Cheat Codes were more taken away due to achievment/trophies.

Microtransactions are what ruined earnable bonuses in games, like costumes and the like.

from books, to game faqs and somewhere between those lines, cheat codes used to be something from the absurdly funny to unlimited ammo and invincibility…..times have changed. it used to be entering it in a secret menu, the pause screen to even during game play.