I think half the reason I bought a Vita was cause it meant I could double my trophey earning :P.
It's not something you can judge about a whole group of fans. There are people who take the trophey thing wayyyyyyy to far, I've however enjoyed having a reason to do the stuff in games I'd otherwise never have done. Like playng Uncharted on Crushing I'd never have bothered with, but I actually really enjoy doing it a second time over with the challenge the developers intended. The Mirrors Edge time trials are something else like that too.
I think the idea of them being 'achievement' is silly, but it'd nice to have a sort of chart of all the games you've ever played, how much you played them, what you did etc. I view my trophey list like i do my last.fm music chart, this awesome backlogue of all the music or games I've played and how much I dug them.







