Medals Coming to New Xbox Experience

While achievement's have been around since the 360's initial launch it seems that along with the new Xbox experience will be medals. Yes, Medals are coming to the 360's dashboard update. Strangely enough no one has really caught onto this but it was slipped in a recent interview.

[ElementX]

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[riqued]

Sound a lot like trophies... Sony copied them and they copied back...

[UnSelf]

Looks like Sony and Xbox are playin Telephone

[Amanosenpai]

At the end ull become what u hate.

[inthekillzone]

i know PS copied MS with trophys but MS dosent copy everyone else the right way. they do a staright copy, not even making it better like they should if they want to get some praise

[LJWooly]

This'll just go back and forth, there's no point even trying to debate it. Although, while I'm aware that everyone copies, this is rather blatant on Microsoft's part.

[uie4rhig]

WTF? WHY MS? WHY? you should be happy that people are copying you, so WHY copy back lol.. MS is just being G/-\Y now..

[radzy]

..........................

[player911]

This is exactly what your profile already has. Games already have "medals" that are unlocked via getting certain achievements. Each game has their list of medals depicted by their own graphic already. The system in place works great.

Most importantly the rewarded points for gaining those are added up in a nice simple numeric value and displayed right on your profile page along with the last several "medals" you've achieved.

This is exactly what we've had.

"Microsoft will also institute a new medal system so you can show off your most recent achievements."
aka
"Microsoft will also redo the medal system so it will display your most recent achievements vs displaying the achievements off the disc that is in your drive"

[Legion]

Player911 nailed it. Exactly! We already have medals on 360. They are just going to change the system so you can list your latest acheivments.

Hohum... people reaching for news.

[FreeMonk]

they have always been there. They are the images next to the achievement you get.

All it will be will be a polished version of when we look at our achievements now.

All this stuff about stealing is really ticking me off though. Everyone steals from everyone.

Sony stole Trophies from MS
MS stole the Avatars from Nintendo
Nintendo stole Eh.....did they steal anything??

[Tarasque]

Hmmmmm....trying to update achievment's i see. Well hopefully they dont use bronze, silver, and gold cup's. I like the pic's and such for present achievment's.

[Ateanboy]

LOL!
LOL! LOL!

It appears that the teacher has become the student !!!!!!!!!

[bebojet]

what a damn shame. everybody is just copying one another and than hope for the best. if MS already have achievements why have "medals"?

[Spydiggity]

that everyone posting comments here is a sony fanboy (which makes no sense cuz this article has nothing to do with you) but lemme just clear something up. Every achievement on 360, since it's launch, has had a graphical representation for the achievements.

and to the people saying MS copied back...wow...I don't even know what else to say. if sony stole the idea, MS doesn't have to steal it back, it's still already theres. But every 360 owner knows that there is a little picture for EVERY achievement in EVERY game on 360 and it has always been that way. We just didn't use a separate word (medals), we just still called them achievements.

So if you can't get your facts straight, or you just wanna laugh at MS, just keep in mind that the source of information is pretty important. and the reason they never mentioned it is because it didn't need to be mentioned at E3, this isn't news. another idiot article that should have never been approved. but cuz ps3 fanboys love to look for any reason to criticize the system they don't own or know anything about, of course we see it.

grow up

EDIT: I'd just like to add that i own both, and ps3 is a nice system and it has 1 or 2 good games, and i like that it has a web browser. BUT, it is clear to me who's stealing the ideas from who. and even bigger than that...the attitudes i see from the ps3 owners on this website make me like my ps3 a little less each day. I simply cannot stand the fanboys, you never base your comments on facts, you rarely say anything witty or intelligent. It's just a bunch of nonsense that ruins the experience for anyone who might just want to have a discussion about upcoming games.

Here's a pointer...DON'T COMMENT ON ARTICLES THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!!! This site would have a much stronger community.

@Freemonk... Yeah, they stole Gamecube's hardware. lol
and btw, Nintendo didn't invent avatars.

@Ateanboy... That's a really dumb thing to say.

[incogneato]

its so sad that even though Xbox 360 came out earlier than Wii and PS3 it still has to play catch up with the other consoles. Microsoft gaming division has absolutely no passion for innovation

[BattleAxe]

Sony didn't really copy MS, Trophies are different from a Gamer Score. But Medals are a total copy of Trophies.

[laryforlife]

microsoft didn't do anything new, they already have this now, so they didn't copy ps3, i can already see the graphical representations of my recent achievements - am i missing anything why is this so hot right now?

[Angelitos]

Irony

People has said Sony copied achievements. But, M$ is copying right back.

Medals, which is also known as a reward for something like TROPHIES.

[DarkSniper]

Microsoft once again presents the public with a half-assed implementation to their dilapidated console. Dark Sniper can assure you that this feature was a last minute decision by Microsoft executives, same as all of their corporate choices.

Sony Computer Entertainment breaks the barrier when it comes to innovation. The trophy system was well in development before Xbox 360 created their achievement system. When checking the copyright data, it's clearly obvious that Microsoft has broken into Sony's records to solely implement this into their platform before Sony could release this.

