Sony Removes 1,200 Webnetic Games From PlayStation Store as Shovelware Crackdown Widens
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Updated · Push Square · Jun 