Wall Street Journal has a nice, but simple look at Gamerscore Points, and why King Kong is one of the more popular games because it gives up points easily.
Well, it turns out that the game, published by Ubisoft Entertainment SA and based off the recent Peter Jackson flick, has a reputation for coughing up an easy 1,000 points that Xbox 360 owners can add to their “gamerscore,” a number publicly attached to their online identities as a measure of their gaming “skillz” and dedication.
Taking the new Xbox onto the Internet has been more fun, in some cases, than the games themselves. And the perceived importance of gamerscore bragging rights among Xbox 360 owners online is just one example of the clever hooks Microsoft Corp. has thrown in to keep players’ hands wrapped around the new system’s controllers.