Xbox is getting its own platinum trophy equivalent, and it's called the mythic achievement.
Microsoft is entreating Xbox fans with more ecosystem milestones, this time in the form of updated achievements. The new mythic achievement will be unlocked when a player 100% masters a game, completes all of its achievements, and attains max gamerscore. This update will add a new dimension to "cheevo hunting," a longtime practice of racking up Xbox gamerscore.
The info was actually found via the Xbox app, and Microsoft hasn't revealed official details about the mythic achievement just yet. These systems are a way to keep players engaged in games and content in a tangible, quantifiable way that can be shared and celebrated within Xbox social circles. Microsoft's new approach with Xbox is to deepen relationships with fans by giving them what they want and paying close attention to feedback.
Xbox has opened a direct player's voice feedback portal to get ideas on what to do, and interestingly enough, adding a platinum trophy equivalent to Xbox was indeed on the feedback list. Gamers can log in and upvote topics that they think are most important, Reddit-style, and this particular one got around 347 upvotes (for comparison's sake, the top most-requested feature on Xbox player voice, the call for exclusives, got 26K upvotes).
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There's no visibility on when exactly mythic achievements will be added into Xbox games, or which games will get them first, but Microsoft will undoubtedly reveal info in the coming weeks and we may even get an announcement and possibly an implementation before GTA 6 drops in November.
