PS3's achievement system to surpass XBL's
- Posted January 13th, 2008 at 11:25 EDT by
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Sony now understands the importance of online gaming to the consumer. Online gaming drives the gamers’ experience beyond the core value of the game to higher goals, thus, creating replay-value. This is why Sony is creating an innovative Home system which will push industry standards for online interactivity. What Sony has not mastered yet is an “achievements system” similar to the one available for Xbox 360 users in which gamers are awarded points for task completed in a game online or offline. Sony’s Eric Lempel believes that they have the perfect ingredient to surpass Microsoft’s achievement system in every way.
"I recognise that there are a few features that PS3 users have asked for that we haven't delivered yet. We have a lot of features in different stages of development that I think our users will be very excited about,"
"I know that an achievement system is very important to our consumers. With Home, and in addition to Home, we have some very exciting programs planned to recognize our consumers' gaming skills and loyalty in new ways that go well beyond a single score.
Howard Stringer, Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe CEO explains, "2008 will be a big year in many ways for PlayStation Network."
Perhaps the Game Developers Conference next month in San Francisco will be a haven for new information regarding this and of course, PSU will have you fully covered.
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Clarky_psu |
clarky-132- 11:31am GMT - January 13th, 2008
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First post. Great news, I really want to see moe great features!
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Naucious23 |
Naucious- 11:42am GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Yeahhhhh!!! 3rd AGAIN!!! whoo hooo lol i need to quit smoking, what ever happened to user content being sold through PSU did they drop that idea or are they secretly hiding this idea to surprise us with home hmmmm... i wonder n e ways Sony has to due something better or else they will be hit with another lawsuit lol
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Ezcobar411
- 12:08pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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I wasn't impressed by the achievement feature initially. I'm not really interested in point totals. If Sony makes substantial improvements, I will become more interested.
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Organic_Shadow |
OrganicShadow- 12:09pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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MrFenwick: it would be EVEN AWESOMER if they rewarded you with PS Store credit instead of JUST points. I always thought achievments on the 360 gave you points you could redeem for games in the marketplace, but I was wrong. This would be a cool idea I think.
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Dogswithguns |
Dogswithguns- 12:17pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Cool. at last, hard-earn points and achievements has a meaning for.....
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Uncool |
Admodistrator- 12:21pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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By all means its could be considered perfect but if its implementation is poor and w/out strong support from the community, then it will not surpass Live's solid position in online gaming. Sony should be able to take harsh criticism for home if it falls on some area's and listen for forumites like us on improving it in order to achieve a solid playing field with Home.
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FantasyStar |
Tirin- 12:23pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Awww...I hate the achievements. One thing I loved about Playstation 3 is the non-existance of achievements. If they implemented achievements, then we can forever say bye-bye to great things like cheat devices from Action Replay. Ya know? Things that made the game fun, not competitive.
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Naucious23 |
Naucious- 12:28pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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yeah but if they copy microsoft I have a feeling MS would try to file a lawsuit with that intact, which is something I dont want happening to sony, n e ways....
@Uncool I couldn't agree more Home really relies soley on us..." the community gamers"... we need to push our activity in this app in order for it to be a huge success and help Sony relieve any problems that we may see fit in order to get the best out off home......
Don't you agree Gingo?? where ya at man.... you've been slacking lately you usually be one out of the ten by now lol....
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bluesuedeshoes
- 12:29pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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For mre Achievements are the worst thing about Xbox Live. Seriously once people have maxed out a game or got most of the gamer points from it they move on to the next game just to up their score. Its sad and for me has harmed the online community for XBL. I find it difficult to find people palying Halo 3 or for that matter Gears now. Meanwhile I can always get a game of R:FOM, Motorstorm etc. because people play those games online because they're still worth playing because they are FUN and they merit having people play them.
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Untildeath89 |
willmakenewonesoon- 12:38pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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it was a must, you see people dont want to logg in on home everytime they wanna know how their friends are doing, some kind of gamertag site should be made and tag u can use on forums sig etc
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CONFLICT__01 |
conflict01- 1:06pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Bring on the rewards !! I except cash, credit cards, and cheques !! And FantasyStar, in my experience most the people that use cheats are those that have no skill, and suck at gamin. But Im sure u think ur an exception ( theres always one ) ! ! !
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XsilverXbulletX |
XsilverXbulletX- 1:06pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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hmmh i like the news, but when does Home Come out?
