IGN says Sony's trophy system will walk all over Xbox 360's achievements

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NJ5 said:

bobobologna said:
Both Home and Gamerscores/Trophies are both useless in my opinion. Gamerscore really isn't an extension of "high scores." Leaderboards are highscores. A high Gamerscore just means you have a ton of time on your hands, and you play a lot of shitty games to boost your score.

Agreed on gamerscores, but trophies/achievements give you additional reason to play the game and try to achieve some set objective besides the ones you have to achieve to finish the game. I don't think they're useless.

 

 

Oh yea, don't get me wrong, I don't think there's anything wrong with people trying to get 1000/1000 for a game they own.  It gives a great incentive to play the game a certain way or to try certain things in the game, which is great.  I personally am not interested in that sort of stuff unless with some exceptions (MGS4 emblems).

I think it's pathetic though when people are buying games like Avatar: The Last Air Bender and those Burger King games SOLELY to boost their gamerscore.  And that's why I don't think Gamerscore is a good indication of whether or not you are good at games, while a high score in a game generally is a direct correlation of how good you are at that game.  Gamerscore is less about skill, than about time and willingness to play shitty games.