Playstation Trophies to litter GTA IV landscape in October 2009

While the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto IV are largely similar in terms of content and graphical output, there has always been one significant factor that has differentiated them from one another – Achievements.

While Xbox 360 owners have busied themselves with earning these peripheral tokens of appreciation along with and, in some cases, outside of their accomplishments in the main quest, owners of the Playstation 3 version of the game have had to make themselves content with their achievements in the game’s main quest and its other tangential awards.

That will change come October 27, 2008. Thanks to Sony’s firmware update 2.41, however, Playstation 3 owners will also have the opportunity to earn ‘achievements’ akin to their 360 brethren. Rockstar announced that 51 trophies will be patched into the game via this firmware update, which will allow it to have a singular achievement not available in the 360 version of the game.

While this is an excellent piece of news for owners of the Playstation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV, it has me wondering why these ‘trophies’ are not a consistent addition to every Playstation 3 game available. Although I am pleased that games such as Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Burnout Paradise have this feature, the inclusion of trophies into every Playstation 3 title would go a long way towards giving me a reason to play the game multiple times.

As it stands, I am much more apt to complete a Playstation 3 game and trade it in for another one, than I am a 360 title.

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