I love some of the justifications people come up with for this, particularly the people who are trying to define what's fun and what isn't. Because what's fun for some people is fun for everyone else, right?
Also, why would an achievement system prevent unlockables? I must've imagined the numerous 360 games I've played that also have unlockables. They aren't mutually exclusive, so let's stop pretending like they are.
Why is everyone acting like gaming companies are holding guns to the players head where they absolutely have to get every achievement in a game? If an achievement is lame, don't do it. If you don't like achievements, turn notifications off and ignore them. But instead, we sit here and have some people get all preachy and try to dictate to everyone what fun is and that nobody could ever have any fun collecting them or focusing on them in any capacity. Give me a break.
themanwithnoname's law: As an America's sales or NPD thread grows longer, the probabilty of the comment "America = World" [sarcasticly] being made approaches 1.
