PS3 Achievements – What should they be called?

Sony have reiterated that the PlayStation 3 is getting its own version of the Xbox 360s Achievements soon. Originally billed as Trophies, the vice president of the PlayStation Network is now touting them as the hideously titled 'Accomplishments.'

Trophies, Accomplishments, Medals, Entitlements. PlayThree takes a look at what name suits the PlayStation brand best.

[Fishy Fingers]

"point whore rewards"?

Sorry, I'm not a fan of achievements. But I guess a lot of you are and they can help prolong the life of the game for some. But personally, I could live without them quite happily.

[SAND-MAN]

Agree 100%.. the only way i would care about these is if they could be out to use..like buying items in Home or something along that line..

[IntelligentAj]

Acknowledged and Thirded.

[Feihc Retsam]

Or you could directly rip from Miscrosoft, and go with... get ready.... ACCOMPLISHMENTS !!!

You can talk smack all you want, but I'm sure the main reason you guys aren't a fan of achievements is because you don't have an Xbox360. I'm sure someone will dispute that with the same old 'I have All of the consoles!!!! and the PS3 is teh best!!!!'

But that's a lie.
Anybody who games consistently on their 360 knows how great achievements are. They motivate people to explore, and continue to discover new things and play games differently than they would without the achievements.

The fact that SONY intends to incorporate a similar system is a testament to how fantastic the entire concept is.
Once the PS3 has a unified "trophy" system, you can sit there and say you don't like it, but you will be trying to unlock them just like everyone else.

[Bathyj]

How about
Attention Slut Brownies or ASB's.

Actually my first idea was to call them scalps, and everytime you take a scalp you hear an Indian warcry. Still, stills always a chance someone might find that offensive.

[solidt12]

I don't care too much for them but I do have both systems and when I use to play my 360 Achievments changed the way I played the game. I would find my self playing only Ranked online matches in Rainbows Six to unlock more achievement, but when I got Rainbow Six on the PS3 too me it didn't matter what kind of match I played. Achievements didn't make playing more fun just made me play with a certain goal in mind other than what the game was designed for.

This does give some incentive to play through single player games more than once though. For instance I have played through Uncharted on the PS3 twice because I want to find all the treasures to unlock Rewards.

[Silellak]

I love the idea of achievements - a "checklist" of things to do in every game and a rewarding "ding" when you do them. Sort of like the "ding" feeling MMOs players get when they level, except actually fun.

What I don't care for is Gamerscore. I think it promotes people harvesting easy games for easy achievements. I could care less what the dumb number next to my name is - I just enjoy getting as many achievements in a game as possible. It helps me get more bang for my buck, especially in single player experiences.

[Qbanboi]

Man, i like the SAND-MAN idea. Sony totally could use that. I mean, if you get to some amount of Trophy, you could use them and buy chair, paints and stuff from HOME. They win anyway, because people will buy those games, more.

[Foliage]

Remember the good ol' days where instead of unlocking a small piece of text, you would actually unlock game content? You know, the stuff people actually care about?

Some titles have done it recently with some success. Uncharted, God of War, to name a few.

[CaptainHowdy]

--Pokepoints(since you mindlessly try to get them all)
--Cheating-For-Replay-Value-C rowns
--D*Ck Comparing Rewards
--"Your Life....Unlocked...now LIVE it"
--Frustratements
--WHY-Am-I-Doing-This?-Trophi es
--Awards(sponsered by Summer's Eve)
--I-Do-Have-Gaming-"Skil ls"-"Gawwwwddd"!
--Shallow Victory Ribbons
--Wow,-It's-Daylight-Mileston es

[deeznuts]

"Cancelled."

That's what they should do.

[dan-boy]

because ps3 owners don't want them, or see the point in them according to what i've read on here! some guy the other day said that ps3 owners were real gamers, and 360 players are just worried about achievements and gamerscore!! lol

but if they do, they should call them accomplishments... because you can't call them entitlements as it sounds ridiculous unless they are gonna give you something for it. and completing some things is an accomplishment! my opinion on the matter folks!

