In comes PlayStation to steal the idea right from Microsoft by adding in their Trophy system.Trophies were more or less the same as achievements, offering the same avant-garde tasks for gamers but organizing the accomplishments as bronze, silver, gold, and even platinum trophies for those who completed every trophy.Achievements were just too addicting for gamers that Sony had to rip off Microsoft's idea and make their own form of it. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY PlayStation Ripped Off Achievements via: whatculture.Com Any gamer who owned an Xbox 360 can tell you the odd yet addictive satisfaction that came with achievements.Bragging to your buddies that you had a higher Gamerscore or just the pure happiness and sweat of unlocking impossible achievements like beating Super Meat Boy without dying once.Achievements started up a new culture in gaming where gamers now cared about seemingly pointless tasks just for bragging rights. Now the rivalry is as classic as Pepsi csĬoke or the Big Mac vs.The Whopper.The right answers being an ice-cold Coke with a Big Mac, by the way.But whether you claim to be a Sony Pony or a hardcore Xbox fanboy, you have to agree that your company or console of choice is guilty of stealing a few ideas from their competitor along the way. Games like Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot captured the hearts of people around the world and still continue to capture our hearts with their recent remasters today.Microsoft wouldnt give Sony a run for the money in the console industry until November 15, 2001, when Microsoft released the original Xbox.While the Xbox didnt have a multitude of exclusive titles like the PlayStation, games like Halo and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic changed gaming forever.It was around the time of the Xbox 360s release date in 2005 when gamers started taking the sides of their favorite console companies. 10 Things PlayStation Ripped Off From Xbox And 10 That Xbox Ripped Off From PlayStationġ0 Things PlayStation Ripped Off From Xbox And 10 That Xbox Ripped Off From PlayStation TheGamer Something New 10 Things PlayStation Ripped Off From Xbox And 10 That Xbox Ripped Off From PlayStation No matter what side we take on the console war, PlayStation and Xbox have stolen things from each other.In the age of Fortnite clones and mobile game rip-offs (were looking at you, bootleg Pokmon Go games) it comes to little-to no surprise that even the biggest video game companies on the market are guilty of ripping each other off.Sony broke into the video game console market in December of 1994.While Sonys initial console didnt pack a lot of punch technically, the console introduced us to timeless games and characters.
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