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Codemasters not planning on adding trophies to GRID

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Codemasters is, sadly, the latest developer to be added to the list of those who won't be adding trophy support to their already released titles.

On the official GRID forums an administrator has posted saying that they're "currently not planning to restrospectively support PSN trophies - it;s not a trivial thing to add to a game" [sic].

Though this is disappointing, it's not too unexpected. Third party games are the least likely to be patched in. With Criterion showing their contemporaries, hopefully more will decide to rake in the goodwill of gamers by following suit.
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Fulensenca - 537 days 12 hours ago
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1 - Ohh ...
Thank you Codemasters, I' ll remember this next time ...
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Yoma - 537 days 10 hours ago
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Agree.

I would have bought this if they added trophys
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joe382 - 537 days ago
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Its so stupid to not patch trophies. If they said they were going to and they would be out this month then I and alot of other people would buy this game.
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Jenzo - 536 days 20 hours ago
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1.3 - Remember this...
Trophies = fail
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MaximusPrime - 537 days 12 hours ago
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Even though it is a great game, im not interested in GRID.

I thanks Criterion for being a fantastic developer. I still got Burnout Paradise and still love it.
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DavidMacDougall - 537 days 12 hours ago
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Im happy i never bought this game , going to get Drakes Fortune tho just to try the trophies out
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Sevir04 - 537 days 11 hours ago
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4 - it's fine
Grid is cool but for now it's going to take more resources to revisit old titles to patch up. developers wont really do this because Sony just didn't think this was needed. XBL made it mandate to have these in for major releases. Sony needs to now Make sure that all Games in the future support this, and their first party Titles should have no choice LOL!!! second parties can get away with it, like Insomniac because they have are independent, they'd be better off asking Sony for a check to pay for the added resource and effort it will Take. So for now. i wont be upset if old games dont support trophies. they really dont have to. it's the new games that need it. and i'm sure those devs that choose to make PS3 the lead Platform will support the trophies for past games like Criterion. free Rad and Digital Extremes, and a few others.

This feature just got out. for the games that came out last year. I think Sony is asking a bit much from devs of third party it takes more money to go back and patch a game. simply put i dont think past games need it just the ones coming out now. Sony i think is asking 3rd parties to jump through hoops to support their back catalog with this.

they just need to make it mandate for the future just like MS did with live from launch, and also make sure it's a smooth transition as this comes along.

with that said, bring on the new games with the trophies. I'll play those.
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Kareem - 537 days 10 hours ago
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4.1 - Trophies aren't mandatory?
Sony should put the fist... mandate Trophies and In-game music for every title because what's the point if developers are going to neglect the feature?
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Close_Second - 537 days 7 hours ago
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4.2 - @Kareem.
The big risk is that it will mean extra development time and cost to add the features but it may not always mean extra sales. Whether we like it or not cross platform games on the PS3 are constantly being outsold by the 360.

If its not going to equate to more sales for the developer then there is very little incentive adding the new features.
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Lew_Ijgee - 537 days 5 hours ago
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4.3 - One Day...
At a currently undisclosed time in the (hopefully near) future, Trophy support will be mandatory.

The thing developers need to realize is due to it being so early in the lifespan of the Trophy concept, the first games that support it will essentially receive free advertising. If only they could see the number for the current sales boost of SSDHD.
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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 23 hours ago
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"extra development time and cost to add the features"

That'd be true if they were creating it retrospectively. But when they are developing the game from scratch multiplatform. They make the achievements for the xbox360 version. How much harder or more time would it take just to implement it to the trophies system?

Probably not too much. Each company is given a deadline and a budget. Now when they start making games, trophies as well as achievements should be in the pipeline that are all within the deadline.
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gundamx - 537 days 10 hours ago
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i know that for most developers trophies would be a pain. but trophies would boost there sales. i remember before getting my ps3 i was buying one to two games a wk to feed my xbox achievements (sad i know) well im of to play sum RFOM:D
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Isaac - 537 days 10 hours ago
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6 - Their loss
Not mine, as I was not buying the game. Had they added trophies, maybe I would not, but others would. Too bad for them.
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gambare - 537 days 10 hours ago
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I have to agree that it's not trivial, they need to do some extensive integration, is not that simple, they could broke something if they try to implement it, but I guess their new games will include it, and all the new games from now on.
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ICUP - 537 days 10 hours ago
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I don't care about old games having trophies or not, but all new games are a must, SONY should put their feet down on this and make it mandatory.
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AppleSlime - 537 days 6 hours ago
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8.1 - Yeah, agreed
I'm not about to replay a game or a buy a game I previously had no interest in just for trophies, but new games damn well better have them.
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AclayPS3 - 537 days 10 hours ago
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I have no interest in buying GRID at all. The only other racing game that I plan on buying for this year is Motorstorm Pacific Rift and maybe that Ferrari PS3 game and as long as most of the upcoming PS3 games have trophies, then it's no big deal for me.
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xg-ei8ht - 537 days 9 hours ago
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Grid is the best racing game on any system atm.

