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Is Sony’s Trophy System a farce?

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One of the great inventions of this generation was the Xbox Live Achievement Points system that gave gamers a reason to try play games differently or to ensure they completed games to get that elusive gamerscore. 

It didn’t take long for Sony to come up with their own system to reward gamers when they revealed the Trophy System where you are rewarded with different trophies for achieving certain aspects of a game. Well now it has been revealed that the Trophy System is amazingly easy to rig and Sony hasn’t been putting in much effort to stop the cheats from racking up the trophies.

This has once again come to light because Sony was running an auction to win some exclusive gamer gear but instead of asking people for money they were asking gamers to flaunt their golden trophies in the auction. It’s an awesome experiment to see how much the trophies are actually worth to gamers and a novel way to give out exclusive gear… however this is where it all starts to unravel.

A gamer by the name of redsoxfan95 apparently is such a good gamer that he managed to rack up 7500 golden trophies in a single day to ensure he had enough to win the Killzone auction.

Granted he may just be the best gamer on the planet and could have achieved these legally if it wasn’t for the one trophy for Black Ops 2 that he apparently unlocked in 1995… slightly before the PS3 was even available in what would have been a seriously ground breaking title in 1995.

On one side no one really cares if some guy with an inferiority complex wants to cheat to boost his personal trophy cabinet but when it starts being utilised to steal exclusive gear away from real gamers it starts becoming a problem. Sony should stop these guys and they should do it quickly. Some of the fixes are straightforward; don’t let people have trophies dated before the PS3 was released, for example –  but it will take a bit more than that to bring confidence back to the system.

Last Updated: July 18, 2013

66 Comments

  1. RinceWind

    July 18, 2013 at 08:42

    This sucks man. I get so bloody irritated (almost as much as listening to this NEWS release by Cell C, fuck off!) when people do stuff like this. Talk about defunct gene. I mean, does the little loser sit giggling to himself after he has done this? Man… *Gets off halo…

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    • OVG

      July 18, 2013 at 08:47

      BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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      • Grant Hancock

        July 18, 2013 at 08:50

        This must be header for the next good Star Wars game 😀

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  2. Ultimo_Cleric N7

    July 18, 2013 at 08:45

    Ok lets just think about the BIG story here: redsoxfan95
    This guy bought Black Ops 2, then goes back in time and beats the game before the PS3 even came out. He is a Timelord! Incredible!
    And 7500 trophies in 1 day! What an amazing person. WHY DOES HE NOT HAVE HIS OWN ARTICLE!!!

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    • RinceWind

      July 18, 2013 at 08:47

      I never thought of it that way. Apologies for my rant above, I should have just assumed he had a Delorian and a baseball jacket. *what is wrong with me…

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      • Ultimo_Cleric N7

        July 18, 2013 at 08:48

        Nothing Rince…your Back to the Future reference is welcome here.

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    • Tarisma

      July 18, 2013 at 09:00

      Good god! You have all the answers

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    • Weanerdog

      July 18, 2013 at 09:07

      Check his profile see that some of his trophies are from GTA 5, AC 4 and Gran Tourismo 8 so Black ops 2 in 1995 seems legit.

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  3. Umar Kiiroi Senk?

    July 18, 2013 at 08:46

    Sony Should have checked this person’s date stamps before approving the winner. that said, hacking gamer scores is nothing new though

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    • Argentil

      July 18, 2013 at 08:48

      Inflammatory headline ftl.

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      • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

        July 18, 2013 at 08:52

        Let’s see if any flames ensue

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    • RinceWind

      July 18, 2013 at 08:51

      It is pretty silly on SONY’s side too. They should know there are these little jerks out there and have a far better system for checking/protecting. This just reminds me of that time they allowed millions of user account details to full the already bursting with pornography/cats ‘internet’. So what will happen with the Xbox one if you can hack away like some lumberjack? Some Chinese IT student in Guangdong province is going to activate Haal 2000 and watch you walk around in your boxers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg

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      • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

        July 18, 2013 at 08:53

        Sony should have validated , especially when using scores as a means of obtaining a winner. scores to most people are just a matter of pride

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        • RinceWind

          July 18, 2013 at 09:07

          Agreed. Bad slip up on their side. Where are all the Xboner fanboys when we are being critical of SONY? You never see comments from them when we are showing that we are not brainwashed lemmings do you?