[k2d]

PROTOTYPE:"You have unlocked a new item [Trophy]: "Stealth Cloak""

[Trophy] -> major achievement, could act as a game asset
[Cash/points]
[Honourific/Title/Rank]
[Medal/Diploma] -> lesser achievement
[Wallpaper]
[Video]
[Music track]
etc.

[Vito4434]

Many would argue that you could spend your time doing something constructive or getting out in the sun. What’s wrong with achievements or keeping track of what you do while gaming, at least you will have something to show for wasted time. Look everyone here is hoping to become a game developer despite low math skills. I am sure you all know of something else you should be doing instead of gaming. Achievements give you a reference point on the old geek-o-meter, it helps you see how much real life your taking part in or missing out on. I think it is a good thing, and yes if my PS3 had it I would play it more.

[HarryEtTubMan]

"better than Failbox 360" Achievements... and free.

Sounds good to me.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

Or...
'Sir Crazy Ken Points'??? ;-D

[sak500]

@kennutucky

So has the next gen finally started? Cuz u finally have rumble after 1 1/2 years (although on a 15year old controller design) and thinking of implementing achievements. Oh but the games still look worse then 2 1/2 year old console. When are we going to see pixar quality graphics running 120fps in 4d?

[venum]

why not trophy. In ratchet and clank there is a trophy room. I'm used to the idea of trophy.
Trophy, achievement is up anybody who want to give a longer lifeline to their game.

[Mr Pumblechook]

Last year when Phil Harrison introduced Playstation Home to the world, he showed us 'Trophies.' We were told it would like the Senate room in the new Star Wars films.

I like Trophies, because everyone knows what a trophy is right? You win it, then you have a physical symbol of success. I want to earn Trophies and display them in my Home space. Now Sony have got me used to the name trophies, I dont want them to change it. Trophies FTW!

[TheExecutive]

I think trophies are going to be reserved for BIG accomplishments in the game. Like 100% completion and stuff like that. The actual rewards are the small time stuff.

[INehalemEXI]

Thats what i thought they were going to call them -> accomplishments

[jwatt]

Please don't call them accomplishments, it sounds too much like achievements. I think trophies will suit just fine.

[sephiroths_revenge]

Actions
Levels

[redninja]

Why not call them accolades? It means the same thing as achievements, has the same number of syllables, AND starts with an "a". You're welcome Sony.

[Corrupt]

!

[meepmoopmeep]

ooooh,

i like this one! you should work for sony man!

anyway, weren't they called tropies?

[Cwalat]

Cash..

simple and easy...

Cash..

how much *cash* did you earn from COD4..

[NOLA]

i can see that. you can then use 'cash' to buy items for HOME...in an ideal world

[beans]

WHy not just achievments and leave it at that!

[Mr Pumblechook]

Microsoft cant stop software companies puting 1000 [Award] points in PS3 games. But they might be able to do something about the Achievements name. Also Microsoft may have a patent on the adding up of the gamerscore...

[dfire1212]

agreed the name is fine. lets get the ball rollin already

[SAND-MAN]

Lol.. If it ends up being called Entitlements.. i will just be embarrassed..lol i will never hear the end of it from my 360 friends..

Anything other than Entitlements..

how about simply...points

how many "points" did u get in COD4?

[BeaArthur]

I don't care what they call them, I just want to see their final format.

[Bigrhyno]

Worthless

Don't care

E-peen

I spent my whole weekend doing every stupid thing in this game when I could have been having fun playing another game or doing something productive (might be a little too long)

False sense of accomplishment

[kingjkv]

How about seizures?
"How many seizures did u get playing COD4 campaign?" SOunds good to me. "Which seizure did u unlock in RCTOD?"

