PS3 Fanboy got a handful of tips this evening, purportedly sharing some screens of the PS3's long-promised "trophy" system, the console's would-be Gamerscore equivalent. From the looks of these screens – which have a couple things going for them: they're not blurry and that Clank avatar is real – the trophy system includes something that strongly resembles a Gamercard, including total number of trophies gathered along with a "Level" ostensibly gathered by collecting trophies of varying values.
PS3 Fanboy has a couple more pics, along with some extra rumors regarding the console's in-game XMB ("some things will require you to leave the game"), but we're guessing we won't know anything for sure until E3 rolls around next month. What say ye, internet detectives?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Habitual Cheetah @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:02PM
good news. now lets see if the rumored release date is true!
Rodrigo @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:02PM
just get in game xmb out already!!!!!!
Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:07PM
It's coming when this does. Welcome to three weeks ago, two if you count Sony confirmation.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:04PM
Awesome, but you forgot to mention one thing.
What kind of trophies will COD 5 have? I expect the answer in an article by tomorrow :P
DeaconGTG @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:10PM
COD 5 will have no trophies. Because there is no COD 5. :D
Rodrigo @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:11PM
hahahahahaha for reals hahaha
Night Elve @ Jun 24th 2008 12:21AM
+1 for you sir! Hahahahahahahaha
Lecot @ Jul 2nd 2008 2:01PM
There's going to be a CoD 5: again, they will take the second world war as project, but with better grafics.
Howl Jenkins @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:09PM
Wow Sony is really trying to get PSN similar to Live in feature set.
Unfortunatley, they aren't going in the correct direction. I think this looks absolutley terrible to a Live gamercard IMO.
Also on a side note to all those PS3 supporters who laughed at us about our "E-PENIS"(gamerscore) it looks like PSN will have several versions (platinum, gold, silver and bronze) of a "E-PENIS" to compare. Hah funny can't wait to see Sony fanboys defend this one.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:13PM
I don't think I can survive achievement whoring on two consoles. I....I just don't have it in me.
HighFiveJesus @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:14PM
i think a lot of them secretly wanted it. either way, at least this will shut up the stupid 360 people who say you get more value out of a game because of these "points" and thats why they get it on 360.
i personally couldn't care less either way unless it leads to unlocked content.
Dave @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:16PM
I have no desire to defend this. I REALLY wish it wasn't coming. I don't see what value this gives to me... I just want my in-game XMB.
Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:24PM
Don't worry my friend, this will never compete with Xbox live, even if its free and has second life integrated.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:31PM
Trophies seems a bit different than a gamer score. I just want the option to share my date or not share my data. That's what I hate about Live is any friends can see anything and everything that I have played. I am one of those privacy nuts for the most part.
Look at it this way-
Live cost $
PSN is Free
If they get similar functionality Microsoft can't possibly justify charging for Live. Anyone who thinks Live is only good because you pay for it is sorely mistaken. They could do just as good if it were free of charge.
Noshino @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:34PM
uh, I was actually waiting for this feature but not for the score itself, Im just looking forward to the actual trophies...
Slayer @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:48PM
@John McPoop
"If they get similar functionality Microsoft can't possibly justify charging for Live." The keyword there is "If". I've said this before and I'll say it again. 50 dollars a year for live isn't much at all. How hard could it possibly be to pay 50 a year. Also, who's to say that PSN would be free for ever anyway?
I do agree with you on the privacy bit for sure though. I'm not really interested in everyone knowing what games I've played and how many achievements I've gotten without my permission.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:18PM
@Slayer
I never said $50.00 a year was over expensive. The fact of the matter is it is still $50.00. Maybe Sony will start charging for the PSN but I do not see that happening because they want to increase sales. My point is when all these updates drop and the two services are pretty much the same except one is free and one is not its only makes sense that Microsoft would need to drop their price or add another premieum service and upgrade all Silver accounts to Gold for free. Make Gold the new Silver.
I love the logic that Live is only less than $5.00/month and I am being a cheap ass. When you buy a game you don't justify it that you will play it for 2 months straight and it will only cost $1.00 per day. Because you pay the full amount up front.
Live is certainly worth the money but when these releases drop for the PSN the $50.00/yr will be a slap int the face. Unless Microsoft can bring something more than 3-D avatars in animal suits they can't justify the charge when the guy next door is handing out the same thing for free. Microsofts hand will be forced at that point.
j.howlett @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:39PM
i agree that $50 isn't much so let the developers pick up the tab like they did on the pc before live came about. maybe i'm spoiled from the little bit of counter strike, and red faction but the price seems ridiculous next to free when i have to pay for isp, electric, the games and so on. i almost thought it was a good idea when they launched it with the headset and tried pso on my roommates xbox. and the promise of fable almost had me again but we know how that turned out. but after my admittedly small time with socom and ea games for free it seems silly to pay $50 for a unified friends list and the privilege of being stalked and harrased by "friends" to play a game you might not even have handy at the time or don't feel like playing.
Trethan @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:46PM
@John McPoop:
"I just want the option to share my date or not share my data. That's what I hate about Live is any friends can see anything and everything that I have played. I am one of those privacy nuts for the most part."
If only there was a way to block people from seeing your game history.. oh wait, there is. Sign into your profile on Xbox.com, go to privacy settings.
Now that your reason for hating Xbox Live is gone, I expect to read nothing but good things about it from now on. ;)
Slayer @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:58PM
Wait, there were privacy settings at the website? How the fuck did I not see that?
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jun 24th 2008 3:00AM
Hi. Sony owner here.
Screw Gamerscore. On both platforms.