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haiti
- 1:17pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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My Idea
I think it would have been a great idea if u build a house from the games. Let's say u got Resistance 2, if u beat the game they provide you with some parts of a House. For you to get the house done, u need to buy another game where u have to beat it so u can get other parts of the house. what do u guys think?
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edward_moffet |
edd- 1:24pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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dude l i think youve guys have posted this information at least 3 times am i wrong???
anyway duh it will have more features thats why i laugh when people get all in a tizzy about the ps3 saying it dont have any features games blah blah blah because sony isnt the new kid on the block they know what they are doing they wouldnt try to realease a console going to stay on the market for at least the better part of a decade and not add new features games etc youve already seen a hint of the ps3s power in the first two years (resitance2, killzone) i mean come on people these guys know what they are doing they have a plan sometimes i think people think sony is gonna try to wing it for ten years lol have a little faith and yes i know your all impaitent but you cant rush greatness simple as that if you expect them to better their competition you have to give them time
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Mecha_Daddy |
mecha_daddy- 1:28pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Whoopee. I'll get excited when I see it. I want to see "Home" first anyway, they can figure out the achievements as they go along.
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Ant-Money909
- 2:10pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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PSN ID: Ant-Money909.... 2008 will be a big year for the PS3. Especially with the big games we have dropping this year. I just hope we don't have anymore delays.
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vvmasterdrfan |
VvMastrDrFan- 2:52pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Hopefully Home will come around soon.. A lot of games are going to need to be updated if there is a sort of point system.
I cant wait for home! the market for ps3 is looking bright in the future.
Sony made an excelent move
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Alpha2
- 2:58pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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An over all points system is retarded. Why should I give a fiznuck what someone else scored playing 10 games I dont have? Unlockable items, extras, features, these are the only things that make any sense, I hope to god they arnt just listening to 36* achievment whores that dont realize their stupid gamer score brings NOTHING to gaming.
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ChocolateBuddy |
JWdarkn3ss- 3:29pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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yea eventually home will come out..eventually
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cashville
- 3:33pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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man. honestly i like the psn is right know who cares about achievement points useless . sony please leave achievements out ., we dont want points.... all we want is please give us in game xmb ... that will kill xbox360 oh and let us record while playing on out eyetoy ... i mean the best thing about psn is lagg free community " we play games for fun not for points ...having achievement points is a suicide !
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mustang750r |
MUSTANG750R- 4:02pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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psn id MUSTANG750R.... this sounds good. take something M$ made and do it better. i know sony can pull this off. 08 is going to be a good year with DMC4, Killzone 2, MGS4, GT 5, Resistance 2, and ect. i'm glad i have a PS3
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 4:14pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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I've no interest in acheivements at all. There's nothing really new about them, since 'unlockables' (which is basically all they are) have been around in games since I can't remember when.
Supposedly they're an incentive to replay the game, but I rarely bother - once I've completed the game, I'm done with it, and I can't be asked plodding through it again just to unlock something which isn't usually that impressive anyway. In fact, in almost 30 years of gaming, I can probably count on one hand the number of games I've played through more than twice. The latest is Uncharted, which is superb - I'm on my fourth time through it.
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reccodog |
reccodog- 5:11pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Sony does have a lot of room to growwww...And that is a good thing. If they can make alot of awsome improvments to the point systme then it would be better. They also could add tons of new feature never seen on any other console. (such as home). as far as i know the PSN is already better then XBL.
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galaxyman14 |
Apollo15- 5:21pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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Microsoft had this crap back in 2005. What's the holdup? They had an entire year to implement this kind of stuff in 2006 and we still don't have it? That's just lazy. Microsoft may be evil, but at least they're motivated. Sony had several years to perfect this and all they have is a vague promise. Shame.
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BD_BLACKAZZ |
BD_BLACKK- 6:10pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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i want to no what those features are... but very exciting though ..
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Deldwen |
Deldwen1- 6:58pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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sony's givin me a head ache there releasing so manything!! its like every day there's somthing new gahh soo muchstuff being piled into sonys game machines.. psp and ps3 latly that im like WOW give us a breather.. i mean with skyp and Warner changing and newline with other psp super upgrade stuff and ps3 stuffff and yeah CONFUZIN....... but YAY!! ^_^
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DeadOnArrival06 |
DeadOnArrival06- 7:36pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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This is great news and will push the replayability of their games much more!
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BlueSteel18 |
BlueSteel18- 8:29pm GMT - January 13th, 2008
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All i need is a gamerscore and achievement points. let's hope Sony delivers.
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