When you can start earning points for every possible feature the Xbox One offers, who knows how exclusive a six digit score will be? That’s up to Microsoft, and how much it wants to favor returning users over new buyers. It takes real dedication to break 100,000 Gamerscore. The scarcity of Achievements is what makes a Gamerscore special. Sadly, it feels like the beginning of a tidal wave of non-game Achievements that will ruin the value of every Gamerscore out there.īeyond the hyper-commercial aspects of Achievement proliferation is the fact that all these new avenues for Achievements will inflate the already precarious virtual economy. The Day One award is meant as an immediate signal that Achievements have changed on Xbox One. As Microsoft kept nudging its Xbox division towards being as much a media hub as a gaming machine, Achievements reminded you the 360 still played video games. Gamers upped their scores by playing titles of varying degrees of quality.
Instead of a cute addition, it felt like the start of a very unsettling trend.įirst off, Achievements to date had been restricted to games. Presumably you turn on your system on launch day and up your Gamerscore in a way no future owner can. A special version of the system is a cute way of awarding early adopters, but on top of a specially branded controller, the console comes with an exclusive Day One Achievement.
What turned me? The announcement of the Day One edition of the Xbox One after Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference (opens in new tab).
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