Over the past week, millions of you have been glued to screens full of sprinting super-soldiers and delicately dipping Mantises. While I’ve been glued to a screen as well, mine shows a slightly different picture. You see my monitor – or, to be more specific, room full of monitors – show me what you’re doing. I’ve been watching what playlists you’re frequenting (go Infinity Slayer!), what forum threads you’re reading (decrypting the encrypted), and what parts of the website you’re browsing (dem Halo 4 stats). I can see a lot more than that, but I’ll stop there as I don’t want to frighten you. #retreatsbackintothebushes
As someone that’s fascinated with the aforementioned numbers, statistics, trends and figures, I thought I’d share a few fun facts about the first five days of Halo 4. I also thought I’d use as many words as possible that start with “f” (minus one) in a single sentence. You’re welcome.
Over four million people played Halo 4 on Xbox LIVE in the first five days.
13.5 million hours were spent playing Campaign in the first five days.
1.9 million hours were spent playing Spartan Ops in the first five days.
16 million hours were spent playing War Games in the first five days.
31.4 million hours were spent playing Halo 4 in the first five days.
1,116,882 people completed the Campaign in the first five days.
6% of total players completed the Campaign on Legendary in the first five days.
43,335,060 achievements were unlocked in the first five days.
2,675,140,836 kills were earned in Campaign in the first five days.
505,250,095 kills were earned in Spartan Ops in the first five days.
1,410,025,354 kills were earned in War Games in the first five days.
4,590,416,285 kills were earned playing Halo 4 on Xbox LIVE in the first five days.
We couldn’t have achieved any of the above numbers without you, so from all of us at 343, thanks for playing.
http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/11/14/The-Halo-Bulletin-111412-.aspx