FuturLab Laments Lack of Trophies in PlayStation Minis

100% agree with him =). I don't buy minis because there no triphies in them =)))... But in their nature minis are created to have trophies and leaderboards more than any other PSN games.

In my mind if Mini's had demos, networking, and trophies, then they wouldn't be mini's, they would be $10 PSN games. These are supposed to be cheap quickie games, hence none of the above.
I'ld think the biggest detriment to Mini sales would be the wide diversity that minis cover. Velocity is an awesome game, and in my mind not a mini. But then you get the iOS games, like stretching giraffe necks and other 1 button trash that are barely playable even for a minute. Velocity is probably worthy of trophies, but not that giraffe game.
Personally I would never buy a Mini, but as a PS+ member I think I've gotten a couple dozen. Most are garbage. Giving them trophies or multiplayer wouldn't make them any less so. If I were a developer making a halfway decent "game" I'ld forgo the mini format entirely.

I'd probably play minis more often if they had trophies.

I wish minis had trophies. But then if minis had trophies and networking, I would be even more confused why PSN games don't work on my Vita.

I think if you won't play a game because it doesn't have trophies you deserve to spend your time trophy hoarding crap movie tie-ins for the rest of time!

@KALofKRYPTON HAHA agree with you there. Ive been gameing since the Atari2600 so I dont see this fascination with trophy hunting. If I get a trophy, great, If I dont, who cares? Personnally I dont think minis need trophys. There cheap, bite-sized gaming goodness and they'd still be the same with trophys so it makes no difference. The problem minis have is there lack of coverage. I dont see much ino on most sites, except for the odd review on here. I dont mean to sound harsh as Velocity is a top mini but if the developers have grown beyond the limitations of the minis platform, they could look into moving up to releasing a PSN title.

Hey Sammy good article.

I however think the biggest deal right now for the PS Vita Minis is the lack of the "BUY" feature! This game has been out for about a month all over the world and it still is not available on the PSVita Store in NA. What's up
with that?!

@MadchesterManc
I was more a 128k Speccy bloke . . .

They mean nothing to me really. Nice feature, but in the 6 years I've had my PS3 I've never gone out of my way to earn a Platinum- in fact, Resistance Burning Skies on the Vita is my first Platinum trophy! Some of the trophies are a good challenge to help the longevity of a game, others are arbitrary hoarding quests with little fun involved. It's a nice badge to show that you've gone through an entire game every which-way, but ultimately meaningless. I play a game until I'm bored, end of really.

@KALofKRYPTON: I feel compelled to inform you that not EVERYONE who ignores games due (at least in part) to lack of Trophy support plays every random crap licenced game for easy Trophies. No doubt I love me some Trophies, but I still only play games I wanted to play anyway.

@MadchesterManc: The way you worded that implies that nobody who grew up gaming decades ago should care about Trophies, but I don't think that's fair. I grew up playing NES and SNES, but that didn't stop me from falling in love with the Trophy system. Sure, some developers don't know how to use it right, but when done well, it's a great way to add value (however contrived) to playtime.

With all that said, though, I must agree with rjejr; the biggest problem with Minis is that most of them SUCK! I too get them through PS Plus and VERY rarely buy them, which is just as well because they're so bad. Either that, or all the good ones are never on Plus...dunno. I liked Shift Extend.

Personally, I'm happy to play a game I really want to play regardless if it has trophies or not. I play my PSP all the time and it doesn't support trophies at all. I've been gaming since Atari 2600 as well and wasn't introduced to trophies until 2008 but that doesn't stop me from liking them. Clearly, trophies aren't for everyone but I do feel they add more replay value to games.

As for minis, there are a few I really enjoyed like Alien Zombie Death, Cubixx, Velocity, Shift Extended, and a few others but a lot of them aren't all that great imo.

@Stuffgamer1

Not saying they are. But the way some people go on you'd think the game itself wasn't important. I know a couple of types of hoarder. The kind who will play any old movie tie in/kids game to bump up trophy and gamer scores, and the true completist, people who are really compelled to make sure everything's done.

Don't get me wrong. I'm in no way against trophies and achievements, but in the context of Minis they don't make sense. Cheap, short downloadables for quick fun and those on a budget. In terms of content, it comes down to how the developer sees their game. I for one would say that for the sheer genius of the gameplay Velocity should've been a straight PSN title, with trophy support. But the problem there comes down to price.