IainThe first time I played my PS3 almost half a year ago, I vowed that this would be my new console of choice. Forget the 360, the PS3 has much more power under the hood and it has a blu ray player as standard. My first thought was “why did I ever doubt this machine based on its lack of PS2 compatibility?” my second being “why are people willing to throw their cash away on a console that provides more red rings than a curry house on a Friday night when Sony have made this stunning console?”.
A few months later, my PS3 had basically become a curvy blu ray player and I started asking myself “Why am I picking the 360 over this stunning console?”
Is it the controller? No, I’ve grown up with the Playstation controller and love its light weight and smooth analogue sticks. Is it the graphics? No, games like LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2 prove that PS3 can walk all over the 360’s capabilities. Is it online? No, I barely play online any more. Is it the games selection? No. Most of my favourite games on the 360 have been multi-platform releases.
Last week I found the answer. Achievements.
Yes that’s right; this is yet another blog about achievements and the art of whoring them. What sort of gaming writer would I be without one?
On Thursday, I managed to cross the 20,000G threshold and since then, I have hardly touched my 360. Why? Because I can’t be arsed squeezing out enough achievement points to reach 25,000 yet. I always told myself that I would only buy games if I thought they looked good. I always stood my ground, shunning easy achievement duds such as Avatar and King Kong in favour of games that I thought would provide some fun or challenge. That is until I reached 18,000G at the beginning of the month. Once I reached that figure, something changed. I stopped giving a shit about gaming integrity and purchased Fight Night 3 (although admittedly it is now one of my favourite 360 games), Prey, Bionic Commando and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I spent close to £100 on games, purely to bump my gamerscore over 20,000. I can barely afford food this month because I wanted those sweet 2,000G so now I’m contemplating pawning my xbox for groceries.
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