Microsoft is nothing more than thoughtless and incoherent ingrates who do nothing more than have their sights set on any competitive decisions by other manufacturers. When it comes to innovation, Sony Computer Entertainment is where Dark Sniper places his trust, money, heart and soul.

$niper

[why do droids cry]

dark pooper scooper, these 'medals' have been on xbl since 2005 you dimwit. when you view your acheivements. it has a little pic. next to the description of the acheivement. representing the medal. so since every thing is going 3d(not 4d like sony promised) why not have the pic. go 3d. F4G

[Homicide]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! Microsoft copying their competition like always.

[B-Rein]

OMG what the hell is worng with microcopy, 1st they copy freakin miis and home, then they copy singstar and eyetoy play 2 now ps3s trophies

[Silogon]

Unreal. This is getting absurd. Microsoft has went above and beyond the call of copying into straight plagiarism and lawsuit territory.

[AngryTypingGuy]

It's Microsoft's right. They're the ones who innovated giving rewards for completing certain objectives within the game. Does anyone honestly think Sony would have "trophies" had MS not come up with achievements? Do you think PSN would be trying to rush all of the new features if Xbox Live didn't have them? Guess who's to thank for all of them, even if you don't like it? That's right, Microsoft.

I'm not implying that MS is directly responsible for all of Sony's hard work, I'm just saying that you know where the influence comes from. It works both ways though. It's likely that we wouldn't be getting avatars and medals if it weren't for Sony's "Home".

This is why I don't get people who wish that one of the companies would leave the market. This is a perfect example of how competition pushes both companies to keep coming up with and giving more, which makes us, the consumers, the winners.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

Lol, why are you in the "Open Zone" tell that to the people in the "Gamer Zone?"

[AngryTypingGuy]

The Open Zone's more fun. I'm an Xbox fan, and I believe it's the best, but I know that all the companies have their place in the industry.

[power of Green]

They would have called them trophies after all that is what's shown when you unlock achievement's lol(probably where Sony came up for a name for their version).

Everything else is going 3D on the Dashboard why not this, took them long enough there are alot of achievement whores on XBL asking eachother if they got this achievement or that achievement. I guess missing the Spring update will be worth it. It must have taken MSFT over an year to make all this stuff happen with the update if not years.

I mean come on the 8 person party system traveling XBL together and The Netflix theater party system will explode in the casual market, and yes mapping Avatars in actual DL and retail games will be a hit too.

1 vs 100 could take of as an digital smash amoung casuals and their families(digital game show on the same level as a TV show).

I'm sure MSFT has implemented that 3rd party Motion controller tech to the update etc as well, glad they finally got a good singing game too.

[Meus Renaissance]

Lol. This is funny. Sony copies Achievements, we get Trophies. Microsoft love that idea, so we get Medals. Sony loves their new dashboard, we'll get a new one soon - and so on.

1 console Future FTW

[marionz]

its a graphical change people! and whos to say ms didnt plan this out ages ago?

who cares about world hunger or global warming...MS copied sony oh no!

[Finch]

Still looks and sounds like Achievements to me. Whats all the fuss about? Hell everything they just said we already been doing since the start. Just easier now to show them off instead of haven to look it up yourself when you looked at someone. Now its right in your face. Its still Achievements made easier to see! How in the world does this have anything to do with copying?

[jtucker78]

We don't want one future console.

If we have only one then whichever company it is will get complacent because they'll have no competition.

Competition is good, it drives innovation and improvement.

Look at Nintendo, they were almost out of the game last gen. That forced them to innovate and come up with motion control. Now they're back on top.
Sure Motion Control is still in its infancy and still not very good yet, but they're still innovating and developing the Wii-mote plus which I think looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works. I've been hankering for proper 1:1 motion since the Wii came out.

EDIT: Sorry, that last bit was a little off topic... but still sort of relevant to my point :S

[tplarkin7]

Good point. Besides, we don't know what they mean by "medals". The images shown in the image look like Crackdown medals, which are simply achievements. Perhaps the medal system is the top achievement in the last few games?

[Finch]

I hear you, but i think its just the writers wording nothing more.

[deepujatt2005]

Sony copies M$ than M$ copies back lol.

[Ali_The_Brit]

haha yeh

[AngryTypingGuy]

You pretty much hit the nail on the head. And Nintendo does their own thing, to their credit. Even if they are a bunch of wackos.

[Super-Brad]

but aint all japenese people ;)

[Kami]

lol
sony "implements" trophies to their system using achievements as a base and now M$ copies back.lol whats next? They are going to have 3d Medals for the Miis...(what was that crap called again?)
EDIT: oh i remenber now, the Avatars.
They should just get together and make a single console, this crap is getting ridiculous. Sony hardware + M$ software = one kick ass gaming console

[uie4rhig]

dude, it wont be possible, MS can ONLY create a OS compatible with 64bit or lower, and since Sony makes the most kickass consoles with now the CPU going above 128bit lol.. so won't be possible, besides, MS will just put a stripped down Windows on it lol so im fine.. and for other software, they'll just put Halo and .. well halo... all other ideas will be copied :P

[grimygunz]

now this is really insane. stooping to a new low soo soon. Microsoft must really be running out of ideals to steal an ideal that was based off stealing there own ideal. if that makes sense. I honestly think MS needs to just do their own thing and stop worring soooo much about sony and nintendo. just give your users what they want and screw Trends. I feel like they cant think for themselves unless its time to send someone a moneyhat.

