Sony Copied Microsoft, But Where Is The Backlash?

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shio said:

Onyxmeth said:

shio said:
"achievements" have existed on games since the dawn of time, way before Microsoft started using them, so I can't even see your argument.

How many games had unlockable achievements before Microsoft started this? A handful maybe? How many platforms had mandatory achievements that connected the achievements of all games through a central system? The only three systems I know of in existence are the achievements system on 360, the trohy system on PS3, and the achievement system on Steam. I know PS3 came last(hehe...that sounded dirty). When did Steam do theirs?

 

So you agree that Microsoft didn't invent achievements then?

Microsoft did invent the concent of platform-wide achievements.  I challenge you to name a console or PC distribution platform like Steam (which got achievements over 2 years after the 360 shipped with that feature) that did it earlier.  Trophies are a copy of Achievements, not a copy of "the general idea of unlockables" - PS3 games already had unlockables like games have had for years, what they did not have was a system-wide recognition system visible to you and your friends - which Xbox did - and they copied.  So what, no one's saying it was a bad idea.