Ok this is slightly old but i went through a few pages and didnt find anything on it so here ya go,
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"VideoGamer.com can exclusively reveal that from January 2009 all newly released PS3 games will be required by Sony to support the console's Trophy system.

Earlier this week VideoGamer.com received a tip from an anonymous source within the UK video game industry that, from January 2009 onwards, all newly released PS3 titles will be required to support the PS3 Trophy system.

Today a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesperson confirmed that this information is accurate, stating: "Yes from Jan 09 all games must have trophies."

Good- while I understand why they sort of phased it in and didn't require it for a while, it's getting to the point where they've been around long enough that there's not much excuse to not include them. It was kind of infuriating to see multiplat games have acheivements in the 360 version and no trophies, since they're basically the same thing with a bit of a different weighting system.

I think it's too little too late for trophies...

"Good- while I understand why they sort of phased it in and didn't require it for a while, it's getting to the point where they've been around long enough that there's not much excuse to not include them. It was kind of infuriating to see multiplatform games have achievements in the 360 version and no trophies, since they're basically the same thing with a bit of a different weighting system."

Does this also extend to mandatory patch to all past games? (probably not I just hoping)


Well, with trophies mandatory that just means Home is around the corner.

I never thought they needed trophies in the first place to compete. This is good though.

I never thought of trophies as a make or break feature,but there cool,plus there is speculation that trophies could one form of currency in home,as for patching old games,there probably do some of the bigger titles but i doubt well see trophies for older launch era titles,you never know.

I wish Sony would encourage more retroactive Trophy support. They can't require per se' but maybe try to get more developers to patch their games. They should require every multiplat title to be patched for Trophies, they already have everything set up for the achievements and it would not take much work to transfer achievements over to Trophies, all they gotta do change the point values associated with achivements into bronze/silver/gold. Throw in a platinum for good measure and voila Trophies. A single person with half a brain can sit down and do that in like an hour.

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

"Kush said:

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

Why would it be late...? I already have like at least 10 games that have Trophies...


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Trophies are to Achievements as NXE Avatars are to Miis.  It's just that simple.

"Trophies are to Achievements as NXE Avatars are to Miis.  It's just that simple."

"Kush said:

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

Why would it be late...? I already have like at least 10 games that have Trophies..."

"LiquidPrince said:

"Kush said:

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

Why would it be late...? I already have like at least 10 games that have Trophies..."

I think it's too late because they weren't mandatory from the start. When a game gets them patched in, they aren't retroactive...I'm sure people will care about trophies and those are probably the same people who like Home...I just don't think either are that great."

I actually do like achievements (not in an obsessive way like many), but the reason I like them is because they have always been there. They were planned from the start and I know that every game will have them. I think they are implemented in a better way and I think their setup is better. Trophies obviously weren't planned...Sony simply looked at achievements said, "Hey...people like those things, let's copy them!" in the same way MS created Avatars to copy Miis.

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

They should have been mandatory long before this--or just not been included at all. It's such a blatant lifting of the achievements system that Sony should really do better by their fanbase (who have long trashed Achievements as "useless") and come up with something... you know, different. I have a PS3 and have not aimed to get a single trophy in a game to date. It just seems so meaningless if I can't do it in every single game, and not to mention that its 360 counterpart is actually implemented into the framework of the system. After spending time in Home and realizing how utterly useless it's becoming (moreso with the amount of time I spend with it), I have to question just why I even bother turning the power on anymore.

Here's to... an exclusive sometime late next year that may have some sort of proper set up for trophies.

"They should have been mandatory long before this--or just not been included at all. It's such a blatant lifting of the achievements system that Sony should really do better by their fanbase (who have long trashed Achievements as "useless") and come up with something... you know, different. I have a PS3 and have not aimed to get a single trophy in a game to date. It just seems so meaningless if I can't do it in every single game, and not to mention that its 360 counterpart is actually implemented into the framework of the system. After spending time in Home and realizing how utterly useless it's becoming (moreso with the amount of time I spend with it), I have to question just why I even bother turning the power on anymore.

Here's to... an exclusive sometime late next year that may have some sort of proper set up for trophies."

"LiquidPrince said:

"Kush said:

"I think it's too little too late for trophies..."

Why would it be late...? I already have like at least 10 games that have Trophies..."

I think it's too late because they weren't mandatory from the start. When a game gets them patched in, they aren't retroactive...I'm sure people will care about trophies and those are probably the same people who like Home...I just don't think either are that great."

"Its impossible to not get trophies if you have a trophy game, there are very easy trophies, that you must get simply by playing normally. Also Home is currently incredibly useless, unless you like meeting random people and playing bowling and pool and stuff, its currently a crappy second life because they have not yet added the game launching options which is supposed to be the point of it. However I've met nice people there and made friends so its cool by me."

well there not much to do in home right now, 
i don't see why not the 360 has them on all games