I'm pretty baffled by how achievements (and later trophies) have changed the landscape. My friend at work let me borrow the first Motorstorm when I got my PS3 Slim and I don't even want to play it because it DOESN'T support trophies. I almost get a "what's the point" feeling about a game if it has no achievements or trophies. That's kind of sad and hard to admit, but it's true.
I think it's because in the past you would finish a game, and the only thing you could really do was brag to all your friends about how you just beat so and so game. Now you can brag to your friends AND they can look at your achievements/trophies in the game and see exactly how you did compared to how they did. Another example: My brother and I are always neck and neck on achievement points, so when one of us passes the other, we always make it a point to call and talk trash.
It just makes things more fun, even though it's all pretty meaningless in the end.
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