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gaming20 days ago•13 min saved

Sony Purges PS Store of Shovelware, With Nostra Games and CGI Lab among the Delisted

Sony’s PS Store crackdown continues, delisting hundreds of titles from publishers including Nostra Games and CGI Lab. Nostra Games said it will keep releasing on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and Steam, while CGI Lab’s remaining status is unclear. The move highlights Sony’s push to curb low-effort or AI-generated titles, raising questions about preventing poor submissions at the source and whether the policy will broaden to other publishers.

via Push Square|

#cgi-lab #gaming #nostra-games

gaming1 month ago•12 min saved

Nintendo Sets Higher Bar for Switch 2, Slop-Free eShop in Sight

Nintendo says Switch 2 will be more selective about which games launch on its new console to avoid a repeat of the Switch 1 eShop’s shovelware era. Dev kits are circulating and titles like New Blood’s Dusk have demonstrated Switch 2 performance, but Nintendo remains cagey about launches. The Switch 2 eShop is showing improved curation and a red banner to identify Switch 2 titles, yet concerns persist about AI-generated or low-quality Switch 1 games leaking over. Fans hope ongoing pruning and better filters will elevate the catalog, especially for indie games.

via Nintendo Life|

#eshop #gaming #indie-games

gaming1 month ago•13 min saved

Nintendo Switch 2 will be selective with launches, not a flood of shovelware, says dev

New Blood Interactive says Nintendo is being selective about which games can launch on Switch 2 and wants to avoid a Switch 1–style flood of shovelware; the company has dev kits and a 120fps Dusk, but Nintendo has not yet granted launch approval.

via Nintendo Everything|

#development-kits #dusk #gaming

technology2 months ago•2 min saved

Sony Cleans PS Store, Removing Over 1,100 Titles in Safety Crackdown

Sony has delisted 1,194 PS4/PS5 games from the PS Store (primarily ThiGamesDE titles) as part of a wider push to improve online safety and storefront quality; many removed titles are low-effort “shovelware” with easy platinum trophies, and the move follows a joint safety pledge by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, hinting at further publisher removals across platforms.

via GAMINGbible|

#playstation #ps5 #psstore

gaming2 months ago•4 min saved

Sony Purges Hundreds of ThiGames Titles From PlayStation Store Amid Shovelware Scrutiny

Sony reportedly pulled hundreds of ThiGames titles from the PlayStation Store, trimming a catalog long viewed as shovelware that flooded the store; estimates of the total titles vary (roughly 150 SKUs to many more), and there has been no public comment from Sony or ThiGames.

via GamesIndustry.biz|

#gaming #playstation #shovelware

gaming2 months ago•4 min saved

Sony Conducts Mass Purge: Over 1,000 ThiGames Titles Pulled From PlayStation Store

Sony reportedly removed more than 1,000 games from the PlayStation Store, all from a single developer, ThiGames, effectively erasing the catalog while leaving unlocked trophies intact; no official comment has been issued. The move follows a previous crackdown on a similar shovelware publisher and underscores ongoing store-curation efforts on the PS5 storefront.

via Eurogamer|

#game-removal #gaming #playstation-store

technology9 months ago•3 min saved

Xbox Play Anywhere Aims to Tackle Microsoft Store Spam Games

The article discusses the issue of exploitative triple achievement stacks in Xbox games, where developers release multiple identical versions of the same game to sell easy Gamerscore, and argues that Microsoft should use the Xbox Play Anywhere program as an opportunity to eliminate this practice and improve the quality of the Xbox store.

via TrueAchievements|

#achievement-stacks #gamerscore #microsoft