Personally, aside from the games and downloadable content, the best thing that this generation of video game consoles have introduced would be Achievements, in the case of the Xbox 360 and Trophies for the Sony Playstation 3.
I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone when I say that these are incentives to actually complete a particular game and are a tangible form of “accomplishment” that you can use to compare among your friends.
I like what Sony has done with the Trophy system and the new interface that allows you to compare trophies with your friends on the Playstation website. The Portable ID is also a cool feature, but I’ll like to see the games I’ve been playing recently on the tag as well. But it’s still cool, check out mine:
On the subject of trophies, I unlocked 4 in inFAMOUS over the course of 2 days. These were Goody Two Shoes (reached full positive karma), Road Kill (taken down 25 enemies while riding on a moving vehicle, Back With Trish (reconciled with Trish) and Red Baron (taken down 100 enemies while they are still airborne). Can’t wait to unlock more.
inFAMOUS (PS3) Trophy Progress…
On the subject of trophies, I unlocked 4 in inFAMOUS over the course of 2 days. These were Goody Two Shoes, Road Kill, Back With Trish and Red Baron….