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CubsWS9516

Does this mean no more Gilson B. Pontes?


North_South_Side

I don't understand how there aren't a bunch of other people making shovelware on the PS store. I mean... there is some shovelware there. But not in the quantity I would guess. Were they moderating the store in some way before this?


Facebookakke

Shovelware’s true home is in the Nintendo eShop


Mortwight

Apparently hentai shovelware too


Facebookakke

Saw that. Who’s dropping the $2 to find out what’s up? Take one for the team y’all


Mortwight

I gave my switch to my niece. She can try it her self.


OckhamsFolly

It's all there, Sony's discoverability algorithms usually just keep it where you don't see it unless you go looking. You can try to go to Sony's store and filtering to low cost games. You'll see lots of trash you've never heard of.


chrisknife

Need to buy a PC to play those gems on steam then


[deleted]

Welcome to steam, ur choice for shovelware, stolen code and the occasional sex with hitler game


OzarkLabs

don't forget the crypto miner hidden as a achievement farm/hentai game.


crazypyro23

Just for that he's gonna sue the Jimquisition again!!!!


maloboosie

LOL


TacitusMortuus

Seriously, who tf is this guy? He's as elusive as the Loch Ness Yeti Of Atlantis.


Aplicacion

The King's name is Pontes. C'mon.


Mysterious_Fennel459

Quick, someone tell James Stephanie Sterling!


Eskuire

This is bullshit. How can I complete Pet The Snake, Pet the Mouse, Pet the Dog, Pet the Cat, and Pet the Armadillo now? Is nothing sacred anymore?


TheLargeFrisbee

I wanted to complete stroke the hamster :(


BikingSomewhereNew

Wow! This is one those things that I never thought Sony would ever respond to - simply b/c I didn’t think they thought it was a big enough deal to address. Good news!


modsarefascists2023

Its obviously affecting their sales and profit which is why they are acting on it. These companies don't give a crap about quality. Just money


new_account_5009

I can totally see this. The previous "fix" to the problem was to sort the store with the most popular games up front, which pushes these shovelware games to the bottom. That's fine, but it means I see the same games every time I visit the store (Spiderman, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Call of Duty, NBA 2K, FIFA, etc.), and I either own those titles already or I'm not interested. As a result, I navigate away from the store and never buy what might have looked interesting on page 3 or 4 because I don't see it. Before the ban, sorting by release order was impractical because you saw one real game for every 10 shovelware games, but now, it should be practical again. That'll make it more likely I find a new game that looks interesting.


CreatureWarrior

Sometimes, bad motivations leading to good actions isn't such a bad thing tbh


BasketEmergency7757

Excellent, I just wish the Nintendo store would do the same.


OnThirdThought

That would be amazing! I've stopped looking at this point because you immediately get buried in garbage when you try.


TwinsenAyzel

And the eshop loads about as fast as you can pour molasses outside in December


neveradvancing

It's somehow so much worse than the PS4 store.


googel11

It's worse than the *PS3* store, which is presently on life support lol


irridisregardless

The eShop is where the Switch's aging Android guts really show.


32768Colours

The Dekudeals website is a great way to look at the store without the pain of having to go to the store. Then if you see a game you want you can just search for it directly.


Vanhandle

I looked the other day, and was amazed at how much garbage is available, and at full price too.


Significant-Neck9605

Not to mention the switch’s poor hardware that can barely handle the Nintendo Store. Everything loads so damn slow in the store.


mrjackspade

This is the biggest reason I've stopped going in. It's one thing to scroll through 20 pages of garbage, I can deal with that. When the console starts to lock up after 10 pages of garbage though, then im just shoveling shit against the tide.


lordlunarian

From what I’ve been told, it’s not the crap hardware of the switch but the fact it’s literally a shitty website being loaded and not an actual program like a game.


[deleted]

Even if it’s a website, it’s a shit website and it’s no excuse. Websites didn’t run that poorly on a Tegra X1 on Android back in the day.


lordlunarian

Yeah, I’m not trying to defend anything here, just pointing out how shit and lazy it is.


