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- doshindude, on 02/19/2008, -32/+101I think Sony needs to come up with original ideas instead of copying EVERYBODY.
- Christbait, on 02/19/2008, -8/+46Would it be even possible for Devs to go back to old games and implement achievements for PS3 versions? Could they even be bothered to do so? It seems it would only happen on new games after an achievements system is implemented, Sony left this copycat venture a little late.
- truspector, on 02/19/2008, -8/+40I'd like for Sony to work out something like this, but please work on in game XMB first. It has been over a year now and I STILL have to quit a game just to check messages and start up a chat. Cross game communication utilities are MS' strongest point over Sony right now and I wish Sony would get serious about catching up.
- CollapseControl, on 02/19/2008, -9/+28IF sony implemented "achievements" to their games it would be a total afterthought and wouldn't catch on to be a craze as much as the 360 gamers like it to be.
And despite what a lot of haters think, achievements don't ruin games, unless you are stuck in a multiplayer match with a bunch of gamers who are working on some. In that case you can always just leave the game within seconds and get another one going.
I love playing games and unlocking them with the Date stamp on it, I enjoy seeing a history of what I was doing while playing games. I could care less for the points, I just go for the Achievements themselves. - fuhcough, on 02/19/2008, -4/+19i really hate the phrase "next-gen"... it's like "web 2.0" - yet another buzz phrase that people can throw around, bastardize, and redefine again and again in the name of hype. /rant
- patthew, on 02/19/2008, -2/+17Do you?
- bdptcob, on 02/19/2008, -5/+19I enjoy the achievements a great deal. It adds life to games I would have otherwise abandoned. I have a ps3 and 360. If the game is a multiplatform game, I'm getting the 360 version strictly due to achievements. I get exclusives for the ps3 only.
- daridave, on 02/19/2008, -6/+19Example of PS3 achievements:
"Watched full movie", "Watched full movie without pausing", "Watched all bonus content", "Watched movie in all languages", etc... - Ocelot13, on 02/19/2008, -11/+24yea.... the motion sensing, achievements cough i mean "entitlements" were all its ideas? sony couldnt even think of a new font to use on it. they had to recycle the spiderman font.
- piper999, on 02/19/2008, -5/+17That is the worst poem I have ever read.
- yoinkdigg, on 02/19/2008, -2/+14Guess I'm not part of the gaming world, because I am sure as hell laughing at YOU.
- truspector, on 02/19/2008, -3/+14So penis comparisons are cool but achievements are lame. I don't get you.
- 4LeggedtriPod, on 02/19/2008, -2/+13I see. You're one of those who is has some odd phobia of any kind of advancement and thinks if they didn't have it in your prime they don't need it now.
- daridave, on 02/19/2008, -1/+11It's OK to imitate, but copying ? That would be stupid. The trophies, for example, would make some kind of sense if it's about when you've finished the game, with gold/silver/bronze representing the difficulty level (for example), but if they really do copy achievement points, where it's about special tasks you complete and gain points depending on the complexity of the task, it's quite a pathetic attempt and screams "we don't have any original ideas ourselves, so we'll use everybody else's..." and that itself COULD be excusable, but NOT when you hear the company say retarded comments like "the next generation starts when we say so". Being cocky and copying the competition at the same is the perfect mix to proving that your company is being run by idiots!
- Madhatter73, on 02/19/2008, -1/+10http://www.google.com/patents?id=1LGcAAAAEBAJ
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -6/+15Wow, this is a lot of nonsense.
"This is not an afterthough or copying some other system"
It's not the most blatant copying, but it is very much based on Live achievements. It's just a graphical representation of what was on 360 in 2005.
"Also most devs, despite releasing games before Home, have implemented the ability to tie in their in-game achievements with the Home system as soon as its released"
Most should mean at least 50%. You can count the number of 3rd party games doing this on one hand. Sony is the only one going back and adding Home features to existing games. Some current releases are doing it, like DMC4.
"Sony is really working on a next-gen system for achievements"
The real innovation was the creation of achievements in the first place. They're not the greatest thing in the world, but they're being added to PSN and Steam, so there are obviously people out there that like them.
"All Microsoft did was release a game console first, but its been Sony and Nintendo that showed any real iniciative to offer anything new to the gaming experience, which is why they took a year longer before releasing their systems."
Nintendo added something new - and Sony promptly copied motion control after Nintendo showed it for the first time. Sony's biggest improvement to the PS3 was the addition of Blu-ray, which is a very big deal, but it's not what anyone would call a gaming innovation. That is a purely evolutionary change.
I'll pick up a PS3 when MGS4 comes out, and there are some other cool games to look forward to this year on PS3, but don't lie to yourself about Sony changing gaming with the their interpretation of achievements. - MasterGrief, on 02/19/2008, -1/+10Give enough PS3 owners microphones and that point will quickly erode.
Nothing against you, I'm just saying. - Zoids, on 02/19/2008, -2/+11/facepalm
- bluerei, on 02/19/2008, -0/+9A web threat. Wow, you sure showed him.
It's little 15y/o retards like you with this elitism attitude that give the "gaming world" a bad rep. - xXGeechXx, on 02/19/2008, -2/+10To all PS3 Only owners who find the idea of achievements stupid: They seriously add another layer of fun to certain games, for example I would have never gone back and played COD2 on veteran if there were no acheivements in doing so and I had a gread deal more fun with that game on veteran then I did on normal. If they are implemented propery they really get you do try stuff you might otherwise not... As an owner of all 3 consoles I would gladly welcome achievements to my PS3 as I find a big reason for playing xbox games sometimes is that added bonus
- fadetoone, on 02/19/2008, -1/+9Uncharted pretty much already has achievements... I wonder if they already precoded something in to make the forwards compatible.
