The source is not entirely clear, but the website of USA Today claims that the new mmog Star Wars: The Old Republic now has over 1 million members, that in addition, a slight preference for the Dark Side.
On the website of USA Today is a list to find the facts about Star Wars: The Old Republic, the game from developer BioWare, which since december 20 to play. According to the site, there are now more than 1 million registered players, who together 3.8 million spelpersonages have created. The participants put there until now, an average of five hours per day, which added up amounts to 28 million hours of play. That is similar to the view of all six Star Wars movies, two million times. In those hours laid the players more than 2 billion computer-controlled opponents down.
Players have a slight preference for the Dark Side. Among the 3.8 million spelpersonages that are created, are 550.000 Sith Warriors, compared with 510.000 Jedi Knights. Where USA Today, the figures come from is not entirely clear. The launch of SW:TOR was accompanied with some problems. So notify players that their shop-bought copy no serial number included. There were also problems with the online validation of the game, after it was installed. The problems seem to be fixed now. Players now report only waits for the log on some busy servers.
