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Achievements, should they stay or go?

Yes 31 29.25%
 
No 13 12.26%
 
Only Sony/Micro should keep them 8 7.55%
 
Nintendo should consider getting them 53 50.00%
 
Total:105
Paatar on 26 January 2015
Barozi said:
I can see what my friends have played, I know what games they've completed.

- I can do that from everywhere
- I know with which people I can talk about what games (general talk, getting help etc.)
- I can do some friendly competition
- I can extend my playtime of games, with things or ways of playing I normally wouldn't do.
etc.


Yeah, all of those are good things. I appreciate this comment.

You see, I only own a 360 and don't have Xbox Live or any friends added so I never really experienced this. Thanks again.



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vivster on 26 January 2015
Paatar said:
vivster said:
Is this a joke with achievements filling up memory?


Its like a penny. One of them is practically nothing. Just like one achievement. But once you start to get a ton of them, they add up. Especially if you are someone who gets games with a ton of achievements and a lot of games. Also, if you don't or can't buy external memory holders, then it really will add up.

So it is a joke, right?

Please read up on relational databases and how many bytes a string of text is worth.



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Barozi on 26 January 2015
Paatar said:
vivster said:
Is this a joke with achievements filling up memory?


Its like a penny. One of them is practically nothing. Just like one achievement. But once you start to get a ton of them, they add up. Especially if you are someone who gets games with a ton of achievements and a lot of games. Also, if you don't or can't buy external memory holders, then it really will add up.

achievements are tiny, like really tiny.
A standard 360 profile is about 2MB of size, my current profile is 89MB with 604 games played and a total of 22792 achievements (it doesn't matter if they're unlocked or not).
That's still low enough to fit on the internal memory of the arcade 360 and/or Wii. On 8th gen console it's even less of a concern. (although the profiles might very well be a bit bigger there)



Barozi on 26 January 2015
vivster said:
Paatar said:


Its like a penny. One of them is practically nothing. Just like one achievement. But once you start to get a ton of them, they add up. Especially if you are someone who gets games with a ton of achievements and a lot of games. Also, if you don't or can't buy external memory holders, then it really will add up.

So it is a joke, right?

Please read up on relational databases and how many bytes a string of text is worth.

well they do add some small pictures.
151 kB per game on my profile for a game. Probably around 3.5 kB per achievement picture or so. (assuming an average of 40 achievements per game)



MoHasanie on 26 January 2015

I really like achievements. They make me want to replay the game and try to get as many as I can. I've liked them ever since I got my first achievement many years ago. I'm not sure why, and I didn't even add any friends on Xbox live when I got that, so it wasn't because I wanted to pass my friends GS or something like that.  But I'm not obsessed with them and usually give up if they're too hard. 



    

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Ultrashroomz on 26 January 2015

Achievements are nice little things, but not something I would die over.

If Nintendo adds an achievement system, I won't really care.

If Sony, Microsoft, or Steam removes achievements, I won't really care.



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Sentient_Nebula on 26 January 2015

I don't care for achievements/trophies. And I pretty much ignore them.

That said, I don't think they should go away... I don't really know how to answer the poll with "yes/no" either.



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Munchies on 26 January 2015

Achievements need to go.

Honestly, while I do enjoy them in some games I play, they just make the experience boringly stupid. I find myself plenty of times playing the games just to unlock a specific achievement and after beating the game, I never pick it up again. It just obliterates every bit of replay value a game has. There's no motivation to replay it after you unlock all achievements.

That's why I dislike Steam. It destroyed me and I'm unable to enjoy my games like I did.



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SjOne on 26 January 2015

Trophies really increase the replayability of games tremendously. Nintendo is missing a golden opportunity to increase software sales by not implementing an alternative



TheGoldenBoy on 26 January 2015

I like trophies and don't completely understand the people against them. If you don't care for them, just ignore them. Nintendo should definitely consider getting them since for some people achievements/trophies are a selling point.  Also, on PS4 you can change your settings so that only you can see your trophies.