Which is better - xbox achievements or ps3 trophies?

[fauzman]

twesterm said:
Achievements.

Trophies are neat but Achievements are so much simpler and just get the point across better. I look at a friend on my PS3 and see they're a level 6...well what does that mean compared to me? How long until I reach level 6? I look at a friend on XBL and I see they have 20,000 points and I know what that means compared to me.

You raise an important point. The rank is based on a points system with different points being allocated for the 4 different trophy types. 

Personally i dont care about the ranking system and how that compares to others. For me, its about getting the trophies themselves and completing to 100% aka getting the platinum. This is why i kinda like the trophy system and not the achievements - getting a platinum is equivalent to getting 100% complete in a game (i.e. a measure of how well you did in a game) whereas the achievements only gives total points without any indication of how they were achieved in individual games.

Guess, in the end it comes down to personal taste and maybe which console you started out on.