The latest issue ofOPMsays thatSCEAis considering some sort of reward system for getting trophies:
"We've heard that SCEA is mulling over some sort of Trophy reward system. We doubt it'll be cash (or the equivalent), but we suspect it might be exclusive access to early betas and the like. "(From OPM magasine)
Well...
Levels could give us VIP access to normally inaccessible stuff. For exemple, it could give us an hidden car in motorstorm, or a new costume in uncharted...
I think that they could let us use those levels to buy PSN stuff. For an exemple, 10 levels could be used to buy a playstation one game, or any other downloadable game that cost around the same, or even rent movies on their movie servive, etc. 2 levels could mean 1$ on the PSN to spend =D.
Without thinking about money, they could give Beta keys to people who are level X or more only.
They could give promotionnal stuff for each 5 levels, starting at level X. Let's say level X is 30, then at level 30, 35, 40, etc, you would get a promotionnal something, like a t-shirt that you could choose in a list (promoting games like uncharted, motorstorm, god of war, naruto ninja storm, etc).
But THIS is the easiest answer: They could give freebies inside HOME for each level (something for acheiving level 2, 3, etc). This would promote HOME, sony, the games of sony, and everything linked to home, including the PSN.
What I'd want?;
I'd like a VIP access to level X and more in Home and on the PSN. For exemple, those VIPS could have access to locked places in Home (for an exemple, I'd like if those VIPS could talk with the devs at the launch of a new game, like when the movie stars are interviewed, but this time, by the fans. A rude behavior in those situation would ban the user from the VIP rooms in HOME, but not for the PSN version of the VIP club). And for the PSN, the VIPs would have a diffferent color in the background of the PS store (gold, with the letters VIP written somewhere) and would get more stuff, like exclusive wallpapers, behind the scene videos, maybe beta keys, themes, and maybe a reduction of 10% one selected days in the year, I don't know).
Maybe we could replace "level X" with "X level(s) gained in the last month" so we would have to defend our VIP title with a flow of trophies. 10 trophies per month would be good, or er two months. This way sony would make us buy those PSN games that have trophies, lol.