Sony: Unlike Xbox 360, PS3 Won’t Use Gamerscores

You can always identify an obsessive Xbox 360 gamer by their obscenely high Gamerscore, but it’ll be a tad harder to detect the same behavior in a PS3 owner. Sony is leaving Achievements and all the like to Microsoft; PS3 isn’t having any of it.

When asked about the Gamescores and Achievements, Sony executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America responded: “We didn’t mention that, but it is our intention that we would have it–although I think it would be game-centric. It’s very difficult to draw analogies [between] your success on SOCOM and your success on Madden. Madden players care about peoples’ success on Madden.”

Rather, the company is going with a game-centric leaderboard system. However, this ranking system will not be included in the launch games.

“So the publisher [of each game] will have the flexibility to have a robust ranking system, on a game-by-game basis,” said Tretton. “The intention right now is not to have something that is pan-platform. We do intend to do that with our [first-party] stuff.”

At least that’ll put a damper on black market sales of such items.