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MontanaHatchet on 04 September 2008
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twesterm said:
MontanaHatchet said:
So you're not going to buy the PS3 version because it's missing a feature that is really only a bonus? I like achievements too, but I'm not going to completely discard buying the Wii or PS3 version of a game just because they don't have something that's completely pointless. For shame, for shame.

And the reason trophies won't be included is because Sony has done as good a job convincing developers to include them as Tom Cruise has convinced the world that he's not gay.

 

That bonus is important to me.  I like achievements and I like trophies because I just like those things.  I don't remember what it's called, but there are something like 5 different gamer types

Explorer

Social

Collector

Murderer

...something else I don't remember and there may actually be more, whatever.

Anyways, I'm a collector.  I love collecting things.  Achievements are great things to collect and trophies will be great to collect once I finally get some games that support them.  Open world doesn't concern me much.  I'm not a social person.  Killing things is fun but that's not why I play games.  I just like to collect things. 

So while achievements or trophies may not bother you, they are a deciding factor for me just like downloadable content might be a deciding factor for someone else but not really for me (I see that as _just_ a bonus).

Fair enough. I see myself as a perfectionist, and I guess that would lend itself to the "Collector" category. I LOVE achievements, but that doesn't decide anything for me. Hell, I could buy cheap, crappy games like The Simpsons Game with incredibly easy achievements to boost my score if I wanted to. Or I could buy dozens of old, budget priced 360 games selling for 20 bucks just to boost my score, regardless of how difficult it is to get the achievements. For me, it comes down to which controller I prefer to play with, and call me crazy, but I actually prefer the Dualshock family.

Although I think you're right in your other post that people do buy games for achievements. Seems like a complete waste of money, but I won't judge.