Why Games Should NOT Have Trophies Requiring Online

Gaming Irresponsibly's Alex Nuss writes: If you played a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, you may have earned a Trophy or Achievement. Some gamers, including myself, expand the lifetime of a game by attempting to earn all these digital rewards, with no actual prize besides the sweet bling of victory. For Playstation, if you earn every trophy (excluding DLC trophies) you also earn a Platinum trophy. This doesn’t mean that Xbox fans don’t get their fair share of Achievement hoarding. Now, before this snowballs into a console war, let me get to the subject at hand, video games should not have trophies that require going onto the online features.