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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

[Game Application] Intrasitive Relationship

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In this chart, we uses console machines to represent intrasitive relationship.

As we can see, PS2 (Playstation 2) beats Xbox; Xbox beats GC(GameCube); and GC beats PS2.

The reason is that PS2 beats Xbox is of the superior number of games that PS2 has over Xbox.
PS2 has more games than Xbox, and this reason made players more inclined to PS2 than over Xbox.

While Xbox beats GC because of its advanced graphic displays.
Xbox has better quality in displaying graphics than GC, thus making Xbox more worthwhile to players than GC.

GC in the meanwhile beats PS2 because of its better gameplay.
For example, the mini-games in the loading screen. Players choose over PS2 for GC for its simple game control and its user-friendlyness.

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The chart above shows how each console reacts to each other after the introduction of an outside item.

The chosen item is "Son Goku".
"Son Goku" is a fictional character from the manga Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama.

How do Son Goku affect the relationship?
Basically it reverses the cycle, making PS2 able to beat GC; GC able to beat Xbox; and Xbox able to beat PS2.

PS2 able to beat GC in viewing how PS2 treats fighting game genres, Playstation is known for many of its fighting games, knowing this PS2 would also continue churning out fighting games.
Son Goku and the Dragon Ball casts would be active in PS2's fighting games, it'll beat GC in this term as GC doesn't have much fighting games in its wing.

GC is able to beat Xbox in marketing character-based product. Nintendo is known for its ability to market characters from its game products. Thus utilizing Son Goku as its maskot for its console, GameCube. GC will be able to beat Xbox in a marketing war, as Son Goku can reach a boarder audience.

Xbox is able to beat PS2 in utilizing its better processing power to churn out better gameplay experiance. In using Son Goku's philosophy in making the fullest of one's ability and expand it over the limit. Xbox will be able to beat PS2 in the processing competition. Xbox will be able to produce better graphics and a stable environment for processing intensive games.


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