Cliffy B on why folks are obsessed with their Gamerscores

Non-gamers are used to collecting points, say for example web dollars or e-coupons, that they can later trade in for something. Nobody was more surprised than Microsoft entity Aaron Greenberg when their amazing brainstorm, the Gamerscore – the achievement points system that allows players to collect points and trade them in for absolutely nothing, turned out to be such a phenomenon.

GameDaily has a feature on several gaming celebrities and gaming analysts’ take on Gamerscores. Well skip over the opinions of most of the analysts, and we’ll relay to you folks the take of someone  that we feel you guys  could relate a bit more to.

Here’s Cliffy B and his take on the obsession with the Gamerscore:

It’s nerd cred, man! …It’s so clever, I mean, it’s just a score. You may say it can’t be used for anything, but gamers use them for pride. They’re pride points! You can compare it to the feeling you get when you pull up to a restaurant in a Lamborghini. People go, ‘Oooo, he must be somebody.’ In the virtual world of gaming, points create that same sense of rank and envy, and that’s why gamers have latched onto them. I read that people are picking up the Burger King Xbox games just so they can score additional points. If that doesn’t prove how well this program is working, nothing does.

Yeah, it’s all about pride and showing off your gamer-wang. That and the feeling that whatever it is you’re doing in the game, matters – to yourself, and more importantly to a large gaming community.

Via GameDaily

Non-gamers are used to collecting points, say for example web dollars or e-coupons, that they can later trade in for something. Nobody was more surprised than Microsoft entity Aaron Greenberg when their amazing brainstorm, the Gamerscore – the achievement points system that allows players to collect points and trade them in for absolutely nothing, turned out to be such a phenomenon.

GameDaily has a feature on several gaming celebrities and gaming analysts’ take on Gamerscores. Well skip over the opinions of most of the analysts, and we’ll relay to you folks the take of someone  that we feel you guys  could relate a bit more to.

Here’s Cliffy B and his take on the obsession with the Gamerscore:

It’s nerd cred, man! …It’s so clever, I mean, it’s just a score. You may say it can’t be used for anything, but gamers use them for pride. They’re pride points! You can compare it to the feeling you get when you pull up to a restaurant in a Lamborghini. People go, ‘Oooo, he must be somebody.’ In the virtual world of gaming, points create that same sense of rank and envy, and that’s why gamers have latched onto them. I read that people are picking up the Burger King Xbox games just so they can score additional points. If that doesn’t prove how well this program is working, nothing does.

Yeah, it’s all about pride and showing off your gamer-wang. That and the feeling that whatever it is you’re doing in the game, matters – to yourself, and more importantly to a large gaming community.

Via GameDaily