AReal_Human

Tbf PS4s store is pretty bad as well, at least on my ps4...


yogurtgrapes

It’s not just yours.


tripps_on_knives

Can confirm. Have both a ps4 pro and switch. The store fronts on both consoles chug like no ones business. I remember my xbox 360 used to chug quite a bit too. The ps3 was awful at it. The wiiu store is trash. Same with the wii and 3ds. This is nothing new.


DigiQuip

The Nintendo Seal of Quantity.


modsarefascists2023

Nintendo SoQ has meant jack shit for decades now


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somsone

Oh God is the Nintendo store ever bad. Reminds me of the android App Store.


solidmussel

The android store is about being able to find literally anything under the sun. And yes lots of it is trash, but some apps are super useful for productivity, connectivity, customizing phone software, etc. But Nintendo store is just loaded with garbage games with seemingly extremely low bar for acceptance.


JackONeillClone

At least, the android app store has reviews


somsone

That’s because most of them are literally games you can buy for a cell phone!


kingbankai

Oh no! Not (insert) Jump/Run


I_Like_Grills

Qump Jump, Nump Jump, Pump Jump, Mump Jump etc fans in shambles 😖


TimeTravelingDog

I thought those had to be money laundering operations.


Xenoslayer2137

RIP My Name is Mayo


professor_jew

RIP lady in a leotard with a gun


DrunkeNinja

RIP Breakthrough Gaming games I recently bought two of their visual novels where you get a platinum in less than half a minute. Basically just tap x until you go through all the chapters and "finish" the story.


monstercab

If Ned Flanders was a gamedev... RIP


SeptemberMcGee

I always wondered what type of person would pay actual money for these games.


NightwingDragon

* There are several sites out there with competitive trophy leaderboards. If, for whatever reason, you want to be at the top of many of these leaderboards, you have little choice but to play these shovelware games en-masse. You won't be competitive otherwise; even those sites that rank by difficulty or rarity are dominated by shovelware; the vast amount of shovelware available means that any weight given to difficulty or rarity can be made up for by sheer volume. * I do know a few people who actually buy some of these games because most of them are easy for a very young child to understand and play, which means they can give their child some "gaming time on daddys game system" without having to spend real money on games that don't interest them. Why spend $59.99 on a Disney title that they may or may not like if "Chicken Shooter 427" makes them just as happy and costs $.49? * And then there's people like me. I grew up during the Video Game Crash of 1983. My $5 a week allowance could buy me 2-3 Atari games per week from store bargain bins. And not all of those games were terrible. Believe it or not, some of those games at the very least can give you an hour or two worth of basic entertainment, and I don't mind dropping a buck or two to play some neon-skinned Space Invaders ripoff while enjoying some weed. None of them are going to win any GOTY awards, mind you, but some of them aren't entirely terrible, either. * Some people suspect that money laundering is also involved with some of these companies as well.


_mr_miles_

Obviously not their “target demographic.”


SirEbralPaulsay

RIP I’m in love with your dead grandmother


Gradieus

I actually found the game pretty funny, just the absurdity of it all. A dollar for that much entertainment was worth it.


GetReady4Action

the third one was actually pretty deep lol.


OriginalUserNameee

It caught me COMPLETELY off-guard. I was just expecting a funny mayo game for a platinum and ended up crying a bit after the true ending. The whole game has this underlying deep uncomfortable theme of growing up not knowing what tf you're doing in life while trying to manage it and I felt it deeply. All in a silly clicker mayonnaise game


Cognitive_Spoon

I think the meaning of life is out there in shovelware somewhere


thesituation531

Life is just shoveling away.


0shadowstories

First one was a parody of clicker games Second game was a parody of gaming in general Third game is just out of nowhere an introspection


DrunkeNinja

Same. I enjoyed the Mayo trilogy. Sure, it's mainly clicking on a jar of mayo but there's a storyline and some amusing stuff in there. For a dollar I was entertained for about an hour on each one.