[Bloodwar]

Maybe the users want trophies so MS is giving them medals.

[duffpaddy187]

hold on mate you have a go for ms not having their own ideas but the whole idea was theirs which was then copied by sony who were obvoiusly worried about ms because they copied in the first place. then you go on to say they cant think for themselves but the same should be said for sony as well you cant bash one without bashing the other. for sure all three companies are going to copy each other its the way it is get used to it

[Rob0g0rilla]

So ironic

[CaptainHowdy]

now THAT's a 360....total full circle. sooooo funny

[UnSelf]

pretty clever

[shine1396]

@CaptainHowdy: your avatar's pretty creepy but what the hell that's got be in the running for comment of the e3 week...that's really clever...

@Bubbles: wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out...now we only need 360 degrees, whereever he is to complete the show...

[hunter21]

dang... for real MS??? what a shame

[Xi]

they're just putting them on your profile now. It's just the achievement icon.

[Bzone24]

Agreed. All it looks like they are doing is changing the achievement pics. If they are copying, they are copying themselves because this isn't really a new "feature", just an image change.

[themyk]

ok sure

[-Maverick-]

lol Microsoft is just trying to stay on top.

[t-0_ot-]

Ain't that the point of business.. -.-

[-Maverick-]

lol they'd be wayyyy on top without medals, though.

[princejb134]

losers

[1stKnighT]

Actually Halo 2 was the first to introduce in-game medals. So I'm guessing it will use the same idea.

[chanto23]

are you insane...medals have been on games since i have memory...GTFO with Halo 2 came out with medals!!!! LMAO!!!

[The Wood]

you kill me 1stknight

[Drekken]

1st knight are you 12 or just new to gaming? Get a life.

[Linzoid]

I'm sure Timesplitters had trophies, I know for sure that Timesplitters 2 had trophies! Both those games were released before Halo 2!

[DJ]

Now, if only Sony could bust out an improved Mail system...

[UnSelf]

Now if only Sony could just make Soul Reaver NEXT GEN!!! (breathing heavily)

[Dark General]

Next Gen Soul Reaver would be delicious. More Raziel please.

[crank]

Or dreamcast soul reaver on PSN....

[Bzone24]

Unless I'm misreading this, it looks like what they already have for achievements. Every achievement you get is represented by some sort of picture. The last so many achievements you got for a game are shown when you have a disc in the drive and you highlight the disc drive.

Just looks like those achievement pics are going to be replaced by pics of medals.

Myself, I think I'd rather have the regular achievement pics instead of the pics of medals.

[player911]

what good is a bronze/silver/gold medal? it doesn't tell you anything about the game. The current "medals" are diverse and created by the developer. They are graphical representations of the actual goal in mind. It makes it easier to look at your friends past achievements and visually see right off the bat how they game.

Plus I like that the current medals are varied per game. If all we got were bronze/silver/gold medals then that would be a BIG step back.

Lame idea. I think this article is misleading. I think they are simply referring to how the medals are displayed on your profile gamertag (like it always has shown).

[themyk]

I mean come on the 8 person party system traveling XBL together and The Netflix theater party system will explode in the casual market, and yes mapping Avatars in actual DL and retail games will be a hit too.

hmmmm ya think?

it's the exact same thing as home and mii's

i wonder if microsoft kind of knows that home is going to be the sh1t.even though you idiot fanboys don't get it.

and the mii thing is popular for the wii..

so yeah i'm pretty sure they want it to be a hit.

the xbox mii60 is the EA of consoles.

they have no shame.

and pog. if your a real "gamer" can't you see that about them

[Whoooop]

The only thing MS needs to do is confirm that medals will earn points to buy clothes for their miis rip-offs.

That should be the prize winner.

[themyk]

the 360 pretty much spent the last three years suckering in all you "hardcore" gamers, brainwashed you into thinking because you have live, it makes your console the sh1t. now that they have you, they say ok here you go here's your gears, we pretty much put nothing new in it but here you go enjoy.

now that thats out of the way we want those casuals. here look you can play uno here. you can play game shows. you can do silly fun little camera stuff. see we're family friendly too. if you don't believe me look at our miilike avatars. see we're just like nintendo. only better because you can use live, the wonderful service full of children, lag, and untimely crashes.

jump in.

[Elginer]

but so true! LOL

[player911]

wtf are you rambling about. This is completely off topic and makes no sense.

