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    Default Hidden stat harvesting

    No doubt all kinds of interesting statistics are being harvested about wipeoutHD.
    Things like:
    The number of players that are finishing the game
    The number of players using sixaxis controls
    The proportion of multiplayer games at each speed class
    The number of instances of splitscreen usage
    Proportions of vertical vs horizontal splitscreen
    The amount that each ship is being used (I think I've only seen one auricom so far)
    The number of players using pilot assist
    The proportion of assist users that stop using it

    Assuming I'm correct in thinking this... the information would be useful for targeting development time in a lot of games, so I would be surprised if it's not being gathered... will the general public ever get to see these stats? I'd find it fascinating, personally.

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    I'm more interested in knowing how much $ production of the game cost, and how many copies theyve sold so far.

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    Ditto with the comment above. but i'm sure we will fidn out soon enough as it isn't even a week yet since the game launched.

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    We are harvesting lots of stats.... lots and lots....


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    Yes.

    All your stats are belong to us.

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    On the topic of stats, I'd like to see an average speed stat over the length of a speed lap, time trial and single race so we can compare not only two people scoring XY.Z seconds over a race, but how closely to an optimal speed they came.

    - F

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    Are the rights to my playing habits signed over in the agreements I never read when signing on online?

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    Yes. You probably missed the bit that transfers all your wages into my offshore account, too.

    Anyway, I'm off to the Bahamas in my gold-plated yacht. Bye!

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    Well that's fair enough, Egg. Sure, that money was keeping my elderly mother alive but, hey, I couldn't begrudge you a yacht. You've certainly earned it. But if you do happen to pass me on the street, by my cardboard box, toss me a coin won't you?

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    My stats may be bought; my stats may be stolen,
    but my reputation's my own, and mine own creation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Berry View Post
    We are harvesting lots of stats.... lots and lots....

    Such as Time spent looking at stats?

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    At SL they've probably got a stat of time spent looking at stats of time spent looking at stats

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    so funny to read you guys thx

    one small regret here Colin and Jon : since i am opening new horizon to few of my friends about stunning HD i missed the possibilitie to create a ' friend profile' which could be separated from my own personnal achievment.

    But the good part is i am possibly the one who shared my controller the most ( from last friday it's like 15 different guys and gals who tested it : how can i contribute more to the Wipeout history ?


    Thx again for that amazing game and respect

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    i dont think my time looking at stats thing never even worked for pulse. it always said like 2 minutes or some really low number

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    if it was the last thing you did before you turned off the psp then it never saved. unless you did a manual save or raced a single player race that lead to an autosave, the stats didn't update.
    my pulse said my multiplayer time was considerably lower than it actually was because I usually quit the game after multiplayer, didn't save the stats

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lion View Post
    The amount that each ship is being used (I think I've only seen one auricom so far)

    aw thats sad. i think that assegai is the most used ship in wipeout hd. i was an assegai user before but after seeing the amount of people that were using assegai online. i switched to icaras and now im using harimau

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    I was wondering where Assegai's current popularity stems from? Is it because it was the default selected ship in Pulse?

    Btw I adore the new Auricom, design-wise. And it steers basically like a heavier Assegai, so I might use it in weapons-heavy races.

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    Well, I've heard it said that lots of people really like a big ass...

    So maybe that's it? 8 D

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    It's one of the best all-rounders in the game, in my opinion, so that might be why.

    And yes, Auricom looks and controls great. Its stats suggest bad maneuverability but it steers like a dream compared to Piranha. =)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Berry View Post
    We are harvesting lots of stats.... lots and lots....

    Mmmm does stats translate into money? I hope so.

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