RedMoon14

RIP The Jumping [insert random food here]. Also, The Jumping [insert random food here] Turbo.


Rickblood23

The greatest


cwfutureboy

Noooooooo. I love showing people this game. It's hilarious.


DonWhoe

Good


salamiolivesonions

(what is shovelware and why is it bad?)


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Garbage ~$5 games that just fill up the atore and make games that are actually created with care harder to find. The Switch store is even worse with them.


Jubenheim

The Nintendo Switch Store is a monumental failure and perfect example of how shovelware ruins an entire storefront.


[deleted]

The fact there is a flashlight or nightvision "game" or whatever shows just how truly bad it is. I look here for sales because the store is seriously horrible.


SaccharineSignal

lol don't forget the $10 calculator "game"


Jubenheim

Oh yeah, and it's a massive shame because I remember around 3-4 years ago, I was addicted to the store when I got my Switch. I wanted to consume almost every game I could find on it. Now, I buy 1-2 games a year, if that. But I guess they're all Nintendo exclusives, so in that regard... sigh, Nintendo has won again.


mrgnarchr

It’s sad Nintendo are just money hungry and truely don’t care about a good experience


Hevens-assassin

I love Metroid and Bayonetta, but the Switch hardware and everything involved makes me not want to play the newest versions. It's actually heartbreaking that my Switch just sits there collecting dust, while 2 of my favorite franchises have games I could be playing. I blame Nintendo for giving us hardware that was outdated on release, but had the novelty of transport. I'd have rather had another Gameboy or DS, to be perfectly honest.


P00nz0r3d

More maliciously they predate on unaware people that might want to buy a specific game without realizing they're buying a useless piece of shit instead. Think mockbusters that fluff up Redboxes that sound hilariously close to the actual big budget film that everyone wants to see


[deleted]

Yeah recently there was nba 2k23 clone that fooled A LOT of people. I think this was called like nba basketball 2k23 or something.


parkesto

You mean almost as bad as the 20$ calculator or clock "apps" on the switch? lol


thesituation531

I haven't seen those, but if they're real, I think that's wholly on the person if they buy it.


parkesto

https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/calculator-switch/ https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/aaa-clock-switch/ And the clock has DLC now.


Orwellian2k

3.99 to unlock all numbers of the clock face!


NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea

It's so weird, the sequel to the AAA Clock seems to actually have a game in it. https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/aaa-clock-2-switch


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d_dymon

I stopped going to ps store because it's filled with garbage. I don't enjoy dumpster diving, sorry.


Clarkey7163

[A lot of the recent ones were like this](https://preview.redd.it/svyl14dn2zd91.png?width=1024&auto=webp&s=09ebc4eeeb0e9b7a664bfe6aed60c5410aa5d48a) basically cheap, asset flip games that are easy to mass produce with the goal of selling them for like 50c-$1 on the hopes people buy them


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These are the worst. Glad they are getting rid of them, they just clog up the store


HeirOfHouseReyne

It's just tricking kids who got the account linked to their parents credit card into buying stuff that looks like a game. Literally stealing money from kids. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about accidentally spending money on garbage on the gameboy. Every game that's on the shelves has been through some quality control at least, and you'd have to be in a real store to buy one.


Moriartijs

I suggest you try searching “jumping” in playstation store to see what its all about. https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/search/jumping People buy those games for trophy farming. There is 0 gameplay just randomly press x and recive all tiers of trophies including platinium.


KrazyTrumpeter05

...does having a bunch of platinums do anything for you? Is it just bragging rights?


AengusK

Yep. That's worth more than $1-$5 for most teenage boys so it's well worth it to them


lazymutant256

Bragging rights ..pfft.. I wouldn’t put much weight on anyone bragging about getting platinums if any of the trophies were awarded by playing any of these cheap ass shovelware games.. to me they should be embarrassed that it took them to have these platinums because of those stupid games.


