Absolute_Slayer@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoThe gaming industry didn't remove cheat codes because they broke game balance, they removed them so they could sell those exact same advantages back to us as microtransactions.message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down130
arrow-up1396arrow-down1message-squareThe gaming industry didn't remove cheat codes because they broke game balance, they removed them so they could sell those exact same advantages back to us as microtransactions.Absolute_Slayer@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 hours agoI sincerely doubt that is the sole or even primary reason they existed. You cannot tell me the Big Daddy car in Age of Empires was an invaluable part of playtesting.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-26 hours ago… One comment above this, I said with the occasional silly one thrown in just because. The majority of codes were for testing purposes. Reading context is important. So yes, that was their primary reason.
I sincerely doubt that is the sole or even primary reason they existed. You cannot tell me the Big Daddy car in Age of Empires was an invaluable part of playtesting.
… One comment above this, I said
The majority of codes were for testing purposes. Reading context is important. So yes, that was their primary reason.