Does This Arcade Claw Machine Hack Really Work?

There’s an arcade claw machine hack all over TikTok that’s supposed to up your chances of winning a toy.  It hinges on the fact that those machines can be set so the claw grips things hard, or not-so-hard.

The video claims there’s a cheat code.  As soon as the game starts, push the joystick left-left, right-right, down-down, and it triggers the machine to do the tightest grip setting possible.  But is it a real hack, or just TikTok clickbait?

(Here’s the video.)