Re:RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games
by Lammy on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @02:08PM
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It's telemetry, and achievements have been used that way pretty much as long as they've been a thing. See Dan Teasdale's 2009 "Design Lessons Learned from Rock Band" https://vimeo.com/7087821 The relevant part starts at 32:35.
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Re:RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games
by JoshTriplett on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:05PM
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I absolutely expect that lots of games are using achievements for telemetry.
It would surprise me a little, though, if someone retroactively adding an achievement to an old console game is doing it for telemetry purposes.
My original comment was based on reports from some indie game authors talking about their development experiences, and going "ugh, I have to add achievements, fine".
Re:RetroAchievements: Adding Achievements to Retro Games
by x3sphere on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @11:23PM
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Yea uh... I don't think it's for telemetry. These aren't the original developers of the games and most aren't even professional devs, they probably just think it's cool to add those achievements.