PS5 Shovelware Dev Confirms 'Stricter' Publishing Guidelines from Sony 1
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Sony has waged war on the shovelware publishers taking over the PS Store, and slowly but surely we’re learning a little more about the platform holder’s process behind-the-scenes.

Afil Games – the purveyor of low-effort software like Collie Call and Cute Bonfire – has confirmed that “PlayStation has been implementing stricter guidelines for publishing games on its platform”.

In a statement, the Brazil-based studio said these new policies mean its “future releases” will no longer be available on the PS5. Furthermore, all of its previous titles – of which there are many – will be removed from the PS Store in due course.

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It’s not the first we’ve seen of this, as tens of thousands of titles have been removed from Sony’s storefront this year alone.

I’ve certainly seen worse games than the ones published by Afil Games, but many look like copy-and-pastes of the same basic idea, with asset flips. They all have extremely easy Trophy lists, as is par for the course with software that can’t stand on its own like this.

The developer says it’s “committed to bringing new experiences to our players on the Xbox One, Xbox Series, Microsoft Store, and Nintendo Switch”.

I won’t proclaim to speak for everyone here, but I think this is one catalogue the PS5 can do without.