is completely ignorant and wrong. You stopped typing before you finished the sentence. I look through achievments as something to try and complete if I am bored and have no new games. Typically it is no different than if a friend suggests I try something stupid in a game.

Well I spent 30 hours playing GeoW 2 online despite not particularly liking it so that I now have 1175 points for it...

no i hate them wish they never had them

they make me do insane things in a game

i try to do them b/c now with home and online gaming im afraid i'll get made fun of by others who see my profile for not have to many trophies

i do the ones that are manageable

Yes Achievements add a lot to a game for me.

I think it s a good way to make you play more and ad replay value

so yeah, 100% like it

I like GOOD achievements they make me think of playing the game differently. I am not a gamer score but but if its fun and doable I usually try to get the achievement. The sandbox games were I need to track down 100 flags are not ones I go for a waste of hours and not having much fun doing it. Gears seriously 2 achievement not for me.

I do like the achievements if done well they add something fun to the game.

I think PS3 is finally on board making trophies in games mandatory, MS was smart to come up with the 1000 achievement points for retail games and 200 for XBLA games and also REQUIRE every game to have them.

not in the least

No. Why would they? They're nothing but a gimmick to get players to overplay their games as fast as possible, hit an illusory "wall" where there is supposedly nothing left to do, and then rush out to buy new games for MOAR POINTS.

Replay isn't profitable, and Achievements/Trophies are the cure. Quite a brilliant one too, if the attach rate of the 360 is any indication. It's a shame that it's had such a harmful effect on those markets, even if it was predictable.

they are nice in a sense that they prove you've done something, and I can see alot of players really getting into that. The only achievement I'd care about is a "clocking the game" one (ie beating the main story), everything else is meh.