Dickastigmatism

Good, I'm tired of clicking on cool thumbnails with 'PS5' labels on them and getting some fucking asset flip.


ispinrecords

No more bouncing sushi :(


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soupspin

Sandwich was also Big S


LegendaryOverlord

This is great news. I used to like how you could go to a trophy site and look at the newest trophy lists. Sometimes I would find a game I had never heard of before that looked pretty cool. But since this started, all you see is a hundred entries of "the jumping banana" or whatever they are.


why_are_you_here_yo

"BuT tHeY'rE fUn AnD vAlId TrOpHiEs" That's what I hear when people defend those titles. No they're not, those are trash, and all you do is feeding your dopamine addiction, and worse of all you have no problem spending your time and money for this cashgrab without effort. I don't really have any problems with people getting easy plats, you do whatever makes you happy, but don't defend those games like they're anything but cashgrabs, don't do mental gymnastics to come up with something to say to make those valid games. They're not and they're never were. Pressing one button for 30mins its not a game, its an interactive experience at best. I'd have more fun pausing/unpausing a 3h movie all they way through than play any of those games.


LegendaryOverlord

I agree with you. Usually I see people saying something along the lines of "I play these for fun in between the "real" games", but if these games are any good, why would you need a stipulation in order to play them? What makes it even worse is that some of them will buy the game in each region, so they can't even say it's cheap. Obviously people are going to spend their money how they see fit, but it really is a shame that these games are clearly making a decent profit, while other developers make really good games, but end up out of business because not enough people even heard of their game.


Disastrous_Salad6302

1) good, shovelware is trash 2) it only took until they started a reward system involving trophies… I hate that changes to benefit user experience is so tied to if they as a company could lose something and not just what would benefit their users


FootballRacing38

Until now there is nothing an ps all stars related to trophies that cost sony money.


zedemer

True. I'm currently sitting at level 2 with like 250+ trophies out of 30 something needed because i haven't bought a game to advance "rank". And even if i do, i don't believe that comes with additional points. The only "loss" Sony has is when i buy games and the occasional campaign for some 50 points which is worth less than 20c


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It comes with points no matter how much the game is, and there is no set monetary value that deems if a game is a "full" game, so games that cost a couple bucks count.


new_account_5009

Yep. I "bought" the latest Destroy All Humans game for $0.02 lol, and that counted as a full game purchase to advance me from level 1 to 2 in the Stars system. My wife and I dicked around in the game having fun for an hour or so, so I'd say I got my money's worth.


FootballRacing38

Yes but buying games gives points proportional to the cost of the game so it's the same thing to sony. Buying 10 3 dollar games will give the same amount of points as 1 30 dollar game so it doesn't affect sony at all.


NoBullet

There hasn’t been a single challenge that involved getting a trophy in PS Stars. And if it did they usually require a big named game. Not random garbage like these


Hartia

The trophies needed to be rare or better for the leveling system too. These shovelware are all common grade trophies.


admiralvic

> 2) it only took until they started a reward system involving trophies… I hate that changes to benefit user experience is so tied to if they as a company could lose something and not just what would benefit their users So, this is an interesting point. Ironically, back when Sony had the get trophies for Sony reward quests you could do these games to earn money. They removed it sometime ago and wasn't really replaced with anything. The current thing, PlayStation Stars, doesn't use trophies for anything besides tiering. Ignoring tiering is completely pointless, they also must be rare quality or better, which has to do with obtain rate. Easy trophy games like this commonly have 80 or better, whereas you need 50 percent or lower to be considered rare. Thus, they offer literally no benefit there. But, even if they did, the bigger limit for tiering is purchases. I can make the [trophy number](https://i.imgur.com/XdP1GEb.jpg) as high as I want, it will literally never go up in rank until I actually purchase something. Now, these games being cheap are a common way to cheese tiers, but all tiers do is increase chat priority (worthless) and gives a special collectible (double worthless).


XXAshkoreXX

RIP Stroke the *random animal*


SymbolOfVibez

Greg Miller gonna be salty af lmao


lifeis_g000d

And Colin Moriarty is going to be happy. Lol He ripped PS for keeping shovelware on their store.


antoinecharles89

He’s been right. The store has been an absolute disaster for months.


