Re:Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and ...
by altairprime on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @08:48PM
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> You don't need to tamper with the client to cheat.
You do if you're trying to cheat using software alone. Hardware-assisted cheating will continue to occur, but without access to software-only cheats, the total size of the cheating market is considerably less.
Anyone could use the Konami code in games that accepted it, because it cost nothing and was easy to remember; someone who doesn't otherwise cheat might do so because it's so easy. But to use a Game Genie cheat, you had to buy a physical object, and look up codes in a manual of cheats, and know that you were cheating, and see that cartridge reminding you each time you play. That awareness stops a lot of people from cheating.
Today's cheating opportunity cost is more Konami than Game Genie — no hardware required, just enter your CVV code to enable the cheat.
You do if you're trying to cheat using software alone. Hardware-assisted cheating will continue to occur, but without access to software-only cheats, the total size of the cheating market is considerably less.
Anyone could use the Konami code in games that accepted it, because it cost nothing and was easy to remember; someone who doesn't otherwise cheat might do so because it's so easy. But to use a Game Genie cheat, you had to buy a physical object, and look up codes in a manual of cheats, and know that you were cheating, and see that cartridge reminding you each time you play. That awareness stops a lot of people from cheating.
Today's cheating opportunity cost is more Konami than Game Genie — no hardware required, just enter your CVV code to enable the cheat.