35 Surprising Facts about Trophies & Achievements You Might Not Know

35 Things You May Not Know About Trophy hunting & Achievement hunting! A little history, some strange facts and crazy milestones that surprised me about Xbox Achievements, Playstation Trophies and Steam Achievements. Let me know how many new facts you discovered!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Introduction of Achievements
0:47 Rare Achievement
1:01 First Steam Achievements
1:13 Steam Badges
1:23 Introduction of Trophies
1:37 Every Playstation Trophy pop-up
1:46 Trophy level changes
1:51 First ever 'achievement'
2:10 First achievement inside a game
2:23 Why trophies & achievements?
2:34 Platinum trophy rewards
2:51 Hakoom
3:07 #1 Trophyhunter Ikemenzi
3:25 #1 Achievementhunter Stallion83
3:35 Xbox Lifetime Membership
3:55 Reddit Xbox winner
4:19 Steam Achievements %
4:49 Hardest Game to Platinum
5:24 Most Platinums in a Day PS5Trophies
5:50 Crazy Trophy Challenges
6:01 The Greatest Trophy Challenge
6:11 World Trophy Stats
6:26 US vs World Platinums
6:32 Xbox Achievement pop-up
6:36 Steam Achievement Sound
6:48 Steam Achievement Manager
7:06 R6S Trophylist Change
7:17 Xbox Removed an Achievement
7:41 Shovelware Games
8:00 First Shovelware for Achievements
8:17 Mobile Achievements
8:29 Pink Platinum Trophy
9:01 Earning money from Trophies
9:20 Trophyhunting on KZbin
9:40 Bonus Fact
Played on PS5
Music from KZbin Audio Library
#PS5 #trophyhunting #platinum #playstation #gaming #trophyguide #trophyreview #platinumreview #platinumtrophy #trophyfacts #achievementfacts

[@SANDREZZ]

🚨Heads up! Two facts I need to clarify: 3:25 Number 1 Achievementhunter - The Number 1 Achievement hunter isn't Stallion83 *anymore*. I misphrased it as he's currently #47! The current #1 is RedmptionDenied with 4+ million Gamerscore. 7:06 R6S Trophylist Change - The reason for this trophylist change was to 'reduce the amount of grinding players have to do'. It was mostly singleplayer Situation missions and terrorist hunt achievements that had been changed over to multiplayer ones. In total 33 trophies/achievements had been updated!

[@cb20076]

I got an email when i platted horizon zero dawn lmao

[@steelbear2063]

@@cb20076 I never got an email for any plat :(

[@TKG_125]

it woulve been cool to give you a blue crown for getting all the trophies in a dlc pack

[@professionalhater42]

The one thing that always fascinated me about crypt of the necrodancer is that if someone played flawlessly they could get the platinum in under 20 hours. It's just so difficult that most people need hundreds if not over a thousand hours of practice to platinum it

[@MarkoRose_]

This was a extremely interesting video man, I really enjoyed it 🙌🏼

[@SANDREZZ]

Thank you man, appreciate it!

[@Denilius123]

The only change I still dislike about the Trophies is the new level system. Everyone being in the hundreds is just boring, and I still haven’t adjusted to the new scale to understand what is really a high level or not. I remember anything above 12 was the beginning of high levels.

[@GaspardTheGrey]

Dope video man! You are defintley becoming my go to at the moment!

[@SANDREZZ]

Thank you man, love to hear it 🙏🏻

[@harryhopkinson162]

Very interesting and informative video - loved it

[@SANDREZZ]

Glad to hear it! 💙

[@bombchop]

Yet another great video dude. Really interesting & so well put together.

[@SANDREZZ]

Thank you!

[@BENNY_MAC]

Thank you for this! As a newer trophy hunter it was very informative learning about some of the lore surrounding trophy hunting and achievements.

[@SANDREZZ]

Happy to hear!

[@Mikeoneus]

I don't know if Siege having its trophies reworked is strictly unique, but I've certainly not seen anything like it happen before or after. Compared to some other trophy grinds I really don't think the original list was that bad, but even in early 2016, when the game hadn't fully cemented its position as a successful long-term multiplayer game, everyone I played with at the time wanted to play the actual game rather than sit through terrorist hunt for hours. I think the original list, with more emphasis on the modes that could be played solo, made sense at a time when the game's future was uncertain, but after a certain point it became clear that Siege's original trophies were at odds with the reality of actually playing it. It's also worth noting that there were a couple of map-specific trophies in the old list, which is dangerous territory in a game where maps are regularly reworked. The original versions of House and Hereford Base (which both had a trophy) don't even exist now, for example. It would be a headache to not be able to remove a map because in 2015 you decided there should be an achievement tied to it.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

I love the satisfaction of hitting a specific milestone. On Xbox I'm currently working towards 800,000 gamerscore. On PlayStation I've been taking a break because I was playing shovelware and got tired of those types of games. I need to spend more time on Steam because I barely have any games and only one 100% completion.

