well pressing a button to sync to gamercard is no chore. but it should be done automatically.

hopefully a firmware update fixes this

It only does everything...

Except sync trophies 

:)

Well then what's the point of even syncing trophies?

How can anyone not think an ability to automatically sync trophies is bad thing????? I agree Twesterm, its bonkers they haven't implemented the feature yet.

I think this thread would carry more weight if it was coming from a Trophy whore instead of someone who is a self confessed complainer, that's my take on it. It's not that auto syncing is bad, it's just the person complaining.

So it's not that I have a bias against the PS3, it's people have a bias against me!

So what kind of fanboys does that make them?  o.O

Considering you are a Disney Fanboy, they must be Warner Bros. fanboys.

I agree. I've noticed that if you sync regularly then it's pretty fast, implying the longer between updates the more pain you're buying yourself.

However, it does seem like something that could simply 'trickle' in the background - perhaps with a system setting that if you're online the system should sync whenever it can without impacting foreground applications.

I think it's just an example of where the designers where thinking a certain way - in this case store Trophy's locally, then sync only when the user either accesses his Trophy's or his Gamer Card (which are the two triggers I know of) - rather than perhaps taking a different angle from the start, such as how do we make this automatic and transparent to the user.

TBH, although I prefer the XMB approach to 360 dash, I think the 360 OS is better thought out in terms of installs, downloads, etc. with PS3 leaning towards multiple step, user initiated processes such as download then tell me you want to install.

Another approach would be to simply have it sync if the PS3 is powered on, online and not being used. Again this could be a system setting.

Off topic - I'd note that no minor irritant like this comes close for me to the almost Universal 'press button X' to go to the main menu to actually then start or load games. That drives me mad (and the fact it seems to be transferring from consoles to PC versions of games (such as Mass Effect) is only making me madder). WTF do they do that? It's totally against 101 ease of use!

Anyway, short term, the best advice I can give is use your PS3 more and sync more regularly, that way each sync should be shorter! You'll no doubt be loved and adored by the heavy duty PS3 fans on the site.

I'm not too bothered by Trophies myself, but I just got into the habit of checking them at the end of each game session to have short sync times - I go grab a coke or a beer or something and by the time I'm back the sync is done and a I power down.

xD

well if you don't care about what we think then why the heck did you post this thread?

i personally agree though, well i always forget to synch my trophies though i don't use them whats the point ? =s since i know there are billions of people who got them why do i bother?

I was sure people were going to flood the thread saying trophies are worthless so that comment was for them and not the people flooding the thread saying I'm a fanboy for pointing out a flaw. 

I know there are people who have a crapload more trophies than I do, I simply like to admire my collection when I'm not at my PS3.  If I have a few minutes I love either looking at my card or other peoples cards and seeing what they're up to and what they've done.

Quite often on XBL I'll compare achievements with friends just because, I've never really done it with the PS3 since I don't actually know who most of my friends are.  Even on this site I'll often click on peoples gamer cards and look at those.