Comments on: Sony officially confirms in-game XMB and Trophies for Firmware 2.40

By: mightyhokie

mightyhokie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:22:09 +0000

I’ve been waiting for trophies. My primary console is my 360. I do have a decent gamerscore (11+k) but that is not my main thing. I love the achievements. It adds a lot to a game. I usually play through the game as I normally would, then go back to get the achievements that I didn’t get through regular play.

When ever I try playing a PS3 game it feels sort of like ‘a waste of time’ because I am not getting achievements. I know it isn’t about getting the achievements, it is about the greatness of the game. But once I started earning achievements on the 360 I never looked back. Now games don’t seem whole to me without that reward system.

For example, I finished GTA 4 on the 360. Now I’ve added hours upon hours of gameplay hunting pigeons and jumps and trying to get all the ‘stuff’ in the game.
Achievements are brilliant. I’m glad Sony is finally coming out with Trophies. It will help us 360-primary people feel like we are getting more out of the PS3 games.

If you don’t believe me, just wait until they come out. Once you earn a trophy and your friend does not, or visa-versa, you will see what I mean. =>

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:22:23 +0000

Well…

The PS3 takes another step closer to becoming the gaming console that the 360 was from day 1.

Now all they need to do is get an online community that’s comparible in size to LIVE’s.

By: SplatteredHouse

SplatteredHouse — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:47:34 +0000

I agree with Blerk’s view also. All value in gamerscore was lost when developers were given free reign, there was no reference point, and it was progressively made an utter pig’s ear of. It’s just a bunch of numbers, now. I think that Trophies will probably have its own “thing” though (beyond “just” recording footage of your playing, and putting the clip on display for all-time prominence, lol)

Brilliance should be rewarded with virtual statues

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:34:40 +0000

The only use for Gamer score is to give you a good idea of the relative difficulty of the achievement within a particular game. I.e. 5 GP = minor achievement compared to 50 GP for something else. Only within the context of a single game though, as there is obviously no consistency across titles.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:27:25 +0000

Yeah, what Blerk said too.

By: patlike

patlike — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:26:31 +0000

I don’t watch my Gamerscore any more. There’s a real MMO mentality to it. A bit scary, I think.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:17:12 +0000

Achievements – good. Gamer score – bad.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:15:04 +0000

I’m addicted to ‘em. I’m sure one of the (many) reasons I liked Uncharted so much was the trophy system.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:14:38 +0000

I love achievements on the 360 and I’m going to love trophies on the PS3. =)

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:09:56 +0000

Balls to that, DrDamn. They suck on 360 and they’re going to suck on PS3 too.

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:06:00 +0000

I thought it was about living…

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:50:35 +0000

Well structured Trophies (achievements) can actually add a lot to a game. It’s not about gamer points, its about adding value to a game.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:41:36 +0000

Hurry up Dark Alex!

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:25:13 +0000

WHAT A SHOCKER!

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:02:38 +0000

Pfft! Give us something useful – couldn’t care less about trophies