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Ask HN: Why do video games award points in multiples of ten?
Should video games released nowadays continue to do this?
- throwawayixnay 3y ago[dead]
- MrVandemar 3y agoPure speculation, but I suspect it's (a) limitations of the early hardware (b) psychological. With (a), it's less memory to store 1 than 10, but easy to display a zero as if you had 10. This becomes significant for larger scores I guess. With (b). Do you want your high score at 100 points or 1,000 points?
- pestatije 3y agoBecause of the singular "1 point" vs. "10 points". All the messages are displayed using plural and the programmer can go home at 5.