The above reads like some sort of inspirational YOLO post on Facebook a few years ago. “Fuck your job, make love, go on a trip, live your life to the max!”
There must have been some sort of unspoken movement back in the mid and late 90s, mainly from French studios (off the top of my head I recall most Cryo games doing this)
that pulled this sort of saving scheme. Not a huge fan either.