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360 Achievements More Popular Than Microsoft Imagined

Posted by Zonk on from the flaunting-those-sk1llz dept.

GameDaily is hosting an article looking at the phenomenal popularity of Achivements on the Xbox 360. Even the marketing team that came up with the idea is floored by the incredible popularity of what CliffyB referred to as 'nerd cred'. From the article: "Achievement points are changing the way gamers play. While the tendency had been for people to play a game through to the end and then toss it into a closet, many gamers are now going back and playing them again, this time to unlock achievements to boost their Gamerscore. Or if they only played the single-player version, to go back and play the multiplayer or online component. Or to go out and buy games they would not ordinarily have purchased. Or to rent games."

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  1. Vista achievments on the way? by guysmilee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do i get points for running IE7 instead of Firefox? I better boot my other partition ...

  2. Uh oh. by Pojut · · Score: 2, Funny

    360 fans seem to have been bitten by something akin to the MMORPG "leveling obsession".

    Good luck, my brothers. Good luck.

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    Living With a Nerd
  3. Re:Ah, validation by backtick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hell, haven't there been cases where a low slashdot uid has been sold on ebay? WOOT! Really? :)

  4. Re:Ah, validation by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't think yours would be worth much, it's kinda high.

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    retrorocket.o not found, launch anyway?
  5. silly? by bigdavex · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd say this is really immature and pointless, but I'm afraid it would adversely affect my karma rating.

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    -Dave
  6. Yes, it's just like a Lamborghini by oni · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's nerd cred, man! ... You can compare it to the feeling you get when you pull up to a restaurant in a Lamborghini. People go, 'Oooo, he must be somebody.'

    except that, presumably, number of achievement points is INVERSELY related to change of getting laid.

  7. Re:Ah, validation by ximenes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some dude with a three or four digit uid sold his years ago. I've been waiting for the value of mine to improve with age.

  8. Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited... by Noxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...by the Star League, to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada.

    It's because every one of us has this secret hope that our Achievements will be noticed by someone, and we'll be whisked away to fly a giant CGI starship full of laser beams and death blossoms.

    Or is that just me?

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    Study everything, you'll find something you can use - Jason Bourne