WoW Userbase Hits 9.3 Million, Vivendi Grows

Gamasutra reported today another milestone for the ever-growing World of Warcraft population, which hit 9.3 million subscribers last month, catapulting publisher Vivendi's game division sales:

Publisher Vivendi has announced that its games division's sales have rised nearly 19 percent to 216 million euros ($315.2 million) in its third quarter, on the "continued momentum" of World of Warcraft and initial sales of Massive's World in Conflict.

The third quarter sales are up from last year's sales of 182 million euros ($265.6 million). For the first nine months, Vivendi has seen its total sales rise 50 percent over 2006 to 716 million euros ($1.04 billion).

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