Do Achievement Points Really Matter?

[Momma Bear]

With it being [Only registered users can see links. ] that the PlayStation 3 is not going to have a system of achievements, does it really matter? I most certainly believe so. Why is that you might ask? Well, here’s the skinny.
If you look around the web on any number of gaming websites, you’ll read ton’s of people saying “achievements do not matter”. I say hogwash. Sure, if your sole gaming experience is everything prior to Xbox 360, no will most likely be your response to this question. I to, once had the same reservations toward the notion of getting points for accomplishments in games, but not any longer.
I found myself in a local Gamestop much to my dismay recently with the intent to only pre-order Gears of War. Knowing the fact that I try to avoid Gamestop and pre-ordering with a passion, I had a look around anyway. During my time there I looked around for a PS2 game I might have wanted to play at one time or another, but never got around to. After nearly 15 minutes of looking through what they had to offer I found myself thinking, “but, what about the points”. I never thought I would find myself thinking twice about buying a game whether or not it had point’s attached to it or not.
The reason for the longing for points is pretty simple once you think about it. How many times have you said to yourself. ” Color, I don’t need color on my television”. Or how about ” This electricity thing is overrated. I can live without it”. Of course you haven’t. Those examples don’t directly have anything to do with achievements, but they can be correlated to in the same fashion very easily. Once anyone begins to take advantage of anything without thought of it not being there, not having it will show you how much it matters when it’s not available. Even with something as trivial as the gamer-score concept is it gives you a sense of accomplishment when thing’s are all said and done.
Sure, if you finish a game on any platform you’ll get some sort of sense of accomplishment, but how do I or any of your friends know that. The ingenious concept of the gamer-card is what makes the achievements system work so well. Having the ability to see what my friends or anybody else’s achievements are remotely are what give’s this notion the leg up on not having them on any other platform. Who doesn’t want to have a higher score than that of there friends? That’s what made gaming what it was from the very start in the arcade and now at home. I for one will go for the Xbox 360 version of a game just for this reason versus a potentially prettier version on any other platform.

Okay so all you will probably disagree with me. But for me I could really care less. I mean do I care if my friends are doing better than me? No, some of them are in real life i.e. making money stuff like that. Am I competitve to try to catch up to their salary no. Do I really care about what I earn in a game? No, I will post em as I get em though (raises my post count ).
But really until they give me Points to buy things, I really could care less about it. If I finish a game I finish it. No big deal. As long as I don't cheat to finish, well then that's an accomplishment to me.
I don't know when I stopped caring. Maybe it's the Wii's fault

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[Violet]

I'd like to think they don't... But I do.

As girl gamers we are constantly being stereotyped as "unable" to play.
I think the achievement system is one of the best ways that we can prove that we can do as well as if not sometimes better then the male dominated society.

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After being around many of forums, the guys are mostly obsessed with getting points racked up in the thousands to prove that they can play. It's just rubbed of on me, each one of them proving they're the best and I just want to show I can do just as good as them.

There we go.

Rant over

[Momma Bear]

That wasn't a rant, just your thoughts. And I can appreciate where you are coming from and why you do it. Nothing wrong with it. I just......don't care. Gimme two weeks that all could change. I just got my 360

[Violet]

In my head it felt like a rant.. I guess I just didn't type everything lol.

Just wait until you get the grown men and the 12 year olds saying "LiEk ZOMGZZZ I gotz m3 5000 pointtts!!"

Apart from the competition I like to try and complete a game. Like completley.

[Bex]

I didnt care............i do now

Achievement points do matter
Ahh remember my which console do u buy for thread?


Ahhh, one prime example of a game, is thrillville, i have it for my PSP but, i want it for my 360.........purely because of achievement points


The article is right, before it was just gaming, but yeah, i am a lil obsessed with gamerpoints. I look at games to see how easy it is to get em before i buy


It does all change lol

[Violet]

It can get worse though..

I know people that get Kid's games purely because they're so easy to get achievements.

That's quite shameful I think. =/

[Momma Bear]

Originally Posted by Ms.Bex

I didnt care............i do now

Achievement points do matter
Ahh remember my which console do u buy for thread?


Ahhh, one prime example of a game, is thrillville, i have it for my PSP but, i want it for my 360.........purely because of achievement points


The article is right, before it was just gaming, but yeah, i am a lil obsessed with gamerpoints. I look at games to see how easy it is to get em before i buy


It does all change lol

You are a point/post/score fanatic though

Oh I had no idea...yeah it might just change. Let's see

ANd Violet I didn't mean that in a bad way or anything.

[Violet]

Originally Posted by Momma Bear

You are a point/post/score fanatic though

Oh I had no idea...yeah it might just change. Let's see

ANd Violet I didn't mean that in a bad way or anything.

Wah..? =/ Didn't mean what..? =/

I wasen't shaming you, just the grown men that get kids games to get achievements lol

[DeMoNiC]

I'm not obsessed with gamerpoints but I like the idea of them.

[Bex]

I dont buy kids games to get the achievement points .................ok, i did consider it , but, nah, i just get games i like playing. Which does includes some kids games i guess - Crash, n Surfs Up, but, i enjoy them. And i was shocked when i got as many achievement points as i did for surfs up

But heh, its fun , i gots it for fun, not achievement points lol.