In addition to the 1.7 million active subscriber statistic in the story above, EA also announces more figures to demonstrate the success of Star Wars: The Old Republic, their new MMORPG, saying the games next update will be released in the spring, offering "even more content, new game systems and additional guild features." Here are some stats from the game's first month:

• Over 239 million in-game hours, or over 332,000 months and over 27,000 years of in-game time
• Over 20 billion NPCs killed
• Over 148 billion credits spent