[timmyrulz]

A"thief"ments

[PopEmUp]

RROD Honor

[heyheyhey]

what about:

Astop-complaing-because-you-k now-EVERY-company-copies-every- other company-and-acheivements-weren 't-exactly-original-eitherments

[Iron Man 2]

LOL what about HDMI wasn't needed?;)

[lawman1108]

or I steal your $hit? we don't have an original thought in our head?

[Superiorrior]

Rumble is last gen, but just because it is doesn't mean we can use it this gen, it's part of the immersion process, same with motion sensitive controls, I don't know what your getting at lawman, but you always say the dumbestshit anyway.

[ravinshield]

oblivion...4.6gb required
sony may cry 4...4.7gb-20 min install
full auto 2...1.7gb required
spider man 3...2.3gb-five min install
hot shot golf...5gb-five min install
skate...2.5gb--five min install
wwe smackdown vs raw 2008....2.3gb required
F.E.A.R...2.5gb required
NBA 07....3gb-ten min install
lost....3.6gb---six minute install
conflict denied ops...2.5gb required
beowulf---2.5gb---five minute install
GT prologue--5349MB..13 minutes install
Quake=4.1 GB install
NOW GTA 4...5 min install.

Thats more than 45 GIGS.WOW.hope you didnt buy a 40 gig
Well all i got to say is
WAIT B3YOND

[tweaker]

I thought "Accomplishments" was the dubbed the official name for this reward system. IMO trophies sound better and unique.

[meepmoopmeep]

it was called that for DMC4, don't know if it's the standard term or not.

[ScottEFresh]

What about "Achievements are for douche bags and we don't need them"

[sabbath420]

If you did not need or want them sony would not be thinking about them. You (sony fans) have wanted it and complained to sony plenty.

[rawd]

Yawn's

[timmyrulz]

Sony wants them, so looks like sony are douche bags eh!

[liquidsnake]

What the hell is achievments?

[rawd]

Stupid gimmicks to keep Xbots minds off the fact they own a ticking time bomb DVD-omg-awesome-playing doorstop

[liquidsnake]

Bubbles up Rawd ;).

[SilPho]

Trophies, Rewards or Accomplishements are OK with me. I just want the system to launch. It would be nice if it was a requirement, but Sony want to remain an "open" platform, so the fewer rules and regulations the better.

[Maldread]

Wins ?... No... Victories ?...No...Slam Dunks ?....No........ mother f*cking awesome super fantastical mindblowing sh*t unlocked... could work...

Or then again...trophies and medals sounds about alright ;)

[Booyah]

I like the sound of "Medal".

[simplicity]

Awards? Or is that just too straight forward.....does it have to be more complicated and pretenious than that.

thesaurus.com > search "reward", suggests....

accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, brownie points, bus fare, carrot*, chip, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies*, gravy*, grease*, guerdon, honor, just deserts*, meed, merit, palm oil, perk, perks*, plum*, premium, prize, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes*, subway, sweetener*, sweetening, tip, wages.

I quite like gravy....

[Andronix]

I like your list. Maybe we should choose the worst name possible? Renumeration is at the top of the list with Entitlements for worst name. Awful AWFUL.

Xbox 360 Achivements & PS3 Renumerations! LOL!

[Maldread]

Goodies* sounds fun though...brownie points.. also fun hehe

[InMyOpinion]

From your list I'd vote for Punishments.

After going through one of those infamous endurance races in Gran Turismo you would get: "Punishment Received!".

[fenderputty]

;D HAHAHHA

My friend and his GF would trade off on those races. Each would play for 30 min and then trade off while the other did whatever it was they wanted. I almost always finish GT games up to the endurance races and then just say F' it.

[InMyOpinion]

I kinda like the idea of having challenges like that in games though =) In some disturbing, masochistic way...

[DragonKnight]

Bounty. Gives it a nice pirate ring to it. Actually, that would be booty wouldn't it?

They should consider those.

"You've unlocked the 'Pwned a n00b' bounty, 1000 points".