The 360 already pleases the hardcore gamer. The only reason why the 360 is introducing family games and mii-like avatars is to appeal to casual gamers too. Remember the 360 is in the middle price range of all 3 systems. In order to dominate it has to provide the best of everything.

It doesn't mean they are throwing their hands up and not focusing on the hardcore gamers still, no. They're just continually adding and trying to appeal to various gamers to attract new people.

[themyk]

oh really.

um maybe i missed that part of e3. you know the part where they showed off their hardcore games. gears sure. fable not so much. if i wanted to get married and have kids i'd turn my ps3 off and step into my real life.

they sold out dude. just admit it.

and you 360 kids are supposed to be "hardcore" gamers.
you want to see hardcore go watch sonys conference.

[Halochampian]

your fanboyism belongs over there ----> [OPEN ZONE]

Hardcore??? hmm... they showed off one of the most hardcore games ever... GeOW2.

I dont want to get into this deeply because I dont think your fanboy-centered mind could handle it. Microsoft has a hardcore base. They have already gotten that. They are trying to get more people so are now making their system accessible to BOTH the hardcore and casual. Microsoft isn't being like Nintendo (sorry Nintendo.. i love ya but it is true) where they push away their hardcore group.

Understand that they are keeping the hardcore and now allowing the casual to enjoy it also.

[Wii60Fan]

Jump in than play beyond.

[pwnsause]

wow...just wow... M$ takes the ultimate prize of copying other companies. very original Microsoft, very original

[Teknique1988]

yeah and sony needs to actually have a confirmation date for their dating service/sim ripoff whats the name of that feature again that sony been talking about 4 the past year OHHHH yeah HOME LMAO

[pwnsause]

are you in the close beta? if not, you should STFU, turn 180 degrees and go back to your cave. home destroys anything thats on XBL XD

[Solid_Snake666]

i wouldnt be talking since development on TOO HUMAN was more than 10 years ago and it was worse than haze

[Teknique1988]

lol sure it does and your one of the many retarded casual gaming droids that are goin 2 be waiting for this crap for the next year or 2 lol please theirs nothing on the PSN that can top the 360 please keep getting brainwashed by sony droid=)

[Whoooop]

POG???

[pwnsause]

nope this fall asshole :D

@Whoooop
Possibly Mart's clone

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

This looser is already down to 4 bubbles, you fail taknique.

[Teknique1988]

actually im neither one of those people but i see pwnsause that you have another one of your droid friends here 2 back you up but i forgot i was warned before i came on here that this site is populated with little immature sony fanboys and pwnsauce tell whats home goin 2 do 2 OUTDUE xbox live???

[pwnsause]

everything you dumb and sorry im not immature. i a 21 year old Aerospace Engineer attending college, anyway lets sum this up shall we:

-2d trophies are also 3d trophies when you go to home, its in a Hall of fame trophy space

-you can create a party and join into a PS3 game within Home

-you can stream your media to more than 4 people within Home in your Virtual Apartment

-there are going to be Homes spaces based on games (ex. Uncharted Home space) you can set up a strategy with your freinds or clan members for online games within a Home space, like the warhawk Home space http://kotaku.com/361562/ho...

-you can play Home games (ex. Bowling,pool,chess,checkers,et c.) everything that has to do with gaming is limitless, it can be even shooting hoops

-you can go to your favorate 3rd/1st/2nd party publisher's Homespace and who knows, maybe talk to your favorate developer within home. heck maybe even seeing whats going on with your favorite game, thats going to have a home space dedicated to it as well.

-you can go into home spaces that are celebrate a specific day, say E3 home space or a Sony Conference Home space were companies can show off/advertise/unveil new games within home and exhibit them to Home users.

-Do i have to say more to please you, i can go on and on, Home is that limitless

next time when you call someone a droid, make sure to look at yourself in the mirror, and say that, and before you judge and talk S**t about a product, make sure that you tried it. Home may still be in beta and thats what people are going to be using this fall, but look at the bright side, right now you are talking to me in a website that is still in a beta, dont believe me, look at the top right corner of your screen, what does it say? its says beta 2.0. is it a finished product, it looks finished to me, but the admins to this site doesnt think its finished yet, so they need to keep adding. same can be said about Home. :D

[outlawlife]

this isn't new its already there, they just gave them a name and they are displayed on your gamercard

its just the achievement icon...

the enw gamercard will show the last 4 you got

currently you see the last 4 someone got in the current, or most recent game they have played

perhaps they are giving them medal ranks due to difficulty or something?

[Lord Vader]

"this isn't new its already there, they just gave them a name and they are displayed on your gamercard

its just the achievement icon... "

Those last four achievements have been on the gamercard since 360 launched. This is not a big deal & this existed loong before Sony's achievement system.

Fanboys = FAIL

outlawlife = Bubbles+

[stormchaser82]

Showing your last 4 achievements...Jesus people READ!

[zhuk is god]

no more raziel, I want more kain and for 360 please

[Thugbot187]

Hopefully a rumor and not true. This is where it crosses the line and Microsoft will loose a gamer to Sony. Achivements are great they are there for a quick thrill as you unlock them and then it becomes a sum to your gamer score. I don't need or want trophies or a medal for any virual home.

