I Play Too Much Xbox 360
Yep, that’s right before I broke the 30,000 mark. The achievements have to be the greatest innovation of Microsoft’s unquestionably innovative console. Even when a game is mediocre, you’re going to want to rent it or buy it in the bargain bin just for the achievements. And if the achievements are easy, you’ll even put up with shit games.
But with good games, getting achievements is just a side effect of enjoying the game—you don’t have to go that far out of the way to get them. Which is nice.