But what do I know, my session keeps expiring. - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -2/+10YOU UNLOCKED AN ACHIEVEMENT
You pressed the start button. 1000G - MasterGrief, on 02/19/2008, -4/+12As much as I agree with you, you shouldn't blame someone for trying to do something already established to work. It's only logical.
- thejwac, on 02/19/2008, -1/+8I've avoided World of Warcraft, crack, and nicotine all because I'm highly susceptible to addictive behaviors. You know, things where I get minute rewards after going through turmoil. I know I'm an idiot for this, but honestly, it is hard for me to play games that don't have achievements (think Super Mario Galaxy) because I don't feel rewarded. I'm missing out on some great experiences because of this mentality and I understand that.
I understand that achievements aren't worth anything and in fact, I have only ever gotten one thing for getting achievements which was a free download of the Contra remake on Xbox Live.
I guess I want all games to have achievements or none of them to. - InstantRamen, on 02/19/2008, -3/+10WTf that was a pointless comment you made. Sony can make achievements just was well as Microsoft. it up to the gamers to adopt which one they will like .
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -1/+8Who claimed that things like online leaderboards were invented by Microsoft? Did you take your meds today? I said that they invented achievements, which they did, and Sony and Valve copied it. There's nothing at all wrong with copying a good idea - I was just pointing out the inaccuracies of the OP.
- deaftly, on 02/19/2008, -4/+11I agree totally. With the 360 version of games you get the best online features, rumble and of course achievements which typically can make a game last longer. Crackdown comes to mind, without achievements I would have been done with that game the first week i bought it.
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -3/+10It is a webpage dumbdick.
- HolyChimp, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6That'd be pretty ***** funny...
- deaftly, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Are you going to reply to every post that isnt pro sony? Go outside, get some air.
- SSUK, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Your argument is flawed because every major OS used today has copied ideas from other OSes.
- SSUK, on 02/19/2008, -1/+6The fact they didn't suddenly adopt motion sensitive controllers shortly after Nintendo announced the Wii controller, for one.
- deaftly, on 02/19/2008, -1/+6You're just getting more features for the same price, of course the 360 version is the better choice. I know its hard for the fanboys to admit but its true.
- deaftly, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5You poor poor sad little fanboy. You make me ashamed of even buying a ps3.
- AvidPreatorian, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5ive got a PS3 but ive gotta say that it funny.. you bastard! i love ps3 tho, has great games and yes it makes for a great media center too
- InitialDMP5, on 02/19/2008, -2/+7Spiderman recycled it first. It was created and used in movies and other projects before Spider Man. An example is the movie Equilibrium.
- fani, on 02/19/2008, -3/+7I wish MS could've done something worthwhile with achievements. I love playing games and getting achievements. But its meaningless. They should translate it into free stuff for games.
Get 500 points in Forza can get a set of free downloadable cars, tracks etc.
Get 1000 points in Forza and get a free arcade game etc. etc. etc.
You should have the option to buy them separately too, yes, but make it free with achievements so we have a desire to play more giving MS more gamers for its console. - HolyChimp, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4Then turn off the notifications of them and just ignore them.
- 4LeggedtriPod, on 02/19/2008, -15/+19Oh, look. Sony is coming up with another amazing idea, that they couldn't think of first!
- TrojanGuy, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4They can be, and they should be. You may hate them, but the truth is that for a lot of gamers achievements give them an incentive to keep playing a game they would have otherwise put on the shelf.
- BearinG, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4Will you STFU? Every one of your retard comments gets you dugg down.. Calling people stupid because they get a feature your console doesn't get. Its not even about Microsoft and their gimmick.. Valve has done it and people enjoy it too..
You have a different opinion.. we get it.. you're not gonna convince anyone. - 4LeggedtriPod, on 02/19/2008, -2/+6Sony fanboy. Buried.
- Tserk, on 02/19/2008, -4/+8This is the sort of thing that's totally dumb but fun to talk about. I'd like to see this happen since I beleive achievements do in fact 'steal' sales from ps3 titles. I have both the 360 and the ps3 and when faced with an equal choice (Burnout, COD4) I always go with the 360 version for the utterly meaningless but somehow compelling achievements.
I know, I'm a tool. Go ahead and digg me down for great justice. - dangerdooms, on 02/19/2008, -1/+5The achievements add longevity to the games. Without it, I wouldn't of bothered to go back and beat CoD4 on Veteran the other night (had said game since Christmas.), or complete Ravenholm with only the GG in Half-Life 2...=/
- Juntistik, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4The only loser I see is a person thats spamming all the comments with the same anti-ms crap over and over. If that doesn't make you a loser, I don't know what does.
- lcmatt, on 02/19/2008, -2/+6Xbots? Oh dear.........
- InitialDMP5, on 02/19/2008, -2/+5When I bought the 360, that was the assumption I was under. I thought the points were like Chuck E. Cheese tickets. Get a certain amount in a game and you could score a new car, or new weapon.
Turned out they were worth nothing at all. My 360 died on me and I got rid of it. I don't need worthless points. At least with the PS3 you get a damn trophy room. Not that those are worth anything either. But a trophy room is better then a list of achievements on a page. - daridave, on 02/19/2008, -1/+4Hey, you start achieving when THEY say so, ok ?! /sarcasm
- Escamotage, on 02/19/2008, -2/+5Devil May Cry 4 for the PS3 also has achievements, and it's networked. Therefore, PS3 has online achievements. Douche.
- Frogee, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3I know, that half a second they're on the screen letting you know you've actually done something with your game is pure torture.
/sarcasm -
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