XNA Will Not Have Achievements Written Thursday, February 21, 2008 By David Creech | |
Yesterday's announcement of XNA Community Games was exciting, but it wasn't exactly heavy on answers. Today Joystiq sat with a breakfast table full of Microsoft bigwigs and pummeled them until they gave up the information below:
Thanks to Joystiq and StingX2 | |
 Forum Posts: 102 | Comment #1 by N00B EATA Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:38:22 PM | (0)    |
| DAMN...I was hopin for some achievements!! :( | ||
 Forum Posts: 642 | Comment #2 by RogueVasion Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:38:32 PM | (0) |
| Hmmm, this will be pretty interesting to see how it turns out. Xbox looks to be expanding quite a bit. Too bad there isn't any achievements, lol. :D | ||
 Forum Posts: 35 | Comment #3 by AvySmith Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:38:41 PM | (0) |
| they shouldnt. they should be for fun. good call i think | ||
 Forum Posts: 2366 | Comment #4 by Deyankees1 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:38:52 PM | (0) |
| aww no achievements but still from the ones I've played this sounds good. Would like to test XNA myself. | ||
 Forum Posts: 484 | Comment #5 by CaptainKicker Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:41:52 PM | (0) |
| Damn that sucked.. Achievements in thoose games would be brilliant! | ||
 Forum Posts: 206 | Comment #6 by ArmyOfPie Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:43:26 PM | (0) |
| But there was Achievements listed on some of the game menus. I guess those are just in game achievements. | ||
 Forum Posts: 914 | Comment #7 by Netnabi4 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:43:29 PM | (0) |
| I think achievements in these games would ruin the system. Anyone with the ability to make a game with achievements could just give themselves 200 points at any given time. It would be absurd. Good move Microsoft. | ||
 Forum Posts: 63 | Comment #8 by Maeel Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:43:32 PM | (0) |
| it seperates the XNA games from the Arcade games you buy... makes sence | ||
 Forum Posts: 333 | Comment #9 by hansen578 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:47:44 PM | (0) |
| i didnt expect them to because pretty much of what Net x360a said | ||
 Forum Posts: 659 | Comment #10 by KINGxSAINT Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:48:17 PM | (0) |
| I loved the Dishwasher and the Jelly Car one! | ||
 Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #11 by Carlos123977 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:49:59 PM | (0) |
| ....i'd rather buy a real game. | ||
Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #12 by EL1TExWARRIOR Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:51:17 PM | (0) |
| AWWWW MAN!!! | ||
 Forum Posts: 3273 | Comment #13 by Otisbum Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:53:10 PM | (0) |
| We'll just have to make up our own, now won't we? | ||
 Forum Posts: 382 | Comment #14 by lid Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:34:09 PM | (0) |
| thank god theres no achievements. We would have a mess of gamerscore on our hands. | ||
 Forum Posts: 259 | Comment #15 by ShinobiSteve81 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:36:30 PM | (0) |
| Yea I don't mind the lack of achievements at all either. But I have been enjoying some of the XNA games thus far, and am looking forward to great games being developed through this format. | ||
 Forum Posts: 147 | Comment #16 by Medaking Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:42:35 PM | (0) |
| People would make easy achievements and that makes Micy mad | ||
 Forum Posts: 33 | Comment #17 by Lil Miss Death Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:47:55 PM | (0) |
| jellycar is the best by far love it :-) | ||
 Forum Posts: 120 | Comment #18 by NI Warrior 101 Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:55:55 PM | (0) |
| It would be god if there were achievements after MS have checked the game+achievements and let them include them. | ||
 Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #19 by Trellisaze Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 12:06:09 AM | (0) |
| No achievements makes perfect sense because it's supposed to be a testing ground of sorts for XNA games. The most popular ones will in all likelihood get picked up for a full XBLA release and, of course, get the accompanying achievements then. | ||
 Forum Posts: 909 | Comment #20 by MopFlop Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 12:28:23 AM | (0) |
| if there were achievements then people will have stupidly easy ones so there would be no point. y would u choose to on have a certain region selected :S other than that sounds great are they free thou? | ||
 Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #21 by Night45Fox Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 12:39:02 AM | (0) |
| i tried to play some of the games but it said i needed to pay $50 or $100. | ||
 Forum Posts: 961 | Comment #22 by KingBroly Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 12:47:52 AM | (0) |
| All the demos of XNA games I played had Achievements listed in their game file. | ||
 Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #23 by the game025 Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:01:29 AM | (0) |
| I want achievements in the games I buy. | ||
 Forum Posts: 9 | Comment #24 by SkeetSkeet Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:05:55 AM | (0) |
| I thought The Dishwasher was going to have achievements. | ||
 Forum Posts: 403 | Comment #25 by Cat Casino Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:12:19 AM | (0) |
| I was a bit disappointed at first but Netnabi4 did make a good point,got me seeing this whole thing in a new light. | ||
 Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #26 by HEIMZ Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:12:49 AM | (0) |
| damn, no achievements | ||
 Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #27 by Thrall320 Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:26:48 AM | (0) |
| Awesome new feature. Will these games cost MS Points? | ||
 Forum Posts: 416 | Comment #28 by Colby Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 02:15:49 AM | (0) |
| Damn no achievements! | ||
 Forum Posts: 2439 | Comment #29 by kiwi18 Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 04:04:36 AM | (0) |
| yeah but then your firends or you can make a game and then just make an achievement easy as hell and just keep getting achievements and points. I think its better w/o it. anyway Xbox Live FTW, PlayStationNetwork FTL | ||
 Forum Posts: 5145 | Comment #30 by Parkerktm Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 04:15:26 AM | (0) |
| That sucks balls, i wanted some fun and free achievement points, F U microsoft | ||
 Forum Posts: 219 | Comment #31 by Greg0fTheDead Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 05:18:30 AM | (0) |
| f that | ||
 Forum Posts: 718 | Comment #32 by DocRevolt Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 05:55:52 AM | (0) |
| Well, chances are, the best of the games will be rereleased into XBLA, at which point they will have achievements. That's why some of the game menus have Achievements listed on them. | ||
 Forum Posts: 1755 | Comment #33 by Scotian Bred Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 06:18:17 AM | (0) |
| *QOUTE Microsoft isn't particularly worried about XNA cannibalizing XBLA sales. As Xbox Live VP John Schappert said, "I think at the end of the day, empowering consumers to create their own games is better overall. I think it will be a nice compliment. *QUOTE thats because they don't have achievements .. if they want to sell more add them its that simple. Same goes for Xbox Originals | ||
 Forum Posts: 34 | Comment #34 by Setobou Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 06:44:41 AM | (0) |
| it looks like a great system to find good potential devs | ||
 Forum Posts: 472 | Comment #35 by BackerMan Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 08:43:30 AM | (0) |
| Well there's some achievements on xna games. But I don't expect all of them. I prefert achievements on the originals than xna. | ||
 Forum Posts: 952 | Comment #36 by benbam87 Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 10:18:59 AM | (0) |
| Wow the XNA is really looking strong this year now | ||
 Forum Posts: 775 | Comment #37 by Segnius Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 01:43:16 PM | (0) |
| In response to everybody who says that giving these games achievements would mess up the achievement system, I don't think that's true. I imagine these games have to be tested before going up, and they won't just let people throw up games with insanely easy achievements to help boost your score. | ||
 Forum Posts: 13 | Comment #38 by Shodney Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 02:36:39 PM | (0) |
| Are these gonna be sold or downloadable for free? That Dishwasher game is pretty good - opened my eyes to this XNA business. I was expecting crappy made boring games but it doesnt seem so from what I can see | ||
 Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #39 by darkmaster4123 Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 05:27:58 PM | (0) |
| that is bullshit i downloaded the culture game and there were achievements on that another game but i cant remember what game that was | ||
 Forum Posts: 69 | Comment #40 by EskimoDavos Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 06:46:01 PM | (0) |
| I heard Microsoft cut the royalties the devs will get in half to 35% from 70%. | ||
 Forum Posts: 256 | Comment #41 by alexsimms Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 10:06:45 PM | (0) |
| It makes a lot of sense not to include Achievements... BUT, what about offering 25-50 points? It's not that much but would encourage people to download and play user created games, which in turn gives those creators more exposure. | ||
Forum Posts: 256 | Comment #42 by alexsimms Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 10:10:07 PM | (0) |
| I agree with NumberUno that Xbox Originals should have achievements. Back to Halo 1 I would go! | ||
 Forum Posts: 363 | Comment #43 by badgerodoom Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 10:30:41 PM | (0) |
| Ya no achievements pretty much ruins this for me, otherwise i could just play all the crappy(and good) games people make on the internet with my computer. | ||
 Forum Posts: 388 | Comment #44 by Ginjasy Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 11:11:51 PM | (0) |
| No achievements sucks, but it won't stop me getting Dishwasher, that game is frickin' awesome! | ||
 Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #45 by hispanicplaya Saturday, February 23, 2008 @ 01:14:17 AM | (0) |
| I BEG U TO PUT ACHIEVEMENTS PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...... CUZ THAT DISHWASHER GAME....WITH ALL ITS CONTENT...DESERVES SOME NICE ACHIEVEMENTS AND IF SO..THERE SHOULD BE 20 INSTEAD OF 12 AND ALSO THERE SHOULD BE DLC FOR THE GAMES DEPENDING ON THE REACTION OF THE PUBLIC...IMMA DEF BUY IT EVEN W/O ACHIEVEMENTS CUZ ITS A GOOD WAY TO HAVE THE DEVIL MAY CRY FEELING W/O DMC ITSELF......=] BUT PLZ CONDIER THTHIS MICROSOFT...ANYONE ELSE AGREE?!!!!!!!!????! | ||
 Forum Posts: 2442 | Comment #46 by SengIV Saturday, February 23, 2008 @ 02:11:14 PM | (0) |
| Wow, like your all caps? No achievements is much better because people would make games that say Press Start 200G. | ||
Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #47 by spiderlillyx187 Monday, March 17, 2008 @ 11:37:12 PM | (0) |
| baaa they could at east give em 50 points ea or sumthing. bill gates dropped the ball on this one. microsoft should support these games properly. achievements is one of thebest thtings that x360 has that ps3 dont....wake up you slly idiots at sony!!!! | ||
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