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          • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

            July 18, 2013 at 09:09

            Exactly, lol but let us just say Xbox sux(which it does*cough* :P) , and then we are sony fanbois and blah blah blah. they never see this part of the spectrum

          • Concenred

            July 18, 2013 at 09:14

            Only because you insist, but here goes…”Xbox won, you are Sony fanbois and blah blah blah, PS 3.5, etc. etc.”. Feeling better?????

          • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

            July 18, 2013 at 09:17

            Well somewhat , I miss being able to say Xbox One was a backwards system that failed to innovate but tried really hard to control consumers with DRM disguising it as ‘features’…okay now I feel better

          • RinceWind

            July 18, 2013 at 09:20

            Thank you! I wasn’t sure where I was for a moment!

          • FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

            July 18, 2013 at 10:12

            I heard that!

            *ting ting

          • FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

            July 18, 2013 at 10:12

            *ting

    • TiMsTeR1033

      July 18, 2013 at 08:54

      yeah but on xbox live its very hard to do that!

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      • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

        July 18, 2013 at 08:56

        Nope it’s pretty easy, there are so many tutorials, but MS on the other hand takes it seriously and quickly bans cheaters

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        • TiMsTeR1033

          July 18, 2013 at 08:57

          only thing I ever wanted to cheat is free ms points! sadly it never worked 🙁

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      • Concerned

        July 18, 2013 at 08:58

        I dunno, got my Live account hacked by these PES guys a while back but I think that was due to a 3rd party site being hacked? Anyways, MS gave me a temp gold account and fully restored and refunded original in a couple of days though! Goeie werk kerels!

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        • TiMsTeR1033

          July 18, 2013 at 09:00

          damn only thing I ever had hacked was my pc, mouse cursor started kvoing be it self and notepad opened up. guy said “nice collection of games and music, mind if I help myself?” TRUE STORY!!

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          • Concerned

            July 18, 2013 at 09:02

            Wha ha ha! Never mind the all watching Kinect, that is scary as shit!!????

          • TiMsTeR1033

            July 18, 2013 at 09:03

            how many leaked nude people will be online due to kinect! prob another paris hilton sex tape due to it aswell.

          • Concerned

            July 18, 2013 at 09:08

            So it DOES have it’s benefits! Except the Paris Hilton part, maybe MS could sponsor all the good looking actresses with Xbox Ones??????

          • TiMsTeR1033

            July 18, 2013 at 09:10

            now there is an idea! I still see this kinect 2 going wrong! spawning sex games or being another way to be used for online web cam girls. Sure the guys at ms already see ppl with kinect now and keep all the nude stuff hidden away to sell onlne to porn companies

          • Ippoletta

            July 20, 2013 at 02:41

            Naked pics always leak through cell phones and computers, not kinect devices. besides microsft has more important shit to do then watch a bunch of fat guys playing games naked.

          • Weanerdog

            July 18, 2013 at 09:11

            When you get the call from the Indian lady telling you that she is from a Microsoft and she is going to help you secure your computer against viruses, do not go to the website and download the free “patch” to secure your system.

          • Trevor Davies

            July 18, 2013 at 09:58

            My mom gets that call once a month like clockwork.

          • Weanerdog

            July 18, 2013 at 14:06

            I get them once a week at least, I started messing with them and I even got a not so subtle threat from the one guy. I may actually infect my computer just to get them to stop phoning me.

          • Brady miaau

            July 18, 2013 at 11:33

            A friend of mines mother did. Cleaned the computer up, but wow, you should not do that.

