One of the rarest PS5 trophies for the game Balatro could only be obtained by 0.1% of players. Those who have earned this trophy are indeed special individuals.
What kind of trophy is this? If you achieve all the trophies for a game on PlayStation, meaning all successes, you will receive a platinum trophy for completing it. For many players, this is the hardest to obtain, as it takes a long time to finish all the achievements of a game.
The platinum trophy for Balatro could only be achieved by 0.1% of players. Interestingly, the developer himself also completed the game.
“Incredibly deep gameplay”
Who belongs to the 0.1%? The PS5 architect himself, Mark Cerny, managed to obtain the platinum trophy. He has been working as a game developer and hardware architect since the 1980s. He initially started at Atari and then moved to SEGA, where he worked on the Sonic series.
From the PlayStation 3 onwards, he played a major role in the development of the hardware of the gaming console and eventually served as the lead hardware architect for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
On X, Mark Cerny shared his success with the world: “After seven months and hundreds of hours, I am proud to join the 0.1% of players who were able to achieve this platinum trophy in Balatro.”
Mark Cerny thanked the developer LocalThunk for an “incredibly deep gameplay.”
Under his post, among others, the Spanish account of PlayStation congratulated him with the words (via X): “Congratulations, Mark! What an incredible platinum trophy you have achieved.”
As only 0.1% of players could achieve this platinum trophy, one can imagine how difficult the path to it is. To obtain the platinum trophy, a total of 32 trophies must be collected, divided into 18 bronze, 7 silver, and 6 gold trophies.
Why is it so difficult? There are even several trophies that not even 10% of all players have achieved. This includes a challenge where you must complete the game once at the highest difficulty with each deck.
The game Balatro received an 18+ rating from PEGI. In response, the developer made a humorous jab at other games without this rating: The developer behind the surprise hit 2024 on Steam is astonished that his game is supposed to be 18+ – He points indignantly at EA and FIFA.
