I dunno...when an achievement pops-up (from youtube videos I've seen) it's always understated, where as Trophies are bulky but make up for that by popping up in quieter times during gameplay.

Has anyone noticed that? If you earn a trophy during a chaotic moment of game play that requires attention, the trophy icon seems to wait till things calm down before popping up. Or is that just me?

I don't mind achievements because theres no bronze/silver/gold/platinum to them. I just want to play.

How does a trophy differ/hinder your play?

nothing is stopping your from playing the game, it's just like with achievements you get rewarded for fulfilling certain criteria when you play like normal, but with trophies especially the platinum one, this is a marker that you've actually completed a game, hell it's a an awesome reward for completist like my self.

But like I said before this in no way impedes you from playing the game like normal, hell if you wanted to you can half play the game or just play the first 10min and call it a day…it’s really up to you, so really I don’t really know why your complaining….then again…your one of those fucking annoying trolls that roams around VGchartz uncontrolled.

No its not that, I just don't want other people to give me grief on the types of trophies I get. Im more a rent once and throw away kind of guy for most games, so a distinction between the types of trophies doesn't favour me. This is especially true of the PS3 where I don't tend to keep the exclusive games because they don't suit me long term.

i really dont understand this part...regardless of the system it would of had the same rewards as any other game.   if on playstation, avatar would of had the same amount of trophies as any other game...and equally retarded goals.

It's funny that they wrote a rebuttal without even understanding the topic they were writing about... The score values for achievements are commensurate with the type of trophy you get, and anyone viewing your achievements can see what ones you got, and how many points they were worth (same as trophies, I believe, but I think the only game I have that gives trophies is LBP... I haven't checked to see if they "backloaded" them onto some of my older games). Additionally, getting achievements in many games unlock content in the game, gamerpics, and other items, rather similar to trophies. Additionally, since the developer of the game assigns the achievements/trophies, they tend to be the same across multi-plat releases... A 5 point achievement/bronze trophy for completing a tutorial level, or a 100 point achievement/platinum for beating a game on the hardest difficulty. Hmmm... what's the difference, other than the fact that Sony has to catch up a bit on integrating them into the interface a bit more (I couldn't honestly tell you my "trophy score" or even where to go to find out what ones I have, whereas the Xbox ones, being a feature planned form jump, have almost been "in your face" at times).

Kind of silly altogether, and the response to the article is sad in the "ours is better!!" fanboyism present.

It's a growing part of the PS3 experience that will probably be better implemented next gen. That's about all there is to say about it.

ignore it then, I mean it's the same when people griefing those with low gamerscores on the 360, either that or explain your situation to them......but then again you could also remain a PC and wii exclusive gamer since these type of e-penis systems don't exist on them...really your open to many options out there.

Agreed. For example, Fallout 3 vs. Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Beat me to it because I got to wordy... Yeah, the person writing the article expertly illustrated their complete ignorance of the topic.  They tried to be professional, but came off as a mewling fanboy.   Someone got ruffled because "Sony wasn't doing somethign as well as Microsoft", so they went off half-cocked and made an ass out of themselves with misinformation.