[darkequitus]

So "I will not play Gears2 because it might have medals" smart

[InMyOpinion]

I think I know what they are doing.

If you get enough achievements in a game you get a medal. Would be cool if you in turn could exchange those medals and get apparel for your avatar.

[Finch]

Its still 100% Achievements only difference is instead of just seeing there gamer score you now also see the Achievements pictures too. Before you had to go into the persons profile to see the Achievements picture now you don't!

[The Wood]

Points mean Prizes as they say..

Extra furniture Pads and avatars made available by trophy led gaming

[InMyOpinion]

They would be more succesful if they had followed my example lol! =) If you want people to buy you need a bait.

@The Wood - Yeah, it would work even better with Home. Unlock a certain number of trophies in Uncharted and you get the Uncharted treasure map to put on your wall etc.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

Smell that.
Thats desperation from a Dead Console.
Die XboX Die!
Thats the Last Red Light anyone will ever see again.
Loyalty?
Even CliffyB thought you were a bunch of retards grenade taggin & shizz.
I qoute " yeah, not a fan of that one."

Its over.
thank god you are anonymous Xbot!
No one wants to see you cry child. Droids speak from experience.
Xbots talk about 2007. You noobies.
Save your money & quit sounding stupid.
Enjoy your summer. This is the nature of business strategy, Eliminate the middleman.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

LOL!
maybe they can copy reliability & original thought.
can they copy me too, I need a extra pair of hands around the workplace.
why can't xbox360 copy the cell?
I really need a fake ps3!
identity crisis anyone?
copy MMO
try copying lagless, thanx.

I'm just kidding, I'll cut you guys some slack.
the icons were there nameless before but I still smell desperation.
you know I used to have a xbox360... Twice.
nothing worse on n4g than lying so I retract my comment.
still?

[Hellraizer]

Graphical representation of achievements were always there, so thats why no one made such an fuss about it.

[Strife Lives]

. .and here we have Sony and Msft going head to head.playground bully Playstation brand up against the kid thats standing up to them Msft.while the xbox was squashed last time,it went home,took some steroids and came back lol. This is benificial to all gamers. I want to see more.Forza and Gran Turismo. and so on.each has to push the envelope.just imagine next next gen. wow. The medals idea,I like it.

[t-0_ot-]

MicroSoft already has some form of "Medals" on the current Live version..

[felidae]

nice one, MS

[mistertwoturbo]

Microsoft should seriously think about copying the PS3's reliability.

lol j/k I just had to throw a fanboy punch in there.

But come on, Medals/achievements, and trophies are all the same thing anyway.

[Elginer]

make the thing stop breaking haha

[Bilzac]

lol..its funny..how sony copied em and then they copied sony..next thing nintendo mite make their own medal/achievement/trophy system...i wonder what they'll call it know all the above are taken...hmm.."mii"da l/tophii ?

[Strife Lives]

Would hand out gold stars lol yip,they'll even stick it on your forehead too.lol .when is nintendo gonna drop this family gimmick? Their an evil mega corporation just like Sony and Microsoft.

[Arsenal4Ever]

Well we have a leveling up system. But boy do they like trophies they made a medal system. Sony it's your turn takke it tothe next level.

Microsft seems to be putting home features on thier dashboard since E3.

[jay2]

If any one didn't notice this right away, go and buy some glasss.

[ry-guy]

Stop imitating and start innovating.

[mcgrawgamer]

than 3d versions of the achievement icons you already get. how are they copying Sony again? Just because they are moving to a 3d space with something they already have? Oh I see so even though Sony is just now focusing on PSN with the same level of dedication MSFT has to xbl, and since XBL is evolving; MSFT is lame because they won't stand still long enough for PSN to surpass them???

That's really what all this hate boils down to.

xbl evolves just like psn evolves. some of us need to face facts that msft is not gonna sit idly by while psn tries to COPY everything xbl is doing. Oh but when Sony does it they being competitive and that's good for industry, but when MSFT does it they copy and hold the industry back?

The levels of hypocrisy by some here is almost unbelievable.

XBL is ripped cuz the NXE looks like like a vertical XMB completely ignoring the fact that the NXE resembles Media Center (Vista) more so that anything on the xmb. And now they being ripped by tweaking something they already have in place? I hope I never run into any of you on PSN, I'd hate to hear what some of you say verbally based on your statements here in the gamerzone I believe it's 10x worse.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

I think it's more the fact that XBOX Live has been out for six years and Sony just came out with PlayStation Network (PSN) in two. A lot of XBOX 360 owners made fun of the avatars in Home that it was pointless etc. Now looking at E3 it seems like the XBOX 360 is trying to catch up to PSN.

I do agree that the new XBOX 360 interface resembles the Vista's Media Centre but not the Xross Media Bar (XMB). The XMB is made up of icons with titles near them. The XBOX 360 has giant looking windows to scroll through. If you want to know who came out first the PSX (DVR) with XMB in Japan on December 13, 2003. Windows Vista's release date was RTM: November 8, 2006; three years later.

