Patent ID: 7657879

Claim:
A method for ensuring quality of a software title implemented on a first platform, the software title having been developed for a plurality of platforms, the method comprising: establishing a metric associated with the software title, the established metric being stored in memory; and executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor: measures the metric pertaining to performance of a first hardware environment of the first platform during play of the software title, the first platform having a first system architecture including the first hardware environment, measures the metric pertaining to performance of a second hardware environment of a second platform from the plurality of platforms, the second platform having a system architecture including the second hardware environment that is different from the first hardware environment of the first platform, wherein the measured metric pertaining to performance of the second platform is adversely affected by the hardware environment of the second platform with respect to the measured metric pertaining to performance of the first hardware environment of the first platform, analyzes one or more characteristics based on results of the measurement of the metric pertaining to the first platform versus results of the measurement of the metric pertaining to the second platform, automatically generates a measurement result report from the analysis, and displays the measurement results report; and takes responsive action based on the measurement results report, wherein responsive action including a financial transaction is taken based on the displayed measurement results report.