Virtual Worlds Projected to Mushroom to Nearly One Billion Users :: $8 Billion Market Value Projected for User Services

Boston, MA - 29 May 2008 - Strategy Analytics today released its forecast of virtual world adoption, which shows that over the next ten years some 22 percent of global broadband users will have registered for one or more virtual worlds resulting in a market approaching one billion registrants and an eight billion dollar services opportunity. The study, "Market Forecasts for Virtual World Experiences," projects a diversified global market with services targeted at children, teens and adults across a wide range of applications.