Game companies encourage cheating because these types of users buy multiple accounts (ex. Tarkov for RWT) or buy multiple subscriptions (ex. MMOs like WoW for RWT)

There is no reason to believe they couldn't eliminate cheating over night if they wanted to.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 4 weeks ago

All anti-cheat systems are rootkits of variable invasiveness.

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 weeks ago

They have no problem pouring money on psychologists helping to exploit human behavior for maximal profit via microtransactions, but somehow "struggle" to deal with cheaters. Best they can do is kernel-level access to your computer that can potentially do irreversible damage to said computer (either from third-party exploiting this) and it doesn't even work more than half of the time.

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

for real. these companies dont care if the user experience is ruined bc they already got the money and there are no laws (at least in the us) saying they have to give it back

i will say thats some mega loser shit tho. cheating at video games is cringe enough (you’re cheating at a toy that doesnt matter lol) but to get caught, banned, then buy the game again on a different account. like bro you don’t even like this game if you can’t play it without cheats, what is going on in someone’s life to make them like this

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

Much like hacking websites (y'know, those virtual machines that are made to be vulnerable for learning cybersecurity or whatever) or exploiting glitches in single player games, (like MissingNo. or Glitch Cities in Pokémon Red) I imagine some people cheat in these games for the thrill of figuring out how and successfully breaking the sandbox. Of course some people just download cheats to make themselves more effective in the game, and that's kinda lame to me, but whatever.