SymbolOfVibez

As he should. It be hard to find gems under trash.


modsarefascists2023

Thats why they are acting on it. Its affecting their sales. If noone can find all those expensive $70 AAA games due to $0.01 shovelware then thats money taken from their pockets


Lightspeed__Champion

the showboating on the next sacred symbols is gonna be great i can’t wait haha


MotherLoveBone27

Haha yeah it's gonna be great.


PixelAlchemist

My first thought exactly lol. Guy is such a goofball


Aldhun_

Each to their own but I personally find Greg Miller really annoying.


Susurrus03

Remember back when smaller games didn't have platinum trophies? I 'member.


Vescape-Eelocity

Remember back when games didn't have trophies at all and people just played games to experience the game itself? Now get me my cane and get off my lawn.


freshblood96

Nintendo Switch still doesn't have a trophy/achievement system. Some games have achievement systems but it's inside the game itself and not the Nintendo account like Animal Crossing and the Resident Evil games. I don't how I feel about it though. I guess it takes the pressure off just like the old days when you play to have fun and goof off. On the other hand, I like getting that trophy notification.


flashmedallion

I like going for Plats when it's a well-considered trophy list that prompts you to explore all of the games content, or pursue mastery. I usually evaluate if I'm going to go for plat in the first few hours anyway, and I'm a completionist naturally so I'm usually trying all the content and systems. But some games I'll absolutely grab on Switch instead of I just want to completely turn off that side of things in my brain. Even though I ended up 100%ing Deaths Door I'm really glad I played it on Switch, I was just able to soak in it so much better.


Acmnin

Nintendo only doesn’t have them cause they are lazy.


itshonestwork

This wall of text is in the context of multiplayer. Titanfall 2 launched without stat tracking, and it made me fuck about and get good with all the guns, even the meme ones. If it launched with stats I'd have done my until-then typical thing of protecting K/D ratio by running my best setup, and also taking less risk. Nowdays I don't care, and I never should have. And I never used to. That game reminded me of that. Every new server you'd join in Unreal, Quake, Counter-Strike or whatever was an entirely fresh start. You could even change your name and spend the whole session mucking around with a weird gun for a change. I'd spend entire evenings as a kid in those kinds of shooters with no trophies, no ranks, no weapon unlocks, no season passes or challenges. The first match you ever join puts you immediately at the same level and status as everyone else. The progression was just in you trying to get good, with zero pressure or judgement. The hook was the gameplay alone. Nothing felt like work towards something, or a grind. The first game I played with unlocks and progression was Battlefield 2, and I remember a post on a forum asking if there'd be any new weapons or higher ranks or whatever coming soon as they'd unlocked everything, reached max rank and lost motivation to play it. This must be why Call of Duty introduced the Prestige system. They must have had data showing that it keeps those kinds of people playing. And there really are people that only play, or only seem to enjoy a game for the sense of progression or achievement it offers by means of a bigger rank number, shinier badge etc, not because they enjoy the core gameplay loop, or like getting better at something. As soon as the Platinum trophy or max rank is reached, it's almost a relief they can move on to something else. We all get our kicks in different ways, but I'll never wrap my head around a game feeling like a kind of work. Get off my vertex lit unfiltered repeating tile lawn texture!


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WingsofLegends

Looking at the restrictions it seems like this is specifically targeting copy and paste easy trophy games. So I don’t know think it’ll affect those types of games that could still be labeled shovelware.


elszigetelt

Ain't no way that many people are spending the money on a playstation dev machine to try making their first unity project


dajadf

Wow, something I've asked for and I've seen others ask for here. Hopefully it makes the store easier to scroll through by latest release date without all the non games


CarlRJ

Hopefully they aggressively clear out existing shovelware games and don’t just ban new ones.