      • Ippoletta

        July 20, 2013 at 02:28

        Exactly, Microsoft would never award a cheater lol. that asshole would have gotten reset. and a possible ban. nobody on Xbox would dare try that mess had it been a microsoft auction. they already know Microsoft doesn’t play around,

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    • Ippoletta

      July 20, 2013 at 02:38

      At least Microsoft Bans the losers and labels them as cheaters on Xbox.com when they catch them, sony doesn’t do a damn thing about trophy hackers.

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      • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

        July 20, 2013 at 05:58

        Yip I like how ms is on the ball with cheaters. Sony should get their act together when it comes to such things

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  4. silverscorpio

    July 18, 2013 at 08:56

    Maybe Sony is not putting in the effort because they are are maybe planning to change it for the PS4. If not they better change it now.

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    • RinceWind

      July 18, 2013 at 08:58

      I really hope that is not the case. There’s no excuse to letting things slide on your current console in anticipation of the new. People just won’t take you seriously.

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  5. Tarisma

    July 18, 2013 at 08:59

    I could understand them leaving it if they had no auctions. I mean a trophy score is basically a point system where the scores made up and the points don’t matter. Not every gold trophy is equal, I mean I’m sure all of us could platinum Hannah Montana the movie, but try platinum star ocean.

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    • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

      July 18, 2013 at 09:01

      F**K Ethereal Queen!! F her to hell!!!

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      • Tarisma

        July 18, 2013 at 09:03

        Not a fuck my brother and I tried for all the battle trophies in till the end of time. After about 150hours we stopped. In the last hope 1 play through was enough for me.

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        • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

          July 18, 2013 at 09:06

          LOL I tried going to Tribulations, but gave up, ain’t nobody got for dat!! but I just loved the music though, remix of mission to deep space

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      July 18, 2013 at 09:02

      star ocean?!? wtf is that?

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      • Tarisma

        July 18, 2013 at 09:06

        Longest game on earth to platinum, the trophy guide says 1000 + hours.

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    • Brady miaau

      July 18, 2013 at 11:31

      like Whose Line is it Anyway? What a great show, the English version (with some original people) sort of ok too

      so each game has varying difficulty levels, not really related to the game type. Yeah, not my thing. I am hardly aware of my gamerscore on Xbox. All I know is it is far less then my workmates!

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  6. RinceWind

    July 18, 2013 at 09:00

    I think MS said something about making some of their achievements monetary in value? For the next gen I mean, maybe I am just going madder *more coffee

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  7. TiMsTeR1033

    July 18, 2013 at 09:06

    to be random I had a dream I bought GTA 5 for R900 o_o was like wtf! when I woke up LMAO! but I got it apparently before was released!

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    • Weanerdog

      July 18, 2013 at 09:16

      I bought Gran Turismo 3 when it came out for in excess of R800. The rand had just taken a walloping and the PS2 games were all being priced like that. A month later it was like R500 again.

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  8. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    July 18, 2013 at 09:16

    hehe. #Fail

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    • Admiral Chief Groot Wors

      July 18, 2013 at 09:16

      indeed

      Reply

  9. Anon A Mouse

    July 18, 2013 at 09:17

  10. Natty Dave

    July 18, 2013 at 09:54

    everything will eventually be exploited in one way or another, it sucks but that’s the world we live in now. I remember when diablo II was released, and it was supposed to be a big deal because it was supposed to be super strict on duping and such, but after a few months it was near impossible to not end up in a game with someone throwing piles of gold and ears everywhere

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  11. FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

    July 18, 2013 at 10:17

    Reminds me of a flash game we all played here back in the day on Lazygamer where the winner with the top score at the end of the week won a copy of HAWX. The winner rigged the system but there was no way to prove it because he never “over-rig” it.

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  12. Uberutang

    July 18, 2013 at 13:13

    You can easily download and edit a Xbox gamer profile and then select each Achievement you want, plus the date unlocked, if you wanted to. The technology to do so is out there…

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