[cooljmac]

Completion Points

[Ghoul]

masters

of the psn

[crunchie101]

I say go with Insomniac's, and call them 'skill points' linked to a Skill points card - with smaller, 5-10 point skill points being medals, and bigger 50-100 skill points being trophies.

[Shadow Flare]

You're right. Skill points is the best name

[Tragedy]

As i understand the system:
"Accomplishments" are copy of Achievements. Its just point based system. Trophies will be something above this "A" system and Trophies will be rewarded for something more special than "kill 10 zombies with chainsaw". You collect "Trophy" for something like: completing entirely game, beating game on hardest difficulty... etc.

[TheExecutive]

correct.

[Hydrolex]

comon people,

Do you play video games to collect points ? Imagine you have 100000000 points, now what ?

[fenderputty]

Bringing it to the PS3 should be welcomed even if you don't see the need.

Trophies are fine by me.

[whoelse]

Rewards... aww i dont really care what they're called.

[heyheyhey]

how about Get a Life Points?

every 1000 you get, your console will switch off for a week to enable you to aquire some friends

only joking- Trophies sounds good

[Mr_Bun]

lmao...that was funny, I also enjoyed your 2.2 comment

[Raspinudo]

Why not call them Skill Points?

[brothersimon]

lol @ ps3 copyin achievments

[Corrupt]

So, lol @ Xbox copying achievements?

[brothersimon]

where? what?

[Ali_The_Brit]

LOL at original xbox copying PS2

[BeaArthur]

Well since the physical embodiment is supposed to be a trophy, I don't see why they don't just stick with trophies.

[Shadow Flare]

What about 'You-know-things-break-ments'

[BLUR111]

how about sonyfanboys-ruined n4g-ment's

[Superiorrior]

Xbox fanboys sealed there fate this time last year, now it's time , and pay backs a b!tch, so sit down and shut up.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

How about "Grillments"? or maybe "ErrorCodeofDeathments&qu ot; or how about "waitingments" or "Lastplacements" ?

Not sure but this is kinda fun.

And yes "xbots" we sealed our fate last year at this time by staying ahead and kicking the POS3 ass in install base and better games so now the payback of whining and crying from butthurt fishheads is our cost. It is well worth it! g gg gg gg

[BLUR111]

DOM, WHAT U TALKING ABOUT PS3 JUST WASNT THAT HOT LAST YEAR AT ALL. and now its all about bashing the 360 on here 90% of the time and not as much news

[Shadow Flare]

Yet the ps3 outsold the xbox 360 in 2007.
Hmm, get your facts straight blur

[BLUR111]

Oh... and where did your fact of this come from. you know how many differnt numbers of sales ive seen. they all seem to look too fanboyish than a fuc'n fact! and yea when a product is sold through 3 markets and 2 then the one selling in 3 will sell more forget facts guy. use some common sence Shadow.

[Keowrath]

MAD SKILLZ!... ?

[Michael Jackson]

Call them REWtARDS. Hahaha!

But seriously. Hmm.. Call them PS Score. It rhymes with PS Store.
Oh and when you unlock something, it'll say: "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU JUST SCORED!"

[Mike134nl]

they can call it whatever they want Awards, thropies just be done with it and stick to one name

[Rob79]

The one thing I can not believe has not been mentioned and the most positive thing, would be Accomplishments, yes it may be long, but you can easily take that down to "Comps" just think you achieve something and then get a comp good for PSN downloads, home, etc. This would give not only braggin rights but an actual reward also to the players plus it sounds really good. Comps! for the win!!!

[TheExecutive]

Accomplishments is a good term.

[callahan09]

I am all for a way to display your trophies so friends can see them and so I can see my friends', but an arbitrary score attributed to each trophy that combines into a total aggregate "score" of my videogaming accomplishments... that really doesn't appeal to me at all. In fact, I'd prefer it not be there. Being able to prove to my friends that I've done certain things in certain games is awesome, but when you introduce numbers into the mix, I feel that it encourages people to play games they wouldn't even touch otherwise, and in my opinion, that's bad for the industry. It ends up rewarding developers for poor or mediocre work because people either buy or rent their games just so they can increase the stupid little number that's associated with their avatar. And yeah, people renting games does increase sales, because the more popular a title is with a rental house, the more copies they need to purchase so they can accomodate the demand for that title.

