I agree. That sorta thing always bugged me.
Fouth-wall breaking is funny in games if used right. Like in MGS4, during a conversation, the dude, otacon or whatever asks snake to insert the disk labled disk 2. Snake seems confused and Otocon corrects himself stating that that isn’t needed as they are playing on the PS3…Although it does get annoying when characters mention the use key or something similar…
The MGS series is great for breaking the 4th wall.
“The Codec code should be on the back of the CD Case.”
Man, back in the day that could have been an extremely effective anti-piracy measure.