In reality I can technically say Microsoft potentially got the idea from the PSX (DVR) in 2003 when released in Japan.

[f789790]

Sony and Microsoft are crazy and Nintendo is well.... nobody cares about them now.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

Microsoft adds avatars now they're adding a trophy system which is suppose to be the physical representation of your achievements. It's like Microsoft is trying to copy PlayStation Home on a lower level, lol.

What Sony hasn't announced yet was the importance of you level in PlayStation Home. Microsoft is seen as the master on online while Sony is catching up. Sony just implements their system and within weeks Microsoft is already mimicking.

[Says you]

Did trophies look like achievements? cause they aren't do you see a trophy in XBox Live I mean you can achieve trophies.

[ROCCOZILLA]

its funny how SONY keeps on raising the bar and m$ keeps trying to keep up.im so glad i have a P S 3,cause i love being a leader and not a follower.P L A Y B 3 Y O N D !

[The Real Xan]

the pictures shown are the pictures for the achievements available in mass effect, these 'medals' are just the achievement pictures and nothing new. The achievements is mass effect are called names such as "medal of valor".

[Crazywhitie]

Ms has had this already now they are just being added to the gamercard, that's all...go look at your games list, you'll see these medals already

[mcgrawgamer]

Technically we could go back and say PSX in japan was derived from Tivo or MSN tv, but we'd just be splitting hairs.

Your years comparison between xbl and psn is null and void to me. How can you combine all the years of xbl combined on two platforms, and ignore the fact that the ps2 had a internet solution all it's own? It might not have been the same psn as we see today but psn was derived from it just like xbl on the xbox was not the same xbl on the 360. So technically the playstation network interface has been in place longer than xbl. Once again were just splitting hairs, but you can't call out one service without calling out the other. I don't understand how Sony can get a free pass in the online space and MSFT can't.

In my mind. MSFT should not be charging for xbl
And sony should not be playing catch up they should be head and shoulders above MSFT. If they would have taken the online space serious with the ps2......Also the picture you posted further fuels my belief that sony's online effort has been lacking simply because that interface is where the current xmb derived from. so the framework was already there. Therefore sony didn't change anything nor did they create something fresh and new they just took the interface from psx and slapped it in the ps3.....

Personally I think Home is pointless. It has nothing to do with avatars though more so with the fact that it should be connected to PSN and not a seperate entity, but that's just my opinion.

[Grown Folks Talk]

"The MyXbox section will give you a central location to edit personal items. From here you’ll be able to add pictures, edit your profile, and view your achievements. Microsoft will also institute a new medal system so you can show off your most recent achievements. Medals are basically graphical representations of achievements, kind of like graphical badges or trophies." It's a new way of showing the exact same thing that has been there since day 1.

[Zulwarn]

when MS copies something they revolutionize it and makes it better

when Phony copies something it flops and turns out to be a disappointment

[-M4verick-]

That's a new trend this generation, unfortunately.

[andron]

They just refined the unlockables that many already had and repackaged it as a mandatory achievement system.

They just took it one step further and billed it as something new...

[vlazed]

Insomniac has had Skill Points in their Ratchet and Clank series for some time now.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

All MS is doing is adding in your last 5 acheivements earned. The "medals" have been around since the start. All or you Acheivements have always earned you a point value and a graphical "medal" representing the specific achievement. The only part of this that is news is that MS is going to make your most recent ones visible from the gamer profile.

[TheFanboySlayer]

It is now the Copybox 360

[W S K]

right now i dont know what to think about that medal system (we need to wait for some videos)
i thought that the achievement system worked very good...and if its just a way to customize your shown achievements....AHHHHH sorry... MEDALS!!! then im fine with that.......but we will see

[PimpHandHappy]

yea like the days if PS1 when they used a cartridge

or maybe when they copied the CELL and BLUERAY idea

yea

lol

MEDALS....hahahahahahah

[Serg]

"I bought a PS3 a few days ago, wired it up and placed it next to my xbox, after playing PS3 all day I turned on my Xbox and it RRODed instantly :("

Made my day when a friend told me that earlier today :D

[InfamouspS3]

DEATH TO MICROSOFT,F*CKING COPYCATERS LIKE MIYAMOTA(SMOKES TOO MUCH SHROOMS LOL)

[W S K]

@serg
woah...could you please let me through...please go to the right ------------>

open zone: just follow the arrow

(and i dont think your comment was sarcasm...it was just COMPLETELY useless *rolls eyes*...)

[Enigma_2099]

... I take it all back.

[avacadosnorkel]

bad timing

[dkgshiz]

What the hell is Microsoft up to? Why are they going to medals? I mean the ps3 just came out with trophies. Medals and trophies is almost the exact same. I think Microsoft is heading into many lawsuits. First avatars, than they said they made avatars which is completely false. Now Medals, oh and lets not forget their wii mote rip off. Next thing you know their going to say we invented motion controllers. We invented bluray, we invented automobiles, we invented nuclear bombs. Yeah, Microsoft is heading for some terrible times. This is the year for Microsoft to get over 100 lawsuit's or more.