It's fun, frantic, phyiscal. Fast.

It rox.

your missing out.
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whoelse - 537 days 10 hours ago
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It would be for their own benefit...
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chanto23 - 537 days 9 hours ago
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11 - Developers are really stupid...
imagine the sales boost the first game that gets patched will get just by the people trying the throphies, i know i would buy it...sony said it only takes half a day to implement them...
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DrWan - 537 days 9 hours ago
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13 - They need to read this article
Trophy really is money...gamers buy them..they need to rethink.

http://www.diggingtheweb.co...

it makes alot of sense for them to include it. I will remember this, Codemaster. good luck wiht ur future games
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14 Angelitos | 537 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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xc7x - 537 days 8 hours ago
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15 - not sure why everyone is so mad
i never expected many games already released to adopt trophies in a patch,that takes extra dev time to add and i doubt that it's easy as some are saying it is to put in every game or you wouldn't see as much opposition to some older games not having trophies. however be happy,new games will most likely have the feature from now on [at least the ones still in development and not being released right away].
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sajj316 - 537 days 8 hours ago
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16 - really ....
Would you really get GRID if it had trophy support knowing that Burnout and Gran Tursimo are viable alternatives? There are plenty of quality racers of the PS3. I'm not too concerned about retro active support. I am more concerned about support for new games.
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PimpHandHappy - 537 days 8 hours ago
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17 - yea they are stupid
i might have rented this game if they had trophies
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khellendros1 - 537 days 6 hours ago
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Oh well, just like a lot of other people, I was going to get the game if it supported trophies but now I guess I won't. I was trying to decide if I wanted to buy it and trophy support would have helped convinced me. I don't think these developers realize that they could get some added sales right now if they are the first to add trophies. People want to use this feature now not wait 2 or 3 months for the new games that support it.
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Ri0tSquad - 537 days 5 hours ago
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20 - For everyone worried about trophy support not being in Playstation 3 titles
Sony has already said adding trophies to future PS3 titles will be mandatory. They're not making people patch games to support them in newer games further into development or games already released. Everyone should be more concerned about in-game music. Well, for the people that care about the feature....
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Ludus Verum - 537 days 4 hours ago
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21 - Trophy is so lame
I still wish sony would have chosen something better than "trophies". I think of a bowling league, softball team, watermelon eating contest, etc. and the stupid, gawdy fake gold reward given to the winners. I know achievement was already taken but come on sony, you could have come up with something cooler than trophy. It just seems so cheap. Oh well it's better than nothing.
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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 23 hours ago
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How about "accomplishments" ?

Nah, let's save that for the real world. Like graduating.
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Xpro PT - 537 days 3 hours ago
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22 - Trophy is so lame
No gamerscore no thanks. Trophy is the same thing than unlock a simple picture whit achievements you have reward its gamerscore.
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mistertwoturbo - 536 days 23 hours ago
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You obviously don't even know how the trophies system really works. It's ok, stay ignorant and stick with your achievements. Nobody really cares if you had a billion points for your gamerscore anyway.
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Jenzo - 536 days 20 hours ago
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blablabla Grid is a bad game anyways blablabla not interested blablabla Codemasters are overrated blablabla.

Enough with the excuses fanboys. Sony should have made it less of an effort to add games to the trophy system. They fail yet again.
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Ri0tSquad - 536 days 17 hours ago
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24 - If it was the other way around and achievements came out this late
I'm pretty sure they wouldn't add them either.

"Sony should have made it less of an effort to add games to the trophy system. They fail yet again."

I'm pretty sure they tried making it as easy as they could to add them. They can't force them because at the time it was never a requirement when they started development on the game but it's an option to games out right now. Criterion is managing to add them just fine. I don't know why you sound so upset.
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