[@quiteopinionated4346]

Adam is such a legend! Been watching him for years

[@SANDREZZ]

The OG Goat

[@ItzHendrxx]

Xbox should really organize the achievement system, make it like PlayStation where DLC has a whole different section for achievements and a form of platinum for Xbox achievements. For example, Instead of getting a Rare Achievement you get a Pink Diamond for completing all achievements for that game, I think that’ll be really cool for Xbox and Trophy/Achievement Hunters. In my opinion as a Xbox fan I have both Xbox Series X and PS5 and I can truthfully say It doesn’t feel rewarding getting achievements for the simple fact nobody really sees what games you’ve fully completed just shows gamerscore..

[@octolockg5059]

A gold gamerscore icon shows up next to your profile with a number indicating how many games you've gotten 100% of. Basically like the platinum trophy but you'd still keep your thousands of gamerscore.

[@ItzHendrxx]

@@octolockg5059 I’ve never seen that a day in my life…

[@PlatinumROB_91]

Great vid Sandrez!

[@SANDREZZ]

Thank you bro!

[@MRDYNAMITEDAWG]

I’ve got 8 platinums this year, first year hunting. Working on RDR2 right now. I wish there was better controls to be able to stop the games that give 5 minute platinums. It’s just the opposite of the whole point.

[@zuher3180]

I have 130 platinum and giving us fact about trophies and achievement was realy mind blowing. You got a subscriber my friend❤

[@SANDREZZ]

💙

[@01jayp]

My biggest hope is PlayStation somehow remove unobtainable trophies from lists in the future 🙏

[@brejzyy]

Letsgoooo new video 🎉

[@Mister.Chedda.]

Great vid

[@SANDREZZ]

Great comment

[@PWR_ADA]

I absolutely hate shovelwear games and i think the most platinum leaderboard should not be a thing

[@kratos7117]

W video bro 🙌 i used to play only competitive games until i got my first platinum on god of war ragnarok ever since I’m very addicted now I’m on my 30th platinum RDR2

[@SANDREZZ]

Nice, I can see that Kratos! (also thankyou for your support, I see you commenting all the time 💙)

[@kratos7117]

@@SANDREZZ no problem just remember me when you hit 100k

[@ajn_rules_5074]

Oh wow! I didn't know about getting an email when platinuming God of War, that's insane. Cause I recently played God of War 3 and 2018, and I checked my email to see if this was actually true. To my surprise, I did get an email from them congratulating me for beating God of War 3 and platinuming God of War 2018. So, that one fact really did wow me, and was cool to learn so thanks!

[@SANDREZZ]

Cool to hear! The more you learn

[@masterticcu]

6:49 Xbox also has this, its called XAU but you can only add achievements, not remove them.

[@ron6505]

3:37 😂

[@weegeein4415]

thank you for telling about the steam achivement manager i tried 100% secret neighbor but the last achievement is un obtainable

[@vurhn2009]

I have more reasons to make a 100% achievement guide as a long-time Steam user as I 100% them too but this roadmap formatting proves useful with checklist being for online multiplayer it is fun but takes a huge amount of research so thanks to all people who contributed both on PC and Console.

[@xscarface1997]

Achievement Hunting on Steam is Sadly sometimes devaluable bc of SAM thats why Trophy's or Achievements on XBOX are better bc people can’t cheat them but quitting PC just for Achievements is also worthless

[@vurhn2009]

@@xscarface1997 Hence why there is achievement sites like Steam Hunters, AStats etc for competitive or rules to make it fair.

[@natanmoons3379]

best dutch gamer

[@SantosOverlord]

i never played overwatch 2 but they changed the trophy list from 1 to 2 so now i played that game on my psn but not the first

[@TheKennyboy92]

Nice shout out to Adam McDermott he has a great channel.