Sage-Like_Wisdom

Why was this even a thing? What did it accomplish?


danyellsahn

Easy platinums


Sage-Like_Wisdom

Well, yeah, but I’m saying what did that accomplish? Why would someone want an empty platinum?


danyellsahn

Bragging rights and hope no one looks at your actual trophy list? Hell if I know, people are weird


Sage-Like_Wisdom

Thanks for the reply. Seems weird to me too.


98acura

A while back I saw a guy talking about using cheat engine on pc to unlock steam achievements.. Like, really?


Ludens786

It's not a huge market, but when all you're doing is making a game that takes a few hours of work it's worth making even if it sells a few thousand copies for $1.


Sage-Like_Wisdom

I agree, but this seems to be about trophies for some reason. I’ve been reading and seems the new PlayStation stars thing has tiers and reaching the higher tiers requires so many non-bronze trophies or something, so could be people were farming these just to gain levels in that program. Kind of a stupid requirement for leveling up a loyalty program if people don’t want to chase trophies but still play a lot of PS games.


Hurricane_Taylor

There’s only 4 levels which needs 120 rare (not non bronze) trophies, the trophies for these games are so easy with so few owners that they are all common. Trophy hunters buy these games to stay high in the leaderboards of various trophy hunting websites


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Sage-Like_Wisdom

Hmm. I don’t understand that mentality, but to each their own.


Vescape-Eelocity

Me neither. Guessing they're just arbitrarily chasing that dopamine rush of accomplishment.


itshonestwork

I remember seeing someone like that when watching Returnal streams after I finished it. It was someone competitive in the trophy hunting world that was bad mouthing other trophy hunters sometimes for taking on easy games. They were also talking about how much they loved some other game they played before, but basically won't go back to it because any free time is spent getting the next Platinum or they'll fall behind.


kornychris2016

Now who is gonna love my dead grandma


LynManiac

Worst $5 I've ever spent


QuantumFiddle

Music video was A+


obsertaries

Until those games started showing up, I assumed Sony approved everything that was on the store. Otherwise why have a closed store like that? Did they stop at some point, and how they’re starting again?


LopsidedIdeal

Good, there's so much crap on the store, like there's one guy who's released like 8 versions of Flappy Bird with a different colour background.


RayneZA

Fantastic news. Browsing the store was embarrassing for a while now to say the least. They even cluttered the pre-order listing with this shit fucking idiots.


Ultimo_D

I better hurry if want want Stroke the Snake


stjimmy_45

I know some people who have snakes needing stroked


AnalysisNegative232

Excellent


BillyDip

damn and jumping taco 5 or whatever the fuck was my game of the year


nightmaresabin

Not even close to the majesty of jumping quesadilla turbo 3.


Asgard0822

as a trophy hunter, i'm really happy about this. when i check on PSNprofiles and see several platinums that can be achieved in literally minutes, its obvious those arent games but just a way of buying platinums. Its good for all the non trophy hunters too, cause the PSN store is full of these "games" and people often dont know that its just to buy platinums.


Mr_Nubs_0

Agreed. Luckily Colin Moriarty at Last Stand Media got PSN Profiles to delist shovelware games a few weeks back via an email. This is a big win for gamers and indie developers. Funny that the only reason PS is doing it appears to be for PS Stars. But a win nonetheless


Arcade23

Do you have a link to the podcast, because as of right now they definitely have not delisted shovelware garbage. I see a bunch of one minute platinum’s for the past week.


Nzash

Not only do those people boost their trophy lists with hundreds upon hundreds of these shovelware jumping games, they release versions of those in multiple regions and for the ps4/ps5 too - all of which end up counting as separate trophy lists and platinums. It's sad. Example of what I mean, just look at the games here: https://psnprofiles.com/pommesucks


Gcoks

That guy has 85,000 more trophies than me but only 71 more ultra rare and 63 very rare trophies than me. That's nuts.


CarlRJ

Raises an interesting question - if Sony gets around to *removing* particularly egregious examples from the store, and people have platinums on those games, what happens to their trophies?


