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Nintendo Switch 2 won't have system-wide achievements, Nintendo has confirmed.

When asked by Polygon if the new system will break from Nintendo tradition and introduce system-wide rewards for playing games, Nintendo's vice president of player and product experience, Bill Trinen, said, "Nope."

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[digoutyoursoul]

"Nope"

Well, at least he got straight to the point .

:-(

 

[HRK69]

Missed opportunity

 

[Shifty1897]

Wasn't it Miyamoto who has said in the past he was violently against achievement systems in games?

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Those along with trophies or whatever were always useless anyway. Only time they were ever useful was when you actually unlock actual ingame content with it. Like in certain older games or in Ratchet and Ckank where actually doing achievements/challenges unlocks actual in game stuff.

 

[Thabass]

Meh, I don't really care that they include achievements, especially since it's a software level feature. You can easily add them to your own games if you really want to have them. Still, it's quite interesting that Nintendo is steadfast into not including them.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

 

[LordCBH]

Lame. No reason to not include them. People who don't care about them can simply ignore them. Ah well.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I personally think achievements add value to your product. People who don't care for them just ignore them.

 

[Closer]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

Now this is just sad.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Lame. No reason to not include them. People who don't care about them can simply ignore them. Ah well.

Exactly i don't get the distain for it when it simply has zero impact on their playing experience and can ignore them.

 

[Metnut]

Excellent. Now I'll definitely preorder even if the tariffs raise the price.

 

[mopspear]

I would like these types of things more if they were much less common and were for more significant in-game achievements.

 

[Tg89]

Achievements are one of the lamest thing to be added to gaming in the last few decades so good.

 

[Kataploom]

Good. I don't think Nintendo would rush put an option to silence notifications, I have them all silenced and not showing on Steam

 

[Robb]

The less checklists the better.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Now this is just sad.

Agreed.

"Unlike back then, the eShop now has lots of videos that are showcasing the games," Nintendo Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto told Polygon. "We didn't want to intrude on that, so we don't have music there."

 

[Horseganador]

If Nintendo can't monetize it, it won't bother with this no matter how much players ask for it.

 

[Parazels]

I still do not understand, why those "achievements" exist on other consoles.

 

[Shaki12345]

Achievements are a way to activate the user's OCD to hook them to their platform.

It's shady and should've never been introduced.

 

[PauloRoberto]

It is strangely refreshing to see a question being answered so directly.

 

[HRK69]

I still do not understand, why those "achievements" exist.

I like it from a completionist's perspective and it's kind of like a personal diary of the games I've played (and dropped, lol)

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I personally am bummed because I love achievements, for me it's alot of times so many things are just areas of a game I might not see or explore, or bosses that are optional.. It gives me motivation to really dig further into games... Really bummed to hear they won't have their version.

 

[LordCBH]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

Iwata would fucking never.

 

[Mownoc]

I don't understand why they'd add achievements to something like the Zelda Notes app and not just to the console itself lol.

Steam, GOG, PSN, Xbox, Ubisoft, Google, EA, Epic...

Nintendo remain the only platform without them.

 

[Deerock71]

Pre-order CANCELED.

 

[Shaki12345]

I like it from a completionist's perspective and it's kind of like a personal diary of the games I've played (and dropped, lol)

Your memories of the playing experience should be enough. Nobody cares about your "achievements".

 

[LordOcidax]

Thanks GOD

 

[cireza]

 

[SJRB]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

Nothing but L's

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I like it from a completionist's perspective and it's kind of like a personal diary of the games I've played (and dropped, lol)

Exactly its a look back on my gaming journeys, some platinums trophies etc were hard and memorable and it makes me dig into games much more than I sometimes do, I love it... I'm a stats guy so I love to see it as I play and go.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I like it from a completionist's perspective and it's kind of like a personal diary of the games I've played (and dropped, lol)

What I'm hoping for is that you can track how many hours you spend on a game. Switch 1 does do that but not to the extent that the Wii U did.

 

[spons]

Thank Christ.

 

[LordCBH]

What I'm hoping for is that you can track how many hours you spend on a game. Switch 1 does do that but not to the extent that the Wii U did.

Wii U / 3DS Activity tracker was great.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I don't quite get the angst tho towards them as they are absolutely optional, but I mean it's fine I'll still play the games regsdless.

Now if Nintendo would have like a stat list showing game completions, just a profile log showing actual completions, hours spent etc I love stuff like that also.

 

[LordOcidax]

I still do not understand, why those "achievements" exist.

Because mine is bigger than yours… VIDEOGAME edition.

 

[Windle Poons]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

All my pre-orders are now cancelled.

 

[Baemono]

I still do not understand, why those "achievements" exist.

To see if you're better than anonymous people over the globe

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

But you can unlock them for $4.99 per game before tariffs hit

 

[Windle Poons]

I still do not understand, why those "achievements" exist on other consoles.

Cock waving.

 

[drganon]

Not surprised.

 

[Baemono]

Cock waving.

Hence the camera

 

[spons]

I don't quite get the angst tho towards them as they are absolutely optional, but I mean it's fine I'll still play the games regsdless.

Now if Nintendo would have like a stat list showing game completions, just a profile log showing actual completions, hours spent etc I love stuff like that also.

They're shoved in my face on Xbox and I find that annoying as hell. You can turn off their notifications, but I'd rather opt out completely. I don't want them on my account. Achievements are not an enjoyable experience for me because it brings multiplayer-like competitive bullshit to my singleplayer games. I don't want to go out of my way to get some achievement, and I don't want to be implicitly vilified for it because I didn't get the achievement.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

we all know achievements and trophies suck ass.

but SW2 don't implementing them will be perceived as a "lack of value" from the big N. (especially for people who is thinking on the SW2 as a console to play third party games)

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Because mine is bigger than yours… VIDEOGAME edition.

I don't care about achievements, if anything it should be up to developers if they want to add those to their games

 

[Panajev2001a]

Store music won't be returning either, probably indefinitely

"We could pause the store music when the game video plays, but… nah, not feeling like it… jog on…".

 

[Windle Poons]

Hence the camera

Hope its got a decent zoom lens then.

Asking for a friend.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

They're shoved in my face on Xbox and I find that annoying as hell. You can turn off their notifications, but I'd rather opt out completely. I don't want them on my account. Achievements are not an enjoyable experience for me because it brings multiplayer-like competitive bullshit to my singleplayer games. I don't want to go out of my way to get some achievement, and I don't want to be implicitly vilified for it because I didn't get the achievement.

Sure if they'd add an opt out I'm fine with that for those that don't want em, but still they're fairly benign to most peoples experience.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Mr Hyde]

I think it's good not having achievements on Switch. I have it on PS and Steam, it's enough honestly.