Trophies have nearly ruined gaming for me.

[GribbleGrunger]

I totally understand where you are coming from. Hopefully Sony will be able to implement this patent at some point:

'Sony's Latest Patent Could Bring Trophies to Older Games'

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/03/sonys_latest_patent_could_bring_trophies_to_older_games