[@LeLe-jn1ny]

Hey i was just wondering what do you use to see the rating on your trophies when you show it says something like 5/10 please let me know :)

[@SANDREZZ]

psnprofiles

[@SuperWarrior64]

5:18 I come from the future and now 17 people have gotten the platinum. They aren't just true gamers. Their gods among men

[@holmesyy]

The King posted 😍

[@SANDREZZ]

💙

[@jakedeadpool5877]

You are such a w KZbinr

[@SANDREZZ]

💙

[@iestynowen2706]

I hate it when there is no guide on the trophy website for a game tho i must say! I managed to do clone drone in the danger zone 2 weeks ago but there was no guide! I'd love to know how to make a guide on there. I'd love to help other ppl get plat on it. As it is easily one of the harder trophies to get! However. As usual. Great video!

[@SANDREZZ]

Trophy guides are the heart of this community

[@iestynowen2706]

​@@SANDREZZexactly!

[@jameslaker860]

Nice vid to watch while I sit afk for city skylines

[@SANDREZZ]

Going for the plat?

[@jameslaker860]

1001 nights aka 100+ irl hours afk

[@pineapplepenguin1759]

I wouldnt put Achievment Unlocked in the same category as those other Achievment spam shovelware games imo, it was a small parody game where all of the achiements were only in-game and not actually tied to any account or system

[@SecretPaints]

As someone who recently left PlayStation I prefer the achievement system and sound when unlocking them.

[@vault29a]

nobody gives a fuck, mate.

[@slayer56-uc2gl]

good video

[@SANDREZZ]

Thanks!

[@nirgendsdahierschon]

Android has even had real trophies for years. Only in the play game app with pop up and co. It's very similar to xbox only you get XP for higher level instead of a total amount that gets higher.

[@gooma7942]

I would love to join the trophy hunting content creator community. I just don't know where to start

[@SANDREZZ]

Just upload something!

[@theplague1959]

Huh interesting i did the platinum rift apart trophy and got no email or reward Oh well I guess the experience is enough great video I really liked it

[@malekg7]

I will add a big note for everyone PSN Trophy doesn't show games from other PSN games for simple example I have a USA ACCOUNT but my main is SA ACCOUNT so if I bought a game or got a platinum it Will not show only the games form your region

[@ximxim7533]

OG PS trophy hunters remember Carlohas (CMH777) and Kingsuper 1 as the first trophy content creators. Carlos was a great content creator but randomly decided to delete all videos and disappear from the internet😢

[@octolockg5059]

Nick AR and Platinum Bro are some of the best.

[@SANDREZZ]

Two 🐐

[@vault29a]

Nick is a hack and the cheater.

[@octolockg5059]

@@vault29a Got any evidence to support that claim?

[@vault29a]

@@octolockg5059 he used a glitch to obtain the hollow knight platinum bc of the skill issue.

[@octolockg5059]

@@vault29a Damn really? That's fucked up considering he's beaten harder games.

[@the2401]

something cool you didnt mention: NieR automata has a trophy shop which lets you buy trophies with in game currency. To my knowledge it's the only game to do this.

[@the2401]

it's unlocked after beating the 3rd route of the game

[@the2401]

and I think it also works with Xbox and steam achievements but I can't confirm this because I only have a ps

[@SANDREZZ]

Cool!

[@maxgibson8028]

All achievements in Steam can be hacked using the Steam Achievement Manager. And Valve does not punish for it in any way. Therefore, achievements in steam are garbage

[@kawsmos]

What do you think about Epic Games achievements? I just don’t know if I platinum my games there or at Steam.

[@doctorsilva1345]

I just want an option to delete trophies. Hate playing a game get a trophy then get bored with the game. Then I’m stuck with 1% on the trophy list…

[@vault29a]

imagine someone getting into your account and deleting all your trophies. these measures are for your own safety, mate.

[@iamgroot1918]

Can you tell the names of the games which require the least amount to time to platinum

[@SANDREZZ]

Check out Ratalaika Games. Might make a vid on it someday

[@WeirdAmerica2832]

Anyone could get 100 platinums in a day. Literally anyone.

[@SANDREZZ]

bet

[@WeirdAmerica2832]

@@SANDREZZ We can bounce tacos and stroke horses all day long. I'd say 150 platinum in a day isn't out of the question. But anyone who can hold R1 and push X can get 100 platinum in a day. A 10 year old could do it.

[@Paccyd33]

1:10 I believe you mean half-life 2? Or maybe you meant half-life 2 episode 2, but half life 2 is a different game which was released before and also had achievements. Great video though

[@SANDREZZ]

Half Life Episode 2 from the Orange Box!

