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Second Life Hits 100,000 Users

Posted by Zonk on from the that-is-a-lot-of-beat-poets dept.

Gamasutra reports that the virtual world Second Life is boasting 100,000 users. They've had a large influx of users since they opened the games for free to non-property owners. From the article: "Statistics released by the creators say that the game's inhabitants hail from 95 countries in all 7 continents (apparently including Antarctica). Users spend an average of 4 hours per day playing the game, which has no specific completable goal, but places importance on in-game item and building creation by Second Life citizens."

2 of 35 comments (clear)

  1. To be honest by tokaok · · Score: 1, Informative

    These people really need to get out and a life!

  2. not quite accurate by presearch · · Score: 2, Informative

    Granted, Second Life is something special. (Yes, I'm one of those 4 hour people.)

    But I think the 100K number equals the total number of unique account names ever created.
    At night, there's always under 5,000 people in world. Looking right now, 16:30 EST, there's 3500.
    Many of those accounts (especially for those 4 hour users) are alt avatars, perhaps 30%.

    But I have to agree with a previous poster, bugs and all, it's a quite remarkable environment.
    Too bad you can't host your own server....