Friday, July 29, 2011

Exchange Rate Notes #3: Dead Space




DATA COLLECTED


Bronze Trophies worth 5G (4)

Crackshot, Marksman, Ragdoll Check, Z-Baller

Bronze Trophies worth 10G (17)

A Cut Above, Air Alert, Armstrong, Autofire, Big Spender, Brawler, Don't get cocky, kid; Eviscerator, Full Contact, Kickin it, Live With The Hot Ones, Merchant, Pack Rat, Playing Catch,
Pusher, Slugger, Tool Time

Bronze Trophies worth 15G (5)

Brute Force, Exterminator, Freeze, Get off my ship!, There's Always Peng

Bronze Trophies worth 20G (14)

All Systems Go, Betrayed, Cannon Fodder, Dead on Arrival, Exodus, Greenhouse Effect, Keeper of the Faith, Lab Rat, S.O.S., Story Teller, Strange Transmissions, Surgeon, True Believer, Wreckage

Bronze Trophies worth 30G (1)

Mindless Prey

Total Bronze: 41

Silver Trophies worth 30G (1)

Full Arsenal

Silver Trophies worth 40G (2)

Butcher, Legend Teller

Silver Trophies worth 50G (1)

Survivor

Total Silver: 4

Gold Trophies by Worth

One Gun (40G)
Maxed Out (75G)
Epic Tier 3 Engineer (150G)

ANALYSIS

Bronze/Silver split lies at 30G, Silver/Gold split could lie at 50G, if not for the single 40G outlier. This could just be a result of , "Oh shit, we've allocated all the rest of the gamerscore, not enough left to make One Gun 50G", but that's purely speculation.

CONCLUSION

Ignoring the one outlier, we can reject the null hypothesis and fail to reject the main hypothesis. Still more testing required. Three games so far, and I'd say I need a minimum of 5.

More testing required.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Exchange Rate Notes #2: Marvel vs. Capcom 3


DATA COLLECTED

Bronze Trophies worth 10G (17)

A Hero Stands Alone, Average Joe, Back at 'Cha!, Be Gone!, Brave New World, Excelsior!, I Buy the Issues, Need a Healing Factor, Passport to Beatdown Country, Playtime Is Over, Raccoon City Incident, Turn the Tables, Ultimate Nullifier, Welcome to Avengers Academy!, Who Will Answer the Call?, World Warrior, Wreak "Havok"

Bronze Trophies worth 15G (6)

Avengers Assemble!, Badds to the Bone, Darkstalkers, Female Flyers, School for the Gifted, Weapon X

Bronze Trophies worth 20G (10)

Brusin' Bruce, Copy This!, Duty and Deus Ex Machina, Fate of the Satsui no Hadou, Fate of Two Worlds, Mega Buster, Passed the Field Test, Saving My Quarters, Steel Battalion, Whose Side Are You On?

Total Bronze: 33

Silver Trophies worth 30G (7)

Big Bang Theory, Champion Edition Hero, Charles in Charge, Combat Specialist, Herculean Task, Leading the Charge, One Step Ahead

Silver Trophies worth 40G (3)

A New Avenger, Full Roster, Galactic Smasher

Silver Trophies worth 50G (1)

Super Turbo Brawler

Total Silver: 11

Gold Trophies by worth

Comic Collector (50G)
Waiting for the Trade (50G)

ANALYSIS

For this game, the lines are clear-cut: Bronze/Silver lies somewhere between 20 and 30G, with no overlap. Silver/Gold is 50G. For this game, we can reject the null hypothesis and fail to reject the hypothesis. Still need to test more games.