Stamps, trophies, and achievements.

[Rafie]

Hiku said:

pbroy said:

Achievements came first, are on all 360 games from the start, started the fad.

Trophies became after Achievements took off. Most of the launch games don't have them.

Something coming first does not mean it's better than the other though. The person who came up with it first certainly deserves much more credit than the one who copied it. But as for the system itself, what makes them better or worse is a completely different matter. The first TV set the standard for all the TV's today. But I still find my "42 LCD with color better than the "15 black and white thing from nearly a century ago.

Achievements does its job, but the Trophy system takes things one step further. You have Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum trophies, where the rarity of each trophy is assessed against all other PSN players.

Getting a Trophy that only 2% of players have gotten can make you feel like you're part of an exclusive group of players. This is what the Achievement system set out to do all those years ago; give you those bragging rights and instill that sense of accomplishment.
And the way that Bronze, Silver and Gold trophies are split up in difficulty makes it easier to compare them with other users. The Platinum trophy in itself is also something that stands out with Trophies compared to Achievements.
Moreover, on Xbox One they allow you to gain achievements from simply watching movies on apps, or using certain functions on the Xbox One, which kinda makes the system lose some of its purpose when people can gain points from things like that.

Thanks you and I agree with this. Well as far as someone coming out with something first. If we want to be technical, there were PC in game achievements on specific games before there were achievements on 360. So they weren't the first to do it. Just the first to do it on consoles. However, we can expand that to many other features that came out first here and there. That holds little bearing and is irrelevent. It's really preference of why achievements/trophies are better than another. Regardless of the specifics, it's one's opinion. Certainly not because it came out first.

Personally I love trophies better because of the platinum. The rarity doesn't really concern me. However, I like achievements better for arcade games. Both are good imo.