Comments on: PS3 Games to Require Trophies, Eventually

By: Sporty

Sporty — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:25:23 +0000

Hell I’ve played 360 versions of plenty of games due to achievements. Developers are used to implementing them on the 360 so this system isn’t a whole lot of extra work from the norm.

By: Henning

Henning — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:40:00 +0000

What is “enough users”? And who says that they will bend to gamers’ wishes? The industry has EA and Activision, both of whom ignore gamers’ wishes all the time, and get away with it. Some things just have to be mandated. (I can’t believe I’m arguing this way. I’m a big proponent of small government.)

By: ehandlr

ehandlr — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:34:15 +0000

Many multplatform games are bought on the 360 for achievement purposes alone. This would nullify that argument.

Through many forums I’ve read…I see “I’ll get it on 360 for achievements”

So this will only help them sell games for the tiny trophies.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:27:43 +0000

OK, I will agree that soundtrack and voice chat should be implemented underneath the games at the system level where they don’t require any developer compliance.

However, I will disagree on trophies. That crosses the line from a system feature to a game feature. Bottom line, you can’t get high game quality through legal and political mandates. It’s ultimately the developer’s job to capture the interest of users and they should have full creative freedoms to reach that goal.

If enough users actually want trophies, developers will willingly add that. It’s only when the developers believe that their efforts are better spent on other features that they won’t add them.

By: Henning

Henning — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:55:23 +0000

Good example fleakitten. Activision’s history shows their small regard for the PS3 platform, and they’d be the first to cut corners if not required to.

We can all see how Microsoft requires certain features of Xbox 360 developers. Can we honestly say that it’s hurt the 360 games or market? I don’t think so. Quite the contrary – I think it’s definitely helped.