Hey Juggalo, you should really work on your comprehension skills.
... What? You might wanna try for better insults. Leaving your target befuddled as opposed to insulted isn't exactly effective, dude.
BwAaaahahaha! Tell you what. Once that happens, I'll leave this forum, wish granted!
Outdated study is outdated. A study from 2007 stating that achievements drove games sales in 2006 to 2007 fits right in line with what I've been saying here. Initially, they were interesting additions, but not so anymore, and will probably be downplayed or eliminated in the next gen as a cost-cutting measure.
But if it's a stat fight you want, and since the prize is so juicy, I'll give you your desire.
DS - ~107 million units
Wii - ~52 million units
PSP - ~51 million units
360 - ~31 million units
PS3 - ~23 million units.
Notice how the top THREE do not have all-inclusive "achievement point systems," elected to have them by a game-by-game basis as the developer desires (e.g Contra 4, Wii Sports Resort, etc). In fact, The Top 11 games this GENERATION don't even use "achievement points" at ALL.
1. Wii Sports - ~47 million
2. Wii Play - ~23 million
3. Nintendogs - ~22 million
4. Wii Fit - ~21 million
5. NSMB DS - ~20 million
6. Brain Age - ~17 miillion
7. Mario Kart Wii - ~17 million
8. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - ~17 million
9. Mario Kart DS- ~ ~16 million
10. Brain Age 2 - ~14 million
11. Animal Crossing - ~11 million
After this, the first game at around 10 million, is Halo 3. And that game only incidentally has achievements and probably sold more because it is Halo 3 than "achievements included." Then it's SSBB, Mario Galaxy, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, and then CoD4.
So of the Top 16 games this generation, only
two use achievements. and since no game with achievements has outsold GTA: SA, the top selling game from last generation, I can say that achievements, at least, have not added anything customers really want.
But it's funny that, after accusing Nintendo of arrogance, and myself of being a paid "shill" for... disagreeing with you, you whip out a report with PR freshly slurped from the chin of an MS representative, fueled by an outdated 2007 study. Who looks more like a viral marketer?
In any case, I have proven that achievements, to games sales and console userbases, have really contributed nothing and one COULD argue they've actually detracted from sales. So you are free to leave. Or you can try to discredit me and these figures and stick around, which is kinda what everybody's expecting.