Anyway, I love how it's done in PAIN, where there are specific things you can do and some of them unlock new attributes within the game, and each accomplishment is represented by a drawing of a trophy specific to the task completed. It's very nice and keeps me going back to that game. I also like how it's done in Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Uncharted, where the more trophies/accomplishments you acquire, the points go towards unlocking cool extras within the game. Just give me Home and a display case in my "home" and let me put all my trophies from all those games in there, and I'll be happy as can be.

[Kirstenlottesovs]

why not just keep it simple :P Points!
Points unlocked: 100% Expert song completed - (20p)
you could also use them as PSN Home credits, and buy stuff with em..

[PirateThom]

Unlockments.

[INehalemEXI]

lol

[DragonKnight]

LMAO

[thewhoopimen]

Lets call the achievements... RickRollers!~~ And everytime you achieve a 'rickroller' this plays:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Trick Nolte]

Rickrollers!!!!!!!!! LMFAO. This is obviosly not being taken seriously and thats AWSOME. Kee'em coming guys :) Never gonna gIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I IIIVE

IIIIIIIIIVEEEEEEEEEEE

[DragonKnight]

ROFLMAO!!! Bubbles dude. I needed a good laugh like that. That would be awesome if that happened. Play's the rickroll song for every one unlocked. I'd be LMAO'ing everytime.

They should let you make your own custom sounds for when you unlock one, I'd so use the rick roll song for that.

[avacadosnorkel]

If they are unlocked to win something they might as well call them awards

[Citizen Cook]

HA HA HA HA!

[Jay Bomb]

Accolades

[Bladestar]

PS Points... Playstation Points... if they are going to use it to buy stuff at home.. call it Credits...

I don't think achivements is trademark... I mean if Sony is able to implement the whole xbox achivement regardless of how you call it... then it means microsoft can't do anything to them legally...

Also the whole trophy concept is dumb... since it has to be something that can be easly accessable without having to be in the Home virtual world... on xbox live I can see my achivements or someone else's even while playing a game... a 3D room full of trophies where I have to walk into and find and see them can become crowded very quickly... imagine thousands of trophies.... your Home place will look like a garage...

ohh and yeah... for those saying that achivements are a stupid idea... why is Sony tring so hard to add some of the features that xbox live on the xbox 360 had on day one? like achivements, ingame message and cross game voice chat? If achivement are so stupid what would you call Sony for adding something stupid to their system?

[supremacy]

no actually, i remember phill show a trophy icon on the xmb, so this means that you can check your trophies outside of home, except they wont be model in 3d or something.

also i think sony should really look at this in many different ways, like for example they can do something like this...

trophies is what you will get whenever you get a certain something done in a game aka achievements.

2. now say you get a certain amount of trophies, this amount would than be labeled as an accomplishment.

3. and finally but not lease for every dozen accomplishments, you get something called REWARDS, now REWARDS are simply points, credits, that can be used to buy things from home or of the store or REWARDS could also come in the form of an add-on for a certain game or games, decals, soundtrack, items to use for your apartment in home or your avatar as well.

so it will be a 1 2 3 step procedure thus overcoming Microsoft's idea.

so again. trophies, accomplishments, and rewards can all co-exist in this order. if done right that is.

[DragonKnight]

Awesome ideas. Sony should listen to them. Maybe post them on the playstation blog.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

Achievements that auctally do something...who cares what the name is

[creeping judas]

but I would think trophy would be the best

"you just received your 100 enemy kill trophy"
"you just received your completed the game on insane level trophy"

"you have received 10 out of the 35 trophies for this game"

sounds good to me.

