PlayStation Users in Europe and Asia Are More Likely to Earn Platinum Trophies - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2022 / 1,914 Views
Sony’s head of the Tokyo Global Developer Technology Department Kenjo Akiyama in a presentation held at CEDEC 2022 game developer conference discussed PlayStation player behavior in the US, Europe, Japan, and the rest of Asia.
Akiyama in his study found that players in Japan have a higher Trophy competition rate per game than in any other region. He also found that players in Europe and Asia are more likely earn Platinum Trophies, compared to players in the US who are the least likely earn them.
PlayStation players in Japan are more likely to get Platinum Trophies in games that are considered the most difficult. Akiyama believes this is due to Asian players having a "never give up" attitude and are more determined to beat the hardest games.
The study done by Akiyama looked at the Top 100 games by region that released over the past year that were released in all regions, and had a Platinum Trophy.
The study also showed that every region bought more digital games than disc games. However, Japan had the highest percentage of disc games purchased, while the US had the lowest.
Thanks, 4Gamer and VideoGamesChronicle.
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The article also pointed out that Americans buy more games than any other region
My theory: European and Japanese PlayStation owners are much more selective with what software they buy and less likely for impulse purchase and/or be subscribed to a content service, so they are more likely to see a game to its completion rather than try a bunch of stuff and move on.
That’s what I was thinking when I read this. When I was a kid and got 2-3 games a year, I 100 percented all of them because that’s what I had to play.
Yeah, I think that's a pretty clear takeaway. If you buy more games, you're going to complete fewer games, all else being equal.
What is staggering to me is how many people across the board don't even finish the games they start.
I remember some stats a while back and the number of gamers who didn't even finish the games they bought was alarmingly high.
I think Quantum dreams ( Detroit: Become human.) or something like that was "bragging" a while ago about how they were pleased that their game had a higher on average completion rate than most titles (Can't remember what it was but perhaps it was 40% or something ) and even that to me seemed low; then again, I am a gaming completionist, so...
How many people here are gaming completionists?
I can't move on to another game unless I finish the one I am currently working through. I'm not sure if it is some kind of anxiety I have or what, but...
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I'm with you, I try to finish every game I play. It might take a while, sometimes even years, and I might be playing several other games in the meantime, but still.
I only stop before end if I end up not liking the game at all, and if I really like it almost certainly I'll try platinum.
Generally I just don't like the game enough and move on. I finish about half of the games I start
Most platinum trophies require collectathons or grinding. I don’t have time for that.
The amount of unnecessary farming, grinding, and collecting in some of these trophy lists is enough to make anyone go mad... case in point, me! ?
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I finish most but I rarely care about trophies or esp Plats. In my 10 years on PSN I only have 7 plats out of more than 250 games.
This is one of the few things I'd say the Trophies are good for; you get stats. Stats are cool. And you're right, when a game has a Trophy for completion of the story mode, the percentage of people that earned that one usually isn't very high.
I remember when I beat Uncharted 4 the percentage of that Trophy was in the 10s (don't know what it's now, years later though). And I'm not fast. I must admit though, I'm part of the problem, especially this last decade. It gets worse too, I hardly finish a game anymore, and if I do, it has taken me years. Some games I bought but never even started. Case in point, I'm still no where near completing something like Mario Odyssey, it's likely I never will.
I love a Platinum Trophy. Right now I'm owning 117 .
I hardly finish any games I start.
Perhaps gamers in Europe and Asia are more hardcore than causal. Or at the very least, they are completionist gamers.
I can definitely see that with Japanese gamers.
I fit the case of someone who makes sure to complete the game that i’m playing since i’m selective with my games and only buy/download games i really like/love. (I’m from the Middle East)
I love getting the platinums that are attainable and aren’t much of a hassle on the games i play.
Strange that Japan have the lowest digital attach ratio of the markets.
They love their physical media. A lot of mainstream and obscure media formats were developed in Japan.
Japan has a big market for used games. That may be a contributing factor.
Well
With the price hike in those regions they won't be anymore
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