You'll not though that this card doesn't have a gamerscore (a single score representing all your game playing). However, I'm just as willing to hate a medal count.
Play games for yourself, not to impress others. And that goes for both platforms (indeed all platforms).
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jun 24th 2008 3:08AM
Trethan:
MS lets you turn off viewing your game history (achievements), but you cannot turn off Gamerscore. Since my biggest beef is with gamerscore, this does no good.
Also, the problem with gamerscore is mostly how it makes other people play stupid (see TF2), and me turning mine off wouldn't fix that.
deaftly @ Jun 24th 2008 10:26AM
this is when sony starts charging for psn
Dan CiTi @ Jun 24th 2008 11:34AM
Steam achievements are still the best.
deaftly @ Jun 24th 2008 11:53AM
Fanboy Rule #1
Bash anything that your console doesn't have but the other one does and when your console gets it you HAVE to love it.
Rule #2
Always look like a moron.
eNrique @ Jun 24th 2008 1:30PM
well, but at least, we don´t have to pay for that
Titanium_Orchid @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:14PM
This feature is completely useless. I'm only excited for Home.
Dave @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:16PM
Definitely.
Howl Jenkins @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:17PM
Your going to be excited for a long time then...
Korova *of the highlands* @ Jun 24th 2008 2:24AM
May I suggest Cialis - You are ready when the time is right!
samfish @ Jun 24th 2008 9:14AM
If your excitement lasts for more than four hours, consult your doctor immediately.
(otherwise, you may never be able to get excited again)
bigd7387 @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:17PM
I'm not a Sony fan anymore, 360 for me, but can Sony have an original idea or do they have to steal everything? I mean Sony developed the Dualshock which was a marvel but every announcement they have these days are nothing but copies of what other companies are doing. Wake me if Sony comes up with something on their own that will make me want any of their products.
Titanium_Orchid @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:20PM
I forget, the Xbox came out before the Playstation right?
Everybody copied everybody else. Get over it.
Howl Jenkins @ Jun 24th 2008 6:38PM
This is how companies work these days. One company innovates and the other is forced to play catch up. For example:
iPod-Zune
Google-Windows Live
Xbox Live-PSN
You honestly can't blame Sony. Thats how the industry works. And its good that way because it create more competetion between the companies forcing each company to innovate. If Micrsoft hadn't of created Xbox Live, then we might still be stuck in the dark with Sony's online service.
As a owner of all 3 consoles I find it excellent that companies copy each other and try to innovate what they copied to be better then the original invention.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:31PM
Ok ok stop. Obviously you don't understand how businesses work. It's easy. When one company sees something another company does, then tend to copy some features of that said company in order to simulate that companies success. That's how it works. Microsoft does it, Sony does it, hell all game developers do it aswell.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:36PM
bigd, methinks you need to turn back the clock a couple weeks to the big Microsoft leak that happened. And then tell me Sony is the only one copying off other people.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:45PM
Oh shit fidious has you by the balls there big guy hahahaha.
Seriously though, good luck getting out of that one.
kevin @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:49PM
And I'm pretty sure Sony not only uses Blu-ray for the PS3 but also partook in its development
lordwindowlicker @ Jun 24th 2008 5:52AM
(sigh)
Just look at Vista vs MacOS and tell me that Microsoft has done nothing to keep up with another company.
There is plenty that Ps3 does that 360 doesn't. There are reasons to own a Wii over both of them. All three systems have their perks, and until people stop whining about every little thing, and just play some goddamned video games.. the better off we'll ALL be.
vannyx @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:21PM
i dont get achievements so i am not going to like this trophie thing. Unless i get something for earning these trophies that is tangle or ditigally tanglable i dont care about it.
Cesaria (www.cesariatic.wordpress.com) @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:30PM
You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
Geist @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:48PM
I believe the word you're looking for is tangible.
finnith @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:51PM
First of all, it's "tangible" not "tangable" .
Second of all, I'm a bit confused about what you mean by "tangible". I know some sort of physical prize would be "tangible", but I don't understand what "digitally tangible" means, or even how that would work.
vannyx @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:55PM
thank you sometimes i get too excited when i post and i dont proof read. ( where is the edit button)
vannyx @ Jun 23rd 2008 10:57PM
digitally tangible i mean some kind of digitally rewarding item. ( not talking about a trophy or a score) talking about a gift card, extra weapons,unlimited ammo bandanna, so on so on.) physically tangible 5 dollar coupon for games stuff like that.
Titanium_Orchid @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:00PM
I think vannyx is hoping that by gaining trophies, he will be rewarded with some kind of PSN store credit, or a free Quore subscription or something.
While being rewarded for achieving trophies is a really cool idea, it will probably never happen.
Maybe when Home comes out, people will have the option of having a trophy room in their house... that would be kind of cool.
Jtenma @ Jun 24th 2008 1:45AM
THAT MOTHERFUCKA SAID "Tanglable". I LOL'd so hard....so hard.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 24th 2008 8:36AM
I think you meant "unlimited ammo BANDOLIER". Although a bandana that grants unlimited ammo would be cool...I could use one of those at the shooting range...it would go well with my Rambo mullet.
DiRT @ Jun 24th 2008 9:57AM
I agree. I hate this kind of stuff. I need an opt-out button.
Michael @ Jun 24th 2008 11:48PM
Getting emblems In MGS$ actually allows you to unlock stuff, Resistance's Skill points actually allow you to unlock stuff. In SSBB you actually unlock stuff.
So you actually earn crap for getting achievements in some games, but it would be great if it was the case for every game