Not buying games because achievements is like paying a hooker to hug her in a friendly manner. There's nothing wrong with it and I respect it, but damn you're missing the point.

oh my, poor the woman that marry you. You need to decide what is the best for you, and really the Wii U wasn't one of those.

I have the backward problem, I stopped having fun with my games when I started to pay attention to the trophies. I usually take advantage of my games, I tried to get many things but I did it at my own page, and almost never play it more than once, but now when I start a PS3 game I just go directly to a trophy website and try to find the shortest route to get them all in the fastest possible way. So I realized I was not playing for the fun of it anymore, and it made me sad.

Now that I have my Wii U, I am playing to have fun again, and when I try to reach the "100%" of a game is what I say is the 100%, which means getting all the weapons, secret worlds and finishing just once in the medium difficulty, not what the trophy system tells me what is the "full game" for them.

 lol What? Where do video games come into marriage? XD

I bet its cause it doesn't have enough mario games. I think that's the real reason.

Not enough Mario games. If only it would release more mario games, then the Wii U could finally take off.

I like trophies/achievements, they do motivate me to keep playing the game longer and in different ways. However, it should not be the sole motivator towards playing games. That's just silly.

No. He has a point. Microsoft forever changed the amount of time gamers spend gaming with the achievement system. Sony upped the ante with the Trophy system which works you up to a platinum so you can show off your trophies to other players. It doesn't motivate one to play a game, it motivates people to keep games and become a completionist.

 See people, S.T.A.G.E. get's it.

So is a dick contest?

 Nah, PC gaming is a dick contest lol