Admit it! You are en Achievement Whore!

Noja87 · September 30th, 2008

Study: Achievement-rich games sell better

SOURCE: GameSpot
Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has found titles that implement goals properly average significantly greater sales out of the retail gate.

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I like them too. Who doesnt really? Gamers have been doing this since the beggining of time. Challenging yourself with goals except this time you are getting rewarded =)

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StriderVM · September 30th, 2008

Nah... It's the e-peen thingy. Most people, if not all wants those!

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Paratech · September 30th, 2008

I like the Atari "Activision" Anthology giving you virutal patches for beating scores. I wish I could buy some of those patches! LOL

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snickothemule · October 1st, 2008

Achievements can breathe some extra life out of a game. Once you complete the story, you can now go back to finish off other aspects of the game you missed and be rewarded for your efforts.

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Exodus · October 1st, 2008

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

Achievements can breathe some extra life out of a game. Once you complete the story, you can now go back to finish off other aspects of the game you missed and be rewarded for your efforts.

Indeed. More "simple" games should take advantage of this type of stuff. It gives people a reason to get better.

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Samor · October 1st, 2008

yep, achievements/stats freak here

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Spyhop · October 1st, 2008

I never go out of my way to get achievements. Achievements generally get you to do things in a game that you wouldn't usually otherwise do. Why wouldn't you do them? Because they're not fun.

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emwearz · October 1st, 2008

I like TF2's achievement system (new guns for doing set amounts) however most people exploit the system so its not that amazing. But it does give a few more reasons to put in a few more hours into a game.

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**blueshogun96** · October 1st, 2008

Achievements on HL2 (Xbox360) made me want to play it again.

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runawayprisoner · October 1st, 2008

Games that don't implement goals properly are confusing to play... so why don't they sell??

Oh wait...

...nice study, either way. lol

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Noja87 White Void Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The End Has Come Posts: 1,945	Admit it! You are en Achievement Whore! Study: Achievement-rich games sell better SOURCE: GameSpot Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has found titles that implement goals properly average significantly greater sales out of the retail gate. Game Rankings - External Link --- I like them too. Who doesnt really? Gamers have been doing this since the beggining of time. Challenging yourself with goals except this time you are getting rewarded =) __________________

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September 30th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,059	Nah... It's the e-peen thingy. Most people, if not all wants those! __________________ Current PC specs : AsRock 945GCM-S Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 2912Mhz (233x12.5) Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic 512MB gDDR3 2x2048MB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,137	I like the Atari "Activision" Anthology giving you virutal patches for beating scores. I wish I could buy some of those patches! LOL __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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snickothemule Shennanigans since 1987 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 2,053	Achievements can breathe some extra life out of a game. Once you complete the story, you can now go back to finish off other aspects of the game you missed and be rewarded for your efforts. __________________ The ngemu Ghetto Art competition 2009 - now with real prizes!

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	yep, achievements/stats freak here __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

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Spyhop Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,831	I never go out of my way to get achievements. Achievements generally get you to do things in a game that you wouldn't usually otherwise do. Why wouldn't you do them? Because they're not fun. __________________ WINTERFELL - C2D E8400 - DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS MATX Motherboard - Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 DDr2 - EVGA Geforce GTX 285 - Silverstone SG01 case RIVERRUN - Pentium DC 2.5ghz - 4GB OCZ DDR2 - Cheapie ASUS Motherboard w/onboard vid - Antec Sonata III KING'S LANDING - 80GB Playstation 3

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emwearz Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,556	I like TF2's achievement system (new guns for doing set amounts) however most people exploit the system so its not that amazing. But it does give a few more reasons to put in a few more hours into a game. __________________ - No Jobs On A Dead Planet - Welcome to EMerica .:\|:. You're mine now » Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 B2 Stepping @3.3 Ghz \| Asus 8800GT 512MB PhysX enabled @700/1750/975 MHz \| 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 « » Asus P5B Vanilla \| Thermaltake Soprano \| Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX « » Beta Tester for nullDC «

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runawayprisoner Mobile Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 6,210	Games that don't implement goals properly are confusing to play... so why don't they sell?? Oh wait... ...nice study, either way. lol __________________ cChip interpreter WIP - current status: Release Candidate LRx Filter RC - current performance rating: 9/10