Do Achievement Systems Undermine Intrinsic Player Motivation?

Achievement Systems are inextricably tied to the largest gaming service platforms in the world currently. The current literature suggests that Achievements act as extrinsic motivators and grant players new challenges and goals in games. However, prevalent models of motivation report that extrinsic motivation undermines intrinsic interest in a task. This paper seeks to explore this problem space and offers a proposed method of measuring this phenomenon.