PS3 Trophies Are Now MANDATORY

By Luke Plunkett on November 21, 2008 at 2:30 PM

That’s right. MANDATORY. Refuse to put trophies in your game and you, developers, will be SHOT. Your families, BILLED for the expense. Or…at least, Sony will be very cranky with you. Because, come January, all new PS3 games must have trophy support. No ifs or buts. So no more patching, no more developer ambivalence, no more inconsistencies. Not sure why Sony didn’t do this from the start, but doing it now, at the middle, is better than never doing it at all.

PS3 Trophies to be mandatory from January 2009 [Videogamer]

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jahjah

November 21, 2008 at 6:06 PM

is it just me or does that article picture look a lot like something else?

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Dave

November 21, 2008 at 6:31 PM

That picture is freakin hillarious

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Mr Waffle

November 21, 2008 at 7:40 PM

Thanks the maker. Of the… er… 4 PS3 games I own, none have trophies. Maybe if I buy another PS3 game then I’ll be able to look forward to them!

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November 21, 2008 at 6:39 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 6:04 PM

@ChalkdustTorture: Back in my day it was an achievement in itself to discover the princess in the right castle.

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November 21, 2008 at 5:37 PM

@fuchikoma: I would too, if only to get them all over again. Extended replay value, ahoy!

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November 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM

@Wahrheit:

I heard MS has a patent on that...reason why Sony has to leave it up to developers.

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November 21, 2008 at 5:24 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 5:23 PM

@Crooked: Microsoft has patents :(

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November 21, 2008 at 5:19 PM

@kitenai: i was thinking the same way. Even if its not... that looks so wrong...

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November 21, 2008 at 4:52 PM

@excaliburps: Man, opening up Kotaku and yelling out WTF is not a good thing to do at midnight.

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November 21, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Did anyone else think that trophy in the picture looks like a penis?

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November 21, 2008 at 4:50 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM

that trophy that woman is kissing looks like a crystal penis. ha!

anyways. i wish Sony would put out trophies for Folklore and Heavenly Sword. But glad the trophies are now mandatory. i play the game a lot longer now instead of putting it to the side the minute i finish the game.

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November 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 4:41 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 4:40 PM

dildo...? anyways YES! finally recognition for ps3 owners... yeah...

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November 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM

God, I gotta get my mind out of the gutter. I was pretty sure that trophy she was kissing was the form of a large glass dong.

Er, anyway, good news (for us trophy whores anyway)! Not at all surprising but glad to hear it confirmed now.

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November 21, 2008 at 8:57 PM

@mrt181: DLCs = cost time and money to make, cost money for the user

trophies = extremely easy to make, cost nothing for the user, and add that little bit of a goal to things you might not normally think about.

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November 21, 2008 at 8:51 PM

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November 21, 2008 at 9:18 PM

assuming its contract related and it just took time to get around previous legalise and get all the devs signed up to the new system.

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November 21, 2008 at 10:17 PM

Kiddy pleasers that require no actual additional thought or game content?
Achievement 1..you opened a door..achievement 2,you walked out the door achievment 3 ,you have reached the iron gate ..et etc etc..bleh.
It`s bollocks!

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