Interesting read! It brought me back to the old days when cheat codes were still a thing. They kind of disappeared nowadays, though. Or maybe I am just not aware of them, as I was in the past...
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They're not as ubiquitous as they once were, @iamk, and you can thank the proliferation of reward systems like Trophies and Achievements for that. Games that do ship with cheat codes built in usually hit the player with a penalty, like an inability to save the game or disabling the code which awards an achievement for accomplishing a particular goal. Nobody, after all, wants to see someone Platinum the likes of Dark Souls on day one simply by putting in a code for infinite HP and brute forcing their way to the end boss. :)
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Thanks for shedding some light on this! It sounds logical that cheats would defeat the purpose of a rewards system, in turn making them (somewhat) redundant.
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You're more than welcome, @iamk! Glad I could help. :)
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