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Achievement based cosmetics in multiplayer games. While I appreciate the "cosmetics only" approach of some multiplayer games microtransactions and battlepasses I also really miss the days of showing off the hayabusa armor in Halo 3. Or even in single player games, it was sometimes more engaging to have something to aim towards to unlock a new costume or get the "ultimate" version of an armor set.
There's definitely a lot of challenges in games that seem uninteresting from the outset, like "Oh; take pictures of all 30 dolls? That's boring." But, when there's some kind of cosmetic reward for it, it can push players into the challenge, and sometimes find out it's actually fun and satisfying to do.
Some people have been burned on thoughtless collectathon design, so it makes sense people often ignore them.