Microsoft recently sent out an achievement related survey, looking for a bit of gamer’s insight. One of the questions stood out as being particularly interesting :
Providing Achievements for non-gaming uses of your Xbox 360 (e.g., “The Film Buff: You’ve watched 50 DVD’sâ€)
Achievements have no doubt worked well for Microsoft; while I have little interest in the digital bragging rights, many gamers go out of their way to acquire them- lured by and addicted to the sound and euphoria that accompany them. Some even buy notoriously bad games just to get their achievements.
Are Microsoft looking to add a little addiction to the rest of your digital life?
Source : Joystiq
Last Updated: February 18, 2009
Bboy
February 18, 2009 at 13:10
My xbox battles to read discs… the other day the entire screen went white with black writing in all different languages instructing me that in order to use the disc… I should “put it in an xbox 360”?!?
So… that’s gotta be an achievement right, I get the “xbox not an xbox” acheivement! yay!
baba
February 18, 2009 at 13:52
“Booted console 365 times without RROD”, that would be worth 1 gazillion points!
Geoff
February 18, 2009 at 13:55
The Achievement’s title was meant to be “a good year” but it wouldn’t fit 🙁
dave
February 18, 2009 at 14:10
They should introduce achievements that reduce gamerscore for those people who kill teammates and generally disrupt gameplay…
Achievement unlocked: -50 points for being a fool!
V@mp
February 18, 2009 at 14:12
Never really saw the point of achievements. :ermm:
Fox1
February 18, 2009 at 15:17
That should be an achievement too, lol 😆
V@mp
February 18, 2009 at 16:24
:w00t:
WitWolfyZA
February 19, 2009 at 15:40
So when is this gonna be applied then? My xbox survived more than 500 booting sequenses. Where is my achievement? lol
bloodbath019
March 30, 2009 at 20:29
what do you mean by booting sequenses? if you mean being kicked from games or having a really bad rep or being suspended? then yes i have all three down packed lol