Achievement whoring Can Increase Sales

**nekrosoft13** · 10-08-09, 11:15 AM

"The Achievement hunter, who's going to make purchase decisions around the Achievements per minute to ratio - he's probably buying ten to twenty titles a year, or at least playing that many," Pitchford told us. "He's playing a lot. So he's a very frequent customer, and you want to be in that pile. That's just business."

"The time it takes is minimal," we were told, "because you're designing Achievements anyway, and you can probably affect your sales by something like 10 and 40 thousand units. If you're talking about a triple-A game selling between 1 and 2.5 million units. You're talking tens of thousands of units of impact there."

"Unfortunately most people in the industry don't think through it that much. You have designers designing achievements, and they're the worst."

this is just sad

http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=14388

ViN86 · 10-08-09, 11:56 AM

One word for achievement whores: Gamefly

I know people who rent the most ridiculous games and play through them for a few hours just so they can get 500 gamer points or something on XBL. I would say "low hanging fruit"-achievements contribute more to rentals, not necessarily sales. I don't think many people can justify $60 just for some more gamer points lol.

Mr. Hunt · 10-08-09, 12:03 PM

Honestly I feel like this is why Terminator Salvation did anything. If I suspect somebody of being a trophy *****, I just look at their list and if I see Terminator Salvation it is confirmed. That game has like 14 trophies, but 13 (or somewhere around there) are gold, and then the last one is a platinum. And all that is required is that you finish the game on any difficulty. So yeah... trophy whoring ftl.

I know Vin will try to call me a trophy ***** because I have 800+ trophies, but I just game a lot so screw him.

**sytaylor** · 10-08-09, 02:51 PM

There is something satisfying about the sound and feel of getting achievements, even the ones they throw at you for being able to breathe for one hour while playing.

Tyr-Sog · 10-09-09, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sytaylor

There is something satisfying about the sound and feel of getting achievements, even the ones they throw at you for being able to breathe for one hour while playing.

qft

it's like getting a purple

10-08-09, 11:15 AM	#1
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Achievement whoring Can Increase Sales "The Achievement hunter, who's going to make purchase decisions around the Achievements per minute to ratio - he's probably buying ten to twenty titles a year, or at least playing that many," Pitchford told us. "He's playing a lot. So he's a very frequent customer, and you want to be in that pile. That's just business." "The time it takes is minimal," we were told, "because you're designing Achievements anyway, and you can probably affect your sales by something like 10 and 40 thousand units. If you're talking about a triple-A game selling between 1 and 2.5 million units. You're talking tens of thousands of units of impact there." "Unfortunately most people in the industry don't think through it that much. You have designers designing achievements, and they're the worst." this is just sad http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=14388 __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

10-08-09, 11:56 AM	#2
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: Achievement whoring Can Increase Sales One word for achievement whores: Gamefly I know people who rent the most ridiculous games and play through them for a few hours just so they can get 500 gamer points or something on XBL. I would say "low hanging fruit"-achievements contribute more to rentals, not necessarily sales. I don't think many people can justify $60 just for some more gamer points lol.

10-08-09, 12:03 PM	#3
Mr. Hunt Rectal Gravy Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 8,294	Re: Achievement whoring Can Increase Sales Honestly I feel like this is why Terminator Salvation did anything. If I suspect somebody of being a trophy ***, I just look at their list and if I see Terminator Salvation it is confirmed. That game has like 14 trophies, but 13 (or somewhere around there) are gold, and then the last one is a platinum. And all that is required is that you finish the game on any difficulty. So yeah... trophy whoring ftl. I know Vin will try to call me a trophy *** because I have 800+ trophies, but I just game a lot so screw him.

10-08-09, 02:51 PM	#4
sytaylor Cerebral Barbarian Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 1,656	Re: Achievement whoring Can Increase Sales There is something satisfying about the sound and feel of getting achievements, even the ones they throw at you for being able to breathe for one hour while playing. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 @ 3.42GHz \| Abit IP35 Pro \| GeIL 4GB DDR2 Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB 770/1920/1070 Creative Audigy 2ZS on Logitech Z-680s Yuraku 24" Widescreen monitor It saddens me that I need the following to post here: Disclaimer: Any views expressed in the above post under the psuedonym "sytaylor" are entirely subjective and do not reflect the views of any business, company or entity associated with Simon Taylor. The use, copying of or editing of any materials within this post for professional purposes without written permission is stricly prohibitted under the UK Right of Privacy as provided in the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights: Article 10 ECHR. Any attempt to use the information herin shall be subject to the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information act, with damages being saught for defamation. This disclaimer applies to all text, images or media on this domain. You have been warned. My Blog