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Trophy is Money, Developers are earning money on the trophy system

Why it makes sense for developers to support the Trophy System.

Trophy is money for the developers

It makes a lot of business sense for companies to support the new Trophy System. We will talk about that after a brief introduction to the trophy system.
The trophy system may be a gimmick for gamers like you and me because it makes us go through the game and try to unlock all the secrets in order to obtain all the trophies...

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chaosatom5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

I am guessing they have to priotize E3 over this, but after E3, there is no excuse.

COD4 even has achivements from xbox. They don't actually have to create new things like Ratchet or Uncharted people do because they don't already have pre-defiened acheivements.

Another thing he forgot to mention. Developers who SUPPORT trophies get respect from gamers and will support future games.

It's gives a reason to build a loyal fanbase and raise their reputation. *cough EA*

toughNAME5790d ago

Like it or not, Achievements add a huge amount of replay value.

It took Sony awhile...but they have finally enter the current gen.

DrWan5790d ago

i agree with u, for some reason i think this will have probalby a bigger impact than achievement. not trying to dump down on it, i give it alot of credit for being the predecessor. But the whole leveling system and platinum that u can only get after u unlock EVERYTHING is a really really big deal for hardcores.

Serg5790d ago

I actually considered buying SSHD for it, though I decided to wait until my MGS4 80 GB Bundle arrives, and sell my 40 gig PS3. Article is correct, this adds a huge replay value, therefore the market for used games will be smaller then, at least this is a logic analysis, could turn out wrong but personally I would dig out every game I once bought to raise my Trophy count. Therefore people like me will prove this theory right.

thor5790d ago

I'm sorry toughname, that you get so many disagrees and a guy who agrees with you gets agrees... fanboyism has gone too far I'm afraid.

Back on topic, I do agree, but what I'll always say is that there have been "skll pints" in games since spyro the dragon 1 and maybe before, what's more, uncharted, resistance, and ratchet and clank, maybe a few more, had a system like achievements, they just didn't add up over different games. To me it's not that different.

Meus Renaissance5790d ago

There is no way in hell am I going to replay GTA4 to earn Trophies. I'm like 50 hours into that game easily and still just about over half way through

DrWan5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

i hear u lol. is it just me..or..hm maybe i shoud'nt say this, i dont know how u guys will react. but i think the game is boring (dont hit me, just a personal opinion)! Sometimes the freedom of 'sandbox games' makes me..feel like i actually doing more of the same thing :(

Meus Renaissance5790d ago

I haven't played it for weeks. The side missions you have to do just are too much and get boring.

Silogon5790d ago

Since I am the new Games Blow allow me to take a page from his book "the fake one not the real one"

"Trophy's, outside of a few 3rd party games, will be relegated to Ps3 exclusive games only. 3rd party is not on board with them like Sony wants you to think." Games blow: excerpt taken from the Sony blog

I thought I could play the part the best I could. I actually agree with him, though. I mean, me.

DrWan5790d ago

I see, i guess the 3rd parties won't support it then? We'll see. i hope they do though

jams_shop5790d ago

I can see 3rd parties not patching current game but for future releases if they can do Achievement for the xbox why not trophies for the ps3.

butterfinger5790d ago

won't have trophies for future titles is just retarded (as this article nicely points out). Trophies are not too much of a hassle for the devs, and worst case scenario, they will sell more copies to people that just want trophies. Silogon, it's really not a good thing to want to be like gamesblow even if you do agree with some of the bs he says. Gamesblow is worse than Sony, worse than surfer girl, worse than ANY insider. Where is that Sony-backed website he said he had coming out? The guy is a joke.

Silogon5790d ago

I'm not talking about that Gamesblow, man. I'm talking about the other one, Games()blow The one who is a parody of the real one. The one who is/was on the official blog with me and Ajax1 and a few others. We all got banned today from the blog for speaking out about the update.

I don't care about Gamesblow. I couldn't give two jerks of P*$$ in a paper cup about him or his predictions back on Neo Gaf. He might have been in the industry or worked in Sales for Sony but his information wasn't onto him and him alone from my past experience with him on Neo.

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mistertwoturbo5790d ago

Hrmmrmrmmmmm, PSP trophies. Make them add up to your overall PS3 level. Sony needs to implement this

jams_shop5790d ago

that will be awesome
I also hope that we can carry our trophies to the next system if there is any

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 17h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18221h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie11h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere2h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin8h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere2h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX1d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno23h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno21h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii7h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno6h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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