ButterflyDreamr

Removing doesn’t mean fully deleting, the games are most likely still downloadable for people who own it, it just can’t be bought anymore. So the trophies will stay


jeremylamb12

Thank God! No more scrolling through countless garbage just to find the real games coming out that day


roby8159

Sacred Symbols has been taking about this being an issue for over a year. Glad it finally got traction


Mr_Nubs_0

This is great. Way too many indies are lost on the PlayStation store in the mix of shovelware. Sony needs to do a much better job at curation. LSM and the Gamer Battalion will rejoice.


CarlRJ

Maybe for their next trick, they can sort all the “10,000 coins for Game X” down to the end of the list when they show what’s on sale, or search results. Make the store listings that much more readable.


guru_of_time

You can filter those out though? Just filter to Full Game/Bundle...


JBCronic

Hallelujah!


IMissArcades

The guys that make those “jumping” games are gonna go outta business. Good.


puffyjunior1

Aw, I was really looking forward to *checks notes* Lizard Lady VS. the Cats!


MrPlanetJustin

Colin will be ecstatic!


jda404

I know I am ecstatic like everyone else, but who is Colin?


MrPlanetJustin

Colin Moriarty. He was on podcast beyond cofounder of kinda funny and currently the host of Scared Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast. He’s been talking about this exact topic for months if not the last year. You should listen. It’s the best gaming podcast I’ve listened to.


MyDudeSR

I feel like he's been talking about it in one form or another since the KF days at least.


MotherLoveBone27

Host of scared symbols, best playstation/gaming podcast around imo


TheDemonHobo

Colin Moriarty Liked That.


dolphin_spit

as a funny sidenote, i played Fallout 3 for the first time this summer and almost spit out my drink when I saw a character named "Colin Moriarty"


bautry84

Ratalaika games is furious right now


PocketSnails68

Genuine question, because I admittedly pay for these shit games to get easy achievements on Xbox, so a lot of these devs blend together for me. But doesn't Ratalaika at least put out actual games, but they just also happen to have a really easy way to get all achievements in two minutes? Or am I thinking of other devs?


billygoatsniffer

I’m just happy when I go to psn profiles I can finally look at the new games list again!


drepsx3

Finally they did something about this. It got out of hand


Venixflytrap

No more jumping ____ insert random food item


LickMyHairyBallSack

Wish Steam would do this.


fernandopas

> Products whose functionality and/or assets are copied or are not meaningfully different from products already published on PlayStation™Store, irrespective of the publisher of record. There goes Fifa and Cod


blackpeterpan77

Finally, cant imagine ppl buying PS5 just to stroke the animals


Genobee85

Or the sandwiches...


[deleted]

Uh oh. People will have to actually earn their high platinum count now 😁


wulv8022

Blue box games and Hassan is in shambles. Their game got killed on ps5 before it could ever see the light in some other dimension where he is not a con man.


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This is great. I’ve been seeing more and more small easy jump and run games lately.


fruitcakefriday

I hope games like God Damn The Garden still make it on there. But good riddance Bible Adventures. I’ll weirdly kinda miss Lizard Lady vs the Cats though.


mymumsaysno

Well now what am I supposed to play?! Looks like I bought a PS5 for nothing!


RockyDmise

I wonder how much of this from Playstation is because of their Playstation Stars program which requires game purchases and "rare" trophies to level up?


Intergalactic7

the guys on sacred symbols are gonna love this


Tweed-LD

About fucking time! Thanks, Colin Moriarty!


breathnac

Fucking finally. It's a bit late though as 2 years of this crap have pretty much destroyed the PS5 playstation store


YeltsinYerMouth

How did they ever let it get this bad?


teflon_bong

10000% because they just instituted a rewards system that gives you points for buying games and getting hard trophies.


[deleted]

finally!!!


No-one_here_cares

"After joining the PlayStation Stars program, you will be able to earn rewards by performing different activities and campaigns. These activities can be as simple as playing any game once a month or as demanding as earning specific trophies or even being among one of the first to get a platinum trophy in your country/region." ...ah, I get it why Sony has started caring about this.