[@damnmarkey]

I got an congratulations email from The Order: 1886

[@MrDoggson]

R6S change was awful, im missing like 4 and its 10-15 lvls of grinding before i can even play ranked lol

[@scottdixon2505]

Is that true about playstation congratulating you on getting the platinum for ratchet and clank, Spiderman's and GOW? I've platinumed all three but never got an email 😞

[@SANDREZZ]

Yep!

[@vault29a]

They send you an email with ps4 theme for Bloodborne aswell.

[@hamadaalmahameed1950]

Talking about trophy challenge like the A to Z plats I actually made my own it is 10 plats in six months but I have to do it like 1/10, 2/10 all the way up to 10/10 the games I have so gets is 1/10 dount conty 2/10 ape escape 3/10 second son infamous 4/10 jak and daxter or Detroit become human 9/10 is crash 4 10/10 is super meat boy Do you have any games for 5/10,6/10,7/10 and 8/10 gonna do the challenge after hollow knight platinum just need pantheons

[@SANDREZZ]

i may or may not have this in the works 😶

[@the2401]

demon's souls, elden ring and Bloodborne are all 7/10 devil may cry 5 and it's special edition are 8/10 (even though the normal edition on PS4 has easier trophies)

[@the2401]

final fantasy XII (12) the zodiac age is a 5/10 edit: ff7 remake is also 5/10

[@the2401]

kingdom hearts 1 is 6/10

[@YagoTomassi]

If you are into souls games, nioh is 5/10, dark souls 2 is 6/10, bloodborne 7/10 and dark souls remastered 8/10

[@S050683]

It's ridiculous in the US that you have to pay taxes on winnings like that. It makes uou wonder ehy people even bother to enter into competitions and game shows over there. I understand taxing big cash prizes (though that still is ridiculous). But winning a Game Pass, or even a car or microwave or whatever it seems very harsh to make them pay taxes on those. If I somehow ever win the lottery I'm glad I live in the UK where it's tax free (not that I'll ever win).

[@jaydensmith6753]

Stallion83 has not been the to player for a few years now

[@SANDREZZ]

Yep, I misphrased. Check pinned.

[@_Dogies_]

hey. im just thinking. do u have a a ps3

[@SANDREZZ]

I do, but it's not hooked up right now!

[@Pickchore]

The PS system is flawed for sure. I’m level 347 with 52 platinums and I’m a lower level than someone with 14. Players that play a lot of games and get many easy trophies look better than players that take time and complete games fully before moving on to the next.

[@UnUltimoIntento]

What is the game at 9:11 ?

[@ST-hk4uc]

A short hike.

[@SANDREZZ]

A Short Hike

[@alexgosan5707]

Friend of mine did well over 200 platinums in one day. And there is an Austrian gamer who has prepared almost 1000 games for such a project buy now.

[@SuperWarrior64]

Here's a pointless fact you might already know about: did you know some games PS3 don't have trophies. 2 good examples are Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Lego Batman: The Videogame. It's either the dev teams of both games had time to include the achievements on Xbox and not the PS3 or trophies didn't exist at the time they were released. Since both games came out in 2008 it's likely that Super Stardust HD came out after they did. And if you go onto any trophy hunting website Spider-Man Web of Shadows and Lego Batman don't show up

[@vault29a]

metal gear solid 4 got trophy support via patch later on when he rebuilt the game to work properly from the bluray disc.

[@SuperWarrior64]

Cool

[@seroujghazarian6343]

2:28 not true

[@mercstevens8653]

I would actually like that the platinums you unlock give you something like free game, digital money or even some DLCs of the games you platinum'd .... bcz without that there no interest of trophy hunting. You're just forcing yourselves to play a game and you won't gonna be rewarded.

[@SantosOverlord]

your also not rewarded to play a game and you stil do it, i wonder why

[@mercstevens8653]

Did i say that i am a trophy hunter ? I am just proving that it's dumb

[@SantosOverlord]

@@mercstevens8653 did i called you a trophy hunter?, it is as dumb as playing a video game is, by your own logic

[@SANDREZZ]

The platinum trophy is the reward.

[@mercstevens8653]

@@SantosOverlord Video games ain't dumb. Trophy hunting is. You're not even playing the game at this point, you're just chasing a digital achievement that won't give you anything. These guys just have no life.

[@nickdaballer3874]

This video has misinformation regarding Xbox achievements

[@SANDREZZ]

Please correct me where I'm wrong

[@LittleNinjaXYBA]

Rdr2’s achievements are wack