still see it as cheating.

Plus it seems like such a headache for a small fee Jagex get back for themselves.

 

I mean lose their entire player base is a bit extreme, lot of people stuck around since they starting selling bonds and stuff.

 

accounts should be userbound and achievements are imo part of the user and not of the account. It really is a morality issue if youre going to sell something which is your 'virtual life' in a particular game

 

I could see it happening at one point in the future considering the fact they started doing bonds.

 

I honestly think they'd allow account reinstatement (allow you to buy back your banned account) before they do this.

 

I like your drive, but your analysis is based on many incorrect opinions and moot points.
First off -> 15 minutes, 30 minutes.. tom-ato, toma-to. It's an average. All transactions would take different amounts of time. Some will be less, some will be more. Irrelevant either way.

Second off -> $15/hr? What are you smoking, boy?
Minimum wage in UK is between $5.30-$7.29 (in pounds, of course. I took the liberty to translate to USD).
No one doing a job that a millenial-generation 12 year old could do would be making 2-3x the national average wage.
The average salary for a customer support rep for jagex is less than $25k/year.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Jagex-Salaries-E322592.htm

Third off ->Suing? Come on my man. It is jagex' company. Have you ever used ebay or purchased anything online for that matter? No one would be suing anyone. They would have ample proof and record of a sale and transaction. Paypal would not reverse the transaction.. especially consudering the contract they would hold with jagex due to the money they would be running through the company

Fourth Off -> You don't think English Europeans speak English well? Give me a break. :laugh:
Also, while we're on that topic.. Let's say, hypothetically, they pawn off the job to some 4ner who can't speak english.. which would be someone from China who they pay 1/100th of GB minimum wage.. thus furthering the validity of my point.

Lastly, yes even despite this.. the company makes a shit ton of money each year.. why do they need this? Even if the added revenue wasn't enough.. or them finally curbing the black market trading that they've been so frustratingly going after for years.
It's also a matter of basic marketing. Even if it doesn't provide millions/month, it is a service that draws more business to the company. It's like mcdonalds offering the southern style chicken biscuit combo when it costs twice as much to produce as the big mac. They don't make as much profit, but its a necessary evil to attract more customers.

 

That's a bold strategy, cotton. The entire player base? Yeah, some people might be disgruntled at first.. But I highly doubt anyone would quit, at least seriously quit over it. Have you not seen how loyal/addicted most scapers are? Besides, account trading and sales already are very very prevalent.

 

Exactly. They implemented EOC which majority of the playerbase neglected, yet still implemented it.

 

Agreed.
I do find your previous input interesting. I could definitely see them implementing a, "buy your ban away" feature somewhere down the road to a certain extent. They might not allow some accounts to utilize it.. but maybe the lighter bans?

 

They've actually done it in the past. The way they'd do it was give your jagex account negative balance in Jcoins, and you would pay that back to reinstate your account. It was only something like $20, so not really a big deal.

Most people who have had their mains banned were probably banned for botting though, but I believe they'd allow a reinstatement for any offense (except probably bug abuse).

 

To be honest, if they allowed you to sell/trade accounts, there would be less accounts made as people would rather buy them, hence less people paying for membership :\

 

I'd imagine a majority of the accounts created now adays are for goldfarming purposes, and not actual players who wish to restart the game.

 

Why do you think they don't mass ban? the $9/month per account is pretty decent.

 

Who said they didn't? Jagex are constantly banning players on a daily basis, sometimes even on the weekends.

Of course its decent, but wouldn't people who purchase accounts still pay for it either way?