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Hi Guys,
I had some extra time before the weekend approaches and thought I'd pay the Sythe community a visit with some insider info to the RS markets.
Runescape or Old School RS?
Turns out that RS2007 was not a market to ignore. When Jagex released an old school version of RS 2007, we weren't sure if this was going to cannabalize markets, or create a new one.
Turns out, more or less, a new market was created. When it first launched, yes we saw a sharp decline for RS3, but as time went on that stabilized to where things are now.
General Metrics
- RS2007 is roughly double the size of RS3.
- RS3 is currently larger than the WoW market, although this is changing as WoW has been experiencing a steady influx of increased order volume and users. (Launch day of WoD saw a 90% drop in sales for WoW, which if you've seen instagram, is easy to understand why. Logging out of WoW during the first few days was a trap!).
- RS2007 has been experiencing a steady increase in orders this year, with its peak being Week 34 (3rd week of August). The increase run rate for RS2007 however has stopped, which from we can tell is primarily due a) school starting up again (seasonality does indeed affect gaming markets), b) Archeage (how many of you are playing) and c) Warlords being released.
- Activity in account trade for RS3 is about 20% higher than RS2007 (although the latter is still the larger market).
Seller Regions
Runescape is one of our more diverse markets on PlayerAuctions, with the majority coming from Western Countries, though they remain closely related in terms of breakdown:
What about Buyer Demographics?
For different product categories, its pretty much similar across the board:
How old are RS2007 Account Users?:
18 - 24: 87%
25 - 34: 9%
35+: 3.5%
What are some affinity interests of RS2007 Gold Users?:
Judging from the above "youth pool" of RS traders, some of the catalogued interests of these users are not surprising... although, more of you should be reading the news
Do girls play Runescape 3?
You bet! But only about 5% of the total visitors to PA markets are gals. But they do spend almost double the amount of time browsing than the boys.
Item Sales
Red Party Hat = $3,143.84
Annnnnnd.... it's time to go to happy hour.
Hope you guys found this interesting
I had some extra time before the weekend approaches and thought I'd pay the Sythe community a visit with some insider info to the RS markets.
Runescape or Old School RS?
Turns out that RS2007 was not a market to ignore. When Jagex released an old school version of RS 2007, we weren't sure if this was going to cannabalize markets, or create a new one.
Turns out, more or less, a new market was created. When it first launched, yes we saw a sharp decline for RS3, but as time went on that stabilized to where things are now.
General Metrics
- RS2007 is roughly double the size of RS3.
- RS3 is currently larger than the WoW market, although this is changing as WoW has been experiencing a steady influx of increased order volume and users. (Launch day of WoD saw a 90% drop in sales for WoW, which if you've seen instagram, is easy to understand why. Logging out of WoW during the first few days was a trap!).
- RS2007 has been experiencing a steady increase in orders this year, with its peak being Week 34 (3rd week of August). The increase run rate for RS2007 however has stopped, which from we can tell is primarily due a) school starting up again (seasonality does indeed affect gaming markets), b) Archeage (how many of you are playing) and c) Warlords being released.
- Activity in account trade for RS3 is about 20% higher than RS2007 (although the latter is still the larger market).
Seller Regions
Runescape is one of our more diverse markets on PlayerAuctions, with the majority coming from Western Countries, though they remain closely related in terms of breakdown:
What about Buyer Demographics?
For different product categories, its pretty much similar across the board:
How old are RS2007 Account Users?:
18 - 24: 87%
25 - 34: 9%
35+: 3.5%
What are some affinity interests of RS2007 Gold Users?:
Judging from the above "youth pool" of RS traders, some of the catalogued interests of these users are not surprising... although, more of you should be reading the news
Do girls play Runescape 3?
You bet! But only about 5% of the total visitors to PA markets are gals. But they do spend almost double the amount of time browsing than the boys.
Item Sales
Red Party Hat = $3,143.84
Annnnnnd.... it's time to go to happy hour.
Hope you guys found this interesting
thanks for putting this together.
