PC gamers in countries without PlayStation Network have expressed their frustration at Sony after the confirmation they cannot buy single-player games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam.
  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    81·
    6 months ago

    Well, for cheat codes that’s just a consequence of having more complicated software to make games. The olden days they needed to use button sequences to debug some things. After a certain point there wasn’t any reason for devs to do that anymore.

    But I agree, it’s a bummer.

    I remember ps3 being the first time I bought a game only to have an piece of paper with a download code in it. THAT was upsetting.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      I feel old. It wasnt just dev mode, Many games legit just had codes you could enter in a menu to unlock special features/modes/weapons temporarily. Hell in pokemon Gen 3 through Gen 5(?) That was how you unlocked the mystery gift menu. “Everybody happy wireless/WIFI connection”.

      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
        22·
        6 months ago

        I know what they are lol I grew up with an NES. The codes came about so devs could quickly do things in game.

        • Hagdos@lemmy.world
          6·
          5 months ago

          That’s how it started, but then they sometimes grew to their own level of features too.

          I don’t believe that Age of Empires II needed shooting convertibles for debugging.

        • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          4·
          6 months ago

          Hah! Get baited, now I feel younger /s

          I miss fun stuff like showing off cheatcodes to friends in couch games. And couch games in general. And friends. ☹️

          • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
            7·
            6 months ago

            Good times, definitely.
            “I used the Konami code while wearing an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time” haha