Suggestion: Add South African Servers | RuneScape | Page 1

teal quail Feb 9, 2025, 12:08 AM

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Out of a total population of 61 million, you have a middle class measured at around 15 million with over 8 million individuals making up the country's gaming market by 2027. This is in contrast with the smallest country with a Runescape server, Lithuania, with under 3 million people total. Never mind that Lithuania is also close to other European servers whereas for many South African players, high-demand content like PvM is simply out of the question.

Furthermore, in recent years, the gaming market has exploded not just in South Africa but in Africa in general. Adding servers could serve neighboring countries using either English, French, or Portuguese, languages that Runescape currently supports.

Jagex would do well to support the South African community and tap into potential for Runescape to reach a large, dynamic, and tech savvy audience by introducing South African servers.

scenic spear Feb 9, 2025, 12:15 AM

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if you can't get east asian I think you're going to struggle to get south african servers

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would love to see servers for all my friends over the world but the za market is not a large one compared to others without them 😦

teal quail Feb 9, 2025, 7:34 AM

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scenic spear if you can't get east asian I think you're going to struggle to get south africa...

East Asian servers would require a lot of localization in the local languages to be effective. Meanwhile in ZA the national language there is English. To reiterate though, why is it that a country as small as Lithuania can get a server while a much larger one like ZA can't?

scenic spear Feb 9, 2025, 1:22 PM

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no idea mate, but fwiw servers and localisation are generally two separate issues

potent flower Feb 9, 2025, 1:48 PM

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RuneScape had a South African world a long time ago.

#Suggestion: Add South African Servers