[InMyOpinion]

How about "Consolation Prizes"?

[PSWe60]

Trophies work for me

[bootsielon]

lawman1108, BLUR111, timmyrulz, and brothersimon hop on the bus for retarded children because it's late for "special school" and they don't give a sh1t anyway?

[ps3-360-wii123]

making fun of retarded people? your f$%ked up get a life bud i really hope sony fans arent all like this....stop giving them a bad name your making them look like jackasses

[Mr_Bun]

...Down Syndrome is so hot right now!

[lawman1108]

And I LIKE IT!!!!! ps. YOUR Mom LOVES retarted people. Tell her I'll be over Friday

[BLUR111]

@14.2 lmao

[Mr_Showtime1]

It doesnt really matter what they call it, people will still refer to them as achivements, the same way people refer to PSN IDs as Gamertags

[sabbath420]

How do you figure that 1 bud? The original xbox started the good stuff man... Hard drive, sony copied. Live, sony copied. Custom sountracks, sony is still trying to copy that 1. 4 controller ports on the console rather than a splitter. Better graphics, sony waited for ps3.

[heyheyhey]

"hard drive, Sony copied"

errrr.. WRONG

maybe if you said standard HDD, but you could put a HDD in the PS2 (which came out a year earler, in case you forgot)

every company copies every other company, get over it

just because the other company had it first, doesn't mean it becomes any less of a feature

[Varsarus]

Exactly, I can just say the 360 stole the home button of the psp, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

[ps3-360-wii123]

ozzy rocks bubbles for you

[Superiorrior]

A network interface is standard practice, but what are you talking about, PS2 had online gaming, same with the orignal Xbox, hard drive? Like another person mentioned WRONG, standard hard drive yes, first hard drive no, It's a disgrace that you use sabbath's name as an alias, but true to be told even in the state Ozzy is in and his bandmates I'm sure they're no where near as retarded as you.

[Ovidius]

Life points! If you get over 10,000 you have no life! And 10,000 points is hard to get...

In all seriousness, how about just Accomplishments, or something. We should be able to buy content from the PS store depending on how many points we have, and home content as well.

[gen1680]

Call it Bling!

[himdeel]

They could call them Omega points!

[Z501]

ghey points.
No?

[Relientk77]

so far from the names people are saying and names the website gave.. i think trophy/trophies sound the best ... but i wonder what Sony will call em

[perils]

dissa points. but hold on lets be serious here for a minute! i for one dont really care as i think the way the xbox points whatever they are called are a bad thing cos lazy devs can go "hey our game is sh!t but lets put some "awesome" points in it for people to unlock and who knows they might buy it". i can live without em. god knows ive done fine up until this point!

[Trick Nolte]

GOOD 1. I just sugested brownie points and then looked up and seen this. I'm trumped :)

[mccomber]

How about ePeens? Or, they could really tick off the xbox owners and call them cheevos, since that isn't what MS itself calls achievements.
Honestly, I don't care what they're called, just as long as they show up with Home before the PS4 is announced.

[Trick Nolte]

and call me uninterested. i dont need all this extra effort for doing this and doing that just to find an award, I like beating games and getting unlockables and thats all thats required IMO. I want to play my games how I want to play them. SO.. now you beat a game and your score or grade is affected because you didnt find all 500 awards or whatever. This is one thing I can live without. However they should just call'em BROWNIES(LOL). Sony Brownie Points 4 EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[LiquifiedArt]

Trophies or Artifacts

Tangiable things are alwasy better then vaunge untangible things. Home is the perfect reason to make them tangible.

[Covenant]

"Trophies" sound good...not exactly the same as "achievements," but it still carries a sense of accomplishment and reward.

[LiquifiedArt]

TROPHIES = Best possible name (tangible HOME object or virtual certificate for smaller feats.)

TROPHIES!!
TROPHIES!!
TROPHIES!!
TROPHIES!!
TROPHIES!!
TROPHIES!!

