Sony wants you to "Bid for Greatness"

For years the PlayStation trophy system has been little more than a way to stretch some extra playability (playableness?) out PS3 games, as well as the best way for sad dudes to convince themselves that the hours spent dodging reality is worth it with shiny quantitative digital proof. Sony recognizes this, and is rewarding its hardcore faithful with the "Bid for Greatness" experiment; An auction where PlayStation gamers can bid their Gold Trophies for props and costumes that where used in their latest gamer focused propaganda video "Greatness Awaits".

Everyday through July 30th Sony will put one item up for auction including but not limited to concept art for the commercial, The Dragonborn's Shield from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Captain Hathaway's Cutlass from Assassin's Creed IV, and even a clicker costume (which I assume is just the facial fungal growth, not some chick's sweaty ripped t-shirt and jeans) from Naughty dog's masterpiece The Last of Us.

This whole thing sounds like an awesome idea in a recent trend of awesome ideas focused on expanding and reinforcing the PlayStation fanbase. Sadly, if you are not in the upper echelon of PlayStation faithful you will have little to no chance of winning this stuff. Example: I am an avid gamer, I prefer the PlayStation to all other formats, I am the highest ranking individual on my PSN friend's list, and I am the proud owner of 76 Gold Trophies. The first item up for bid (A Black hand Helghast Outfit from Killzone: Shadow Fall) just went for over 1000 Gold Trophies, making the triumph of my accomplishments shrivel like George Costanza in a swimming pool. Odds are the the guy who won this item is probably so obese from a combination of marathon gaming sessions and industrial size jugs of cheeze puffs that he can't even fit into it. The best any casual player (or anyone with a real job) can hope for is that the auction winner realizes his folly and puts the thing on eBay.

Source: The PlayStation Blog