Kingdon said that the company has a small office in Japan for the Japanese market, as well as an engineering hub in Singapore.

"They have been very welcoming of Linden Lab," Kingdon said of the Singaporean government. "We've been building our engineering team there, focused on all quality assurance where we also have some developers. It's a talent pool as opposed to a team that's focused on the external market."

According to figures , nearly 10% of the total hours spent in-world in November were from residents in Germany, compared to nearly 40% for the United States. Japan and France each accounted for more than 5%, while the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil and Canada were almost 4% apiece. China was not listed among the top 20 territories.