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It took a while to have an "achievement" system implemented on the PS3, called trophies.
Obviously the Sony people didn't immediately realize the power and scope of XB360 achievements system, however they certainly did a great job with Trophies.
In the end I actually think that Trophies do a much better job than achievement for 2 main reasons:
1) Trophies deliver more (visual) satisfaction than achievements.
When you look at your trophies lists and all the bronze, silver, gold and platinum cups the satisfaction delivered by platinum-ing a game and by looking at all those neat cups is certainly visually but also intrinsically more appealing and satisfactory than looking at some "more sterile" points count.
Of course that's the same concept but visually and conceptually speaking the little trophy cups certainly do a better job that the icon+points system of the XB360.
Obviously everyone will have their own opinion, preference and whatever but still no one can deny that the platinum cup is a quite fulfilling piece of graphic!
2) The second reason is perhaps more of a personal preference rather than something that can be considered an objective statement of facts and it's about the visual organization: trophies are more clear and cleanly listed and therefore it's easier to go through them, check etc., they're better arranged visually.
When you unlock an achievement this goes at the very top of your achievements list, to show the latest achievement you got.
On the other hand trophies always keeps their place in the trophies list, the list is always the same and it's therefore easier to check which trophies you got, you missed and so on since they are usually listed to match the game/story path/development.
This means that if you are missing some trophy at the beginning of your list you actually missed something at the beginning of the game and so on.
Easier to check, easier to see when you missed things etc..
And of course once you complete a game you have that lovely platinum cup on top of everything else.
The truth is every gamers will probably prefer the system s/he is most accustomed to.I got my PS3 much before my XB360 so I'm more used to it and, generally speaking, I like the PS3 crossbar much more (perhaps even because I was so accustomed to it through my psp) and always found the XB360 layout/graphic less stylish and a bit more childish although I really LOVE having my custom avatar!
So if you mostly use your XB360 you're more used and care more about achievements, PS3 users on the other hand will likely prefer trophies and so on, still I think the trophy implementation is really spot on although it took a while to have it ;).
Enjoy your gaming!
Ivy
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Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
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I totally agree.
IMO, Trophies have a palpable value to them that Achievements just.. don't. The difference between a 20 point achievement, and a 25 point achievement is not noticed in the overall gamerscore, yet the difficulty is often drastically different from game to game. While the difference between similar trophies can be quite different from game to game, they are, for the most part, more similar than achievement points.
That, and the "levelling" system, make earning trophies somehow.. more rewarding.
I prefer the Xbox 360 Achievements, I was getting them far before the trophies. Since the PS3 lacked trophy support for a while I didn't even bother trying to get them on that console.
The 360 ones are easier to see what need's to be done to get what, it's easier to compare side by side. They add up to more and it's listed right on your gamercard for everyone to see. So I think it's probably a good thing Sony ripped off the idea, but Microsoft perfected it IMO.
I hate trophies but cant help smilling when I get one lol Dam those Trophies, for Achievements do nothing for me Xbox360 or Steam but each to thier own thats two good reads tonight crapgamer lol.
I think achievement are a great idea (sometime a bit painful ...) and I'm with you, I prefer the trophy over a simple number.
When you show your 10/15 platinum is not the same think to show 15200 point, not at all.
Anyway both system have pros/cons, as you said it's just a point of view and probably people prefer the achievement over the trophy because they started with the Xbox and will continue with it.
Nice user blog, well wrote and not biased. Just a point of view.
I like the idea of trophies and I am trying to get as much as I can get. But compared to achievements they are the same except it is easy to compare agaisnt someone else (i.e who get more harder, like platinum trophies)