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Infinity Ward Posts COD4 Achievement Stats

I don't know if you know this, but this Call of Duty 4 game? Pretty popular.

Robert "fourzerotwo" Bowling, Infinity Ward's liaison to the wonderful world of the gaming community, posted up some pretty wild stats for Call of Duty 4 on his blog. Take a look at this stuff...

As of Jan. 3rd we hit 10,006,606 unique users who have ever played Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on Xbox 360 and have connected to Xbox Live at least once after playing.

That number got us curious as to how many of those 10 Million+users finished the F.N.G. mission, or beat Airplane on Veteran (among other things). Well, it turns out:

71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G.

That’s more than the entire population of Hong Kong (which is 7 Million).

68.8%, or 6,886,509 people have completed Cargo Ship.

This is the same number of adults in the US who were morbidly obese in 2005.

46.5%, or 5,654,643 people have beaten the game on any difficulty.

This is more than the current population of Finland!

2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

The population of Stockton, CA is 280,000.

So if you’ve beat Airplane on Veteran difficulty, then congratulations. You’re in a very elite club. Considering less than 3% of players have been able to do it.

Now keep in mind, these are only players on Xbox 360 (who have also connected to Xbox Live at least once). So there are more than this playing Call of Duty 4, we just can’t track them. For PS3, we pulled MP-numbers only, and it looks like theres approximately 4,381,276 unique users playing PSN (not including SP-only players).

Here are some men with guns, so you understand what I'm truly talking about.
Here are some men with guns, so you understand what I'm truly talking about.
Not listed: the percentage of bolt action rifle shots that hit center mass.

Those are some really extreme numbers. 10 million on one platform is no joke. Of course, that doesn't directly translate into sales, as some of those users must have rented the game or picked it up used. And there are plenty of users who aren't connected to Xbox Live at all, so they can't be counted.

What's interesting to me is that 71.1 percent completed the "F.N.G." level in the game. That's the very first thing you do in the single-player campaign. That means close to 30 percent (MATH!!!!) of the people they're able to survey never even touched the single-player side of things.

It'd be interested to see an apples-to-apples comparison between 360 and PlayStation 3 on these numbers, but since COD4 is a pre-trophy game, they're only really able to get multiplayer stats. 4.3 million unique multiplayer users on the PS3 ain't no joke, man.

I wish more developers would release these kinds of stats. I'm totally fascinated by stuff like this.
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That 28.9% not playing FNG, makes me wonder if that's because that percentage or prolly less don't own the game.   I mean what kind of hardcore CoD fan who bought the game would fail to play that sp?  I would be very curious to see similar stats for Halo 3. 
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@mctaco1 said:
" sorry but the ai on the computer and the ps3  sends less people at you so it makes the game easier so 360 are truly the only people that deserve this "
The hell are you talking about.
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@mctaco1 said:
" sorry but the ai on the computer and the ps3  sends less people at you so it makes the game easier so 360 are truly the only people that deserve this "
No.
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sorry but the ai on the computer and the ps3  sends less people at you so it makes the game easier so 360 are truly the only people that deserve this

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i got all the achievements cuz i rape, i did it over a year ago too so i epically win!
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wow amazing i tried the mile high club mission so many times also the thing that makes it tough for me is the fact that you get barely any time to run thought the plain and kill every one in your way and then shot the guy in the leg so he drops the hostage  
I am going to give it more trys

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So close to being a part of that elite club!

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I am also in the 2.8% :D Woohoo!

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Pretty interesting.  It would be cool if they did this for all games.

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Need more time with MHC!!

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Heron

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What about the percentage of people who have completed all 1000 points in this game like me.
gamertag: heron noleto

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I got 1000/1000. :)

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I am one of the elite 2.8% :)

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not only am i shocked at how many people havent finished the single play but how many people havent even started it. 

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Damn, that stat is impressive. I'm just shocked at how many people haven't finished the game yet; they are missing out on the other half of what makes COD4 great.

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thats one way to play

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Wow that's pretty impressive.

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I want to know how many people beat the whole game on veteran, or at least have the full 1000. I'm glad to be in that 2.8%

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I beaten the game on Veteran and gotten all the achievements in the game other than the Mile High Club one. I just cannot beat that level on Veteran it's next to impossible.

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Gray color type on a black background... geesh.  Just nasty.  Change your colorsets already.   :(  

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Of course those of us here are gonna be in the 3%, we are just that into games.  But this is of course just recording the people that have logged into xbox live with COD4. I know a couple people that have done this but dont go on xbox live so their achievements are not recorded.  Also, my brother has done this but he is on a PS3 so it doesnt get recorded.  Of course, with the law of averages, I am pretty sure 3% is accurate, just think that it means more players and such.
But seriously, 30% dont get past the first mission?

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Part of that 3% for the win!

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Those are some crazy stats.  I didn't know that many people have played COD4.  I'm in the 2.8% hah, and I did it only using a pistol, that was freaking hard.

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Damnit, now I need a CoD4 fix.

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1000/1000 here

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I really should try Mile High Club on veteran. Haven't done that yet...Beat the game though

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i am ELITE! Still I think 280 000 was a HUUGE number of players able to pass that level on veteran! Just think about it; every one of those players have had to complete the game on veteran up until that point, and the game is NOT easy on veteran!! I had to play that part of the game for 4 straight hours perfecting my strategy, never loosing focus, getting frustrated by loosing each and every time...until I at last capped the head of that last terrorist with my gun. Oh so satisfying! Seeing 280000 going through all that blood, sweat and tears for completing it is nothing less than astonishing!

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woo hoo! part of the 2.8%!

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Less than half of the people that played the game beat it. That's just sad. :(

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It feels pretty good to be in that 2.8 percent. It was definitely a very touch thing to do.

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Top three percent! YEAH!

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Yeah, this stuff fascinates me too.

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Ah, I hate you 3%... I tried Mile High Club for an hour and a half till it was painful to move my fingers out of the form of the controller.

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I'm in the 3%, yay.

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Whoever it is that hasn't played the single player campaign is really missing out.

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"2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

The population of Stockton, CA is 280,000."

Actually the population is a lot higher now  asians are taking it over but we are also the forclosure capitol so it might actually be down too haha.

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2.8%???  I thought more people have gotten the Mile High Club achievement by now. I'm proud to have gotten that achievement, however I am ashamed I only have about 600 gamerscore from the game.

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Sweet.... I did the Mile High Club! Oh wait, so did everyone else on this site. Damn.

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I'm a 2.8%.  Yay!!!! 

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I feel special to be part of that 2.8%

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I beat the airplane mission on Veteren on my PC, which totally counts even though it isn't on the 360.

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It's nice to see stats like this...It's also a bit weird seeing "Mile High Club" referred to as the Airplane mission. I never really thought of it as anything else until reading that little piece.

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So I am elite?!?!? ZOMG 1000/1000 HOLLERZ!!!

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I AM ONE OF THE 2.8%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The "Mile High Club" achievement was the only one for the game I couldn't unlock. Despite how many times I tried.

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ha, i just got off of COD4 like half an hour ago, that game is fucking addictive

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that's pretty interesting numbers there, and you're right about how more dev.'s should do this.

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Woo! I'm part of that 3% :)

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That is fascinating stuff. Makes me want to go home and fire it up to continue my quest to get 100% Achievements.