Its a gamer friendly term. It sounds "FUN" and it sounds like you can show them off.

[Trick Nolte]

"Gifts"? this is cool because it doesnt necessarily have to be a "Trophy" it could be anything... game related clothes for your Pii character... a Kratos statue for Home. A Heavenly Sword to hang on your Home wall, game related Home furniture... etc. Now if they did it this way I'm all 4 it. But just the points to boast your gamer score..MEEEEEEEEEEH. N besides who the fugg doesnt like gifts?

[ps3-360-wii123]

definitly trophies ...accomplishments sound way to much of a rip off
of achievments despite alot of sony fans on HERE lying and saying they dont like acheivements and saying there stupid its good to see that sony gives people what they want

[beans]

Ok if achievements can't be used then why not completion points! If you find a trophy you get completion points also or if you achieve something you get completion points!

[tomfoolery]

but this is highway robbery!
Get your own ideas Sony!
I remember all the crap dumbsh1t Kaz was spouting at a gaming conference
or something a year ago or so,stating how they(Sony)couldn't shake these
guys(MS)in his usual arrogant tone.......in other words saying MS was copying them.

Now look!

Flippin Japs crack me up.

tom

[sabbath420]

Dirty japs!

[LiquifiedArt]

"You've just recieved your 10 Kill Streak Trophy!" - COD4
"You've just recieved your Master Artifact Collector Trophy!" - Uncharted

"You've just recieved your Offensive Team Lead Trophy!" - Warhawk

etc...

It just sounds really good guys...and its very very "Gamer friendly"

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Come on, just call them "rip-off's" and get it over with.

[liquidsnake]

Just shove that giant enemy crab up your behind

[Saint Sony]

Discoveries
Cookies
Goals

.. or how about Rip Offs.

[proArchy]

They should call the smaller accomplishments "Medals" and the larger accomplishments "Trophies". If they make these things worthwhile, and actually have a use, thats the only way i'll even care. I see the Trophies showing up as items in Home. They showed us a preview of that in the last update with the bubble machine. Each game should have 3 or 4 actual trophies/medals that can be clothing/accessories for your avatar (your avatar should have a slot(s) for equipable items) or furniture/arcade games for your Home space. There will still be several textual rewards that mimic the current 360 model. The Warhawk area alledgedly has something like a sandbox that shows the maps. You can place pieces and draw lines to plan out team strategies. THAT would make for a worthwhile accomplishment. Obviously that would be a higher ranked one, perhaps for being promoted to General or something. I'm indifferent as to how much a Gamerscore really matters to me, but if i could be one of the few running around Home and blasting people (is for fun) with a Ryno-9000 that was my ultimate trophy for "Unlocking all Medals in Ratchet and Clank Future", well that would be totally worth the hours of cracking down and completing all the challenges in the game.

[Descendant]

I was okay with just trophies, but in the end I just play games I care about; I don't play for achievements....

[ropelli90]

how about "riXB 360ffchievements" (<=rip offchievements, in case you didn't catch it...), sorry fanboys if I hurt you, just attack me with your jokes about RROD and we're even...

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

"copies" DX

Actualy from experience on the 360, might aswell call them "drugs".

[Winters89]

Skill points?

[sabbath420]

I was talking to 9.3 that started the copy thing. "LOL at original xbox copying PS2" Pay attention. And the person that mentioned ozzy's state at the moment... you obviously have no clue. Ozzy has been sober for over 3 years now and is in quite good shape. As for the rest of BLACK SABBATH they are great also. And sound awesome together again. I even met OZZY last year at OZZFEST fool.

[heyheyhey]

isnt that the one where he started squirting water at people?

anyway if there's one thing that i agree with you about- its that the Oz truly is a freakin legend

[andron]

But overall I no big fan of the achievements system. Doesn't really care if it comes to PS3 or not.

[f789790]

Or does Microsoft somehow have a patent on that. What would it have to say?

[sak500]

Pieceof$hitments.