EGM's Dan Hsu mentioned during the EGM Live podcast that Sony will be introducing "entitlements" for the PS3, which will act exactly like Xbox 360 achievements, except with a stupider name. Clearly, Microsoft will not even stop short of time travel in order to copy Sony.

The problem is that the name "entitlements" doesn't make any sense. If I'm entitled to something, I shouldn't have to do anything to earn it. If they were going by the correct definition, I should be able to turn on my PS3 and all the points I could ever have would automatically be there, because I'm owed them. It's likely Sony was in such a rush to find a word that ended in -ments so they could match the 360 achievements that they didn't stop to think about what the word actually meant. Of course, even then, you'd have to ask why they couldn't have simply gone with "accomplishments."