[Deadman64]

lolz. Ever heard of achievements? They are years old, FYI. As in years BEFORE trophies.

:)
:)

[tudors]

they say medals were there idea.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

This is so not a story people. They have had these "medals" all along. Fanboys will do anything to bash the competition. Its sad to see ...but oh well.

[dro]

this is what i want, for ms and sony to be at a proper comptetion...i want to see sony answer to this.its similar to trophyes but different i hope sony comes up with something..man i cannot wait till i get my next money so i can finally get a 360 and proudly say i have the 2best console in the market write now...i hate the WII XD

[VA1N]

Looks like these won't be as prominent as achievements. Achievements look to be the bread and butter, but medals are just representations or achievements? Guess we'll have to wait and see...

I love the new layout of the xbox screen though!

[VA1N]

You're looking at it the wrong way...

Microsoft had achievements, then Sony copied with the trophies...Microsoft has a right to do what they want with the instant gratification of achievements/medals because the idea is theirs (from a console standpoint).

[FPS nut]

So basicly these are just 3D achievements, so it's realy just nothing new for the Xbox.

[juuken]

...
No comment.

EDIT: Maybe I should comment.
Hmmm...let's see.

R-I-P-O-F-F.

That is all.

[wangdiddy82]

will copy nintendo's WII music and have a special guess like peter moore or phil harrison come out and play the drums like that one dude night shamalan.. lol..

[absolutecarnage]

I mean seriously who the hell refers to themselves in the third person (aka) darksniper . Don't you think your taking this fan boy crap a little seriously.

[Deadman64]

I know what you mean. But we have to be nice to DarkSniper. This is all he has. He has no friends in real life. If we don't give him this attention he would have no purpose to life.

[juuken]

...You guys don't even know him so I don't see why you're talking sh*t about him. He just loves annoying you guys, that's all.

[Deadman64]

That's fine Juuken. But if he was talking sh!t on Sony instead of Microsoft, would you have made the same comment you just did?

:)

[juuken]

...-___-

Give it a rest. He's a nice guy.

[Deadman64]

Thank you :) I thought so.

[juuken]

Just because I didn't answer you, doesn't mean I didn't consider what was said. It's funny how you 360 fanbabies let him get to you like that.

See? That's why I cannot stand some 360 owners. They're obnoxious as hell. Have fun with the disagree button. Just pray your hand doesn't fall off slamming it down each time.

[PimpHandHappy]

many ppl in the buiness of entertainment do that alot...

my fav was The Rock

that dude was real good at it

and yea

Zhuk also talks in the 3rd person

[pixelsword]

But this is typical this gen. Miis and Home avatars were displayed too close to call one a direct copy of another, so I have to grudgingly say they *may* not have copied from one another, but this is way copying a while late...

...The ironic part is that the 360's finished version may come out before the PS3 version.

Ha!

[FFXI101]

For those who keep saying Sony copy M$, you think the Xbox and 360 are original? where was the M$ when the PS, PSOne, PS2 came out and have you actually take close look at Sega Dreamcast and compare it to your xbox?

Dreamcast was the first console that goes online, the first console I know to have trigger like button, both N64 and Dreamcast are also the first two systems I can remember to have memory card slots in the back of their controllers. If you look the color and the place of the buttons you'll see xbox's controller is almost like Dreamcast's except with different color and smaller.

We can go on and on about who comes what idea first, but M$ is definitely not innovative and desperately trying to keep up with Sony and Nintendo.

[air1]

wtf? you couldnt do a quater of the sh!t the 360 does on the dreamcast back then. point is no one has done it like live before live.. you sony fanatics get all bound up on who did what first, this is america ppl it's not who invents it first anymore if it doesnt have a patent, it's who make it better.

alakazzam,
play beyond what? you're 4d gaming machine? calm down? why dont you get with you're ps3 camp and talk about how sony invented everything in gaming, and how psn isn't trying to be like live.

it's crazy how many sony turds infest n4g you little ppl are like frikin germs. you make 1 comment that is not in favor of the so powerful so great ps3 and you start to get disagrees within a min.

[IPlayGames]

The difference between trophies and achievements is that 360 has points

PS3 and a level system.

They both have a lil picture when unlocked.

[felidae]

we already have those "medals"

[n00bzRtehgey]

Just because Sony copies everything from you and Nintendo doesn't mean you have to start copying off of them. THEIR IDEAS SUCK. THE IDEA OF MEDALS AND TROPHIES IS JUST DUMB. Leave that gimmicky crap to Fony.

We are happy with Achievements.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

There is nothing changing with the achievement system all this is doing is the little 2D pictures we have now will become 3D.

Seems to make sense to me with the new dashboard going 3D.

Nothing to see here.

[Dacapn]

I thought lips, the MS wii remote thingy, and the avatars, were funny. Medals? Now this is just hilarious. They're running out of ideas, so they hit the thesaurus haha.

[Nevers]

Unless we're talking about the medals you get in Halo3 MultiPlayer that only appear on Bungie.net??? From the tiny pic, the medals resemble some of the medals I got from Halo3. If that's the case - sure why not. Might make me play Halo3 again if I don't have to access Bungie.net to view those.

... but again I'm only speculating and dont't understand if there's a difference between these new Medals and the old Achievements.

[vhero]

There is no proof of this that pic could just be the achievement icons from a game thats in beta or something dont go saying sad stuff like this yeah sure MS and Sony always copy Ms are worst for it but not this quick.

[alakazzam]

what ever happened to innovation.

[DFresh]

Once again copying Sony as usual is Microsoft's speciality.
Sorry MS but you can't win no matter how hard you try or how much you throw.

[air1]

you sony b!tches swear sony inovates everything huh.

micro came out with online gaming first for consoles period.. let's not forget that it's sony trying to capture the quality of live. if it wasnt for live you idiots would not have a psn. some of you clowns need to grow up.

and every body wonders why nintendo left the hardcore market. you ppl are too buisy calling foul and copycat instead of supporting what you claim to love, gaming..
wishing for sony to be the only console is so stup!d. most of you mofo's hate ea cause of what they do and how they got lazy with madden since there is no comp.
you bet you're as$ the ps3 would still be 600 if it wasnt for a healthy comp..

[alakazzam]

calm down and drink your milk, it nap time soon. MOFO HA

[darkside]

This is just sad....

[air1]

yea sad that sony fans cant look beyond

[alakazzam]

no but they can play beyond.

[darkside]

.....one console future FTW??? j/k

Ok let me get this straight the xbox 360 and the PS3 now are one and the same?? console war my A$$!

[proArchy]

This is totally unnecessary. I'm all for a graphical representation of your recent Achievements, but CALLING them 'Medals' - instead of just leaving them with the title Achievements - raises the "desperately uncreative thief" flag as high as you can, and furiously waves it around.

[Bill Gates]

HDMI copied - check
Home/Mii copied - check
Trophies copied - check
XMB copied - check
Game installs for faster load times copied - check
Singstar copied - check
Buzz game copied - check

Feel free to add to this list of things that NONinovative M$ has copied from others.....AAHHAHAHHAHAHHA

STUPID BABOONS can't see how M$ is actually hurting the gaming industry in the long run.

[Sanhlami]

Oh

[Old Greg]

All that matters, is who's product is better in the end.

By the way, old greg talks in third person, but its because he's lonely down in his seacave. Anyone who wants to join old greg for smooth creamy drink of Baileys is welcome to come by. I've got all things that are good.

[alakazzam]

what kind of baileys. mint or regular

[Old Greg]

Regular? Lol I like regular. Mint gives me headaches and makes my Mangina itch

[Old Snake]

So everyone was pissed and yelling at Sony for copying Microsoft with trophies, but Microsoft is basically doing the same thing Sony is doing with Home and no one care?

[Spydiggity]

ps3 fanboys ruin N4G. no intelligence, no original thoughts, just a bunch of flamers. it's a shame that a website like this with so much potential is completely ruined by a buncha 12 year old kids who don't own a360 and yet assume to know everything. every comment on here about medals being a rip off has absolutely not foundation in truth. you are MORONS

N4G moderators should be ashamed of themselves for allowing your comments to stay in the gamer zone forum.

Do i really even need to point out that medals have always been there...every achievement has a picture on 360. and do i really need to state that it makes no sense for ps3 fanboys who obviously DO NOT own a 360 to be leaving comments on an article for a system they don't own?

[Xlll]

M$ motto "Copy and paste".

[DFresh]

Air 1
Your retarded the Sega Dreamcast was the first console to have online gaming.
Phantasy Star Online

[olivia]

b-rein... good one

[AKIronMaiden]

What's with all this. Yes 2d Trophies are copies of achievements, and if they have 3D achievements then those are copies of 3D trophies. You can't twist it any other way and say they aren't copies of one another.
And what's with people saying Nintendo didn't invent avatars, or Microsoft came up with them. Come on people. Avatars have been around a long time. And it's such an easy and basic idea that everybody has thought of it at one time or another, and not only one person (or Company) had this idea. It's like saying you came up with the a catch phrase, Sure you might of never heard someone say it before, but I'm sure some one else in a different state is saying that same thing now.

[laryforlife]

wow, it seems like the worse the ps3 does, the more annoying and combative the ps3 fanboys get, calm down,

[Wii60Fan]

everyone is so up in arms about - they have always had the last four or five acheivments on your gamer card on the dashboard. Now they will just be better graphically rendered.

[CAPT IRISH]

Welcome to the Open Zone.............. wait I mean Gamer Zone.

[KrimsonKody]

SONY and M$ make an online network that allows xbotz and PS'ers to play against (or with) each other in certain games? Maybe something like that would help release some of this steam. But then again, how would the whole graphical part balance out? Or arenas that are more powerful and cell-driven?