what happened to the good old cheat codes?

why don't most developers include any cheat codes with their games?  the pc versions always have cheats built into them, and I don't understand why most console games lack that feature.  to me, cheat codes are a vital part of the gaming experience.  sometimes I feel like plowing through a game without having to worry about dying.  I understand that they might be doing that to prevent people from using cheats to get their stupid achievements, but i'm sure they could disable achievements when a cheat is activated.

If someone out there knows any cheats for R6 Vegas, please feel free to share them with me.

because peopel got good at games and they think people r smart enough to have fun and beat games wiht out the use of cheta codesDon0van

so people were stupid 3 years ago? 

y do u want cheats?? just play for good ol' fun:)MuffinsKill

cheats are part of the fun.  how about being able to unlock cheats once you've finished the game the old fashioned way.

[QUOTE="Don0van"]because peopel got good at games and they think people r smart enough to have fun and beat games wiht out the use of cheta codesalsha3er78

so people were stupid 3 years ago? 

well they didnt have as great games and all this new stuff we have now and they think people can handle games wi tout cheats

Saints Row had cheat codes, but if you used them, it disables the achievements.TicTac8745

halo 1 and 2, R6 vegas, CoD 2 and 3, GoW, dead rising, and many more don't have any.  I just don't mind some mindless fun once in a while.

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[QUOTE="Don0van"]because peopel got good at games and they think people r smart enough to have fun and beat games wiht out the use of cheta codesDon0van

so people were stupid 3 years ago? 

well they didnt have as great games and all this new stuff we have now and they think people can handle games wi tout cheats

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it's just nice to have the option to activate cheats. 

Its cause cheat codes lowered a games replay value, and games don't last as long with cheat codes. Game manufacturers want you to keep the games for as long as possible once purchased so they took out hceat codes, this way it took people longer to finish and lowered the amount of used copies flowing around in the market. The longer you keep a game the more new copies they sell and the less they have to worry about used copies competing with the sales.

The reason most PC games have cheat codes is cause used PC games have virtually no market and on top of that most PC games rely on online play and hence have anthentic CD Keys so that pushes new game sales.

So in short they took out cheat codes cause they don't you selling your game in like 2 days.  

Its cause cheat codes lowered a games replay value, and games don't last as long with cheat codes. Game manufacturers want you to keep the games for as long as possible once purchased so they took out hceat codes, this way it took people longer to finish and lowered the amount of used copies flowing around in the market. The longer you keep a game the more new copies they sell and the less they have to worry about used copies competing with the sales.

The reason most PC games have cheat codes is cause used PC games have virtually no market and on top of that most PC games rely on online play and hence have anthentic CD Keys so that pushes new game sales.

So in short they took out cheat codes cause they don't you selling your game in like 2 days.  

pimperjones

Now this makes more sense than saying that people got smarter overnight and they don't need to cheat to beat a game.  it's funny, but if you follow the money, you will find an answer to almost every question. 

[QUOTE="MuffinsKill"]y do u want cheats?? just play for good ol' fun:)alsha3er78

cheats are part of the fun.  how about being able to unlock cheats once you've finished the game the old fashioned way.

agreed, sum games like the GTA series wouldnt be the same without cheats

i like cheat codes.  i'm not saying i used them often, but sometimes you just want to pop in some twisted metal, throw on all weapons, infinite ammo, and god mode and kill/blow up everything that moves.

i noticed cheat codes becoming less and less frequent since goldeneye made you start earning stuff.  that's the first game i played where you had to earn cheats.

but yeah, i want some more games with old-school cheats.

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Wrong. For the sake of achivement points. If there were cheats everyones gamerscore would be like 10,000kurtoronie

Except games with cheat codes disable Achievements.

The GTA series rocks with cheat codes, there's nothing like trying to fly an ambulance around in an urban city. I really hope GTA4 still will have them. And yeah, while I don't care much for certain cheats that simply make the game easier, cheats that radically affect gameplay has HUGE replay value, unlike what some of you people might say. Try to beat GTA with every person in the city trying to beat you up or with every car flying around. 

um....yeah. i agree with the guy that started all this. cheat codes make games more fun. its like an added bonus when you have things like invincibility. it doesnt depreciate the value of the game. i have plenty of games that have cheats in them, and i have never wanted to sell any of them. just because some of you people get bored easily with short attention spans doesnt mean the rest of us cant enjoy our games with cheats for a loooong time. cheats make games fun to play, aand they make it possible to enjoy the graphics of todays games, because you could have invincibility and just walk around looking at what a great job people did with gears of war. but no, i guess the age of the cheat code is over. sucks for the gamers such as myself.

Yeah, i do miss codes....

Saints Row did it right by offering some cheats, while disabling achievements... which is a good thing (albeit the fact that the cheats were crap.  I like the whole keys to the city mode in Crackdown... that was a great idea.  GTA IV will probably include all teh classic cheats from flying cars to full arsenal, and whether they disable achievements while cheating (which they should) or not, cheating is always fun, and rockstar understands that lol 

Its cause cheat codes lowered a games replay value, and games don't last as long with cheat codes. Game manufacturers want you to keep the games for as long as possible once purchased so they took out hceat codes, this way it took people longer to finish and lowered the amount of used copies flowing around in the market. The longer you keep a game the more new copies they sell and the less they have to worry about used copies competing with the sales.

The reason most PC games have cheat codes is cause used PC games have virtually no market and on top of that most PC games rely on online play and hence have anthentic CD Keys so that pushes new game sales.

So in short they took out cheat codes cause they don't you selling your game in like 2 days.  

pimperjones

Not exactly true i got the Warcraft 3 Battlechest for x-mas and im about have way done with the undead campaign. I use cheats 

gta always has cheats

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