There’s nothing quite like EVE Online as my on-and-off addiction only goes to show. No shards, no swords, no elves, no log-out wait, just massive ships, free expansions and a colossal universe to explore and conquer. No other MMO has held my attention for remotely as long. Not only is it still one of the few MMOs to truly break the mould, developers CCP are probably one of the few developers based in Iceland. Anyhow, here’s an interview for you:

We just reached 64.000 subscribers and have been very close to 13.000
concurrent players online at the same time… We’re ecstatic with these numbers and they encourage us to work even
harder to please all the players.

Nowhere near WoW numbers, but then they’re happy with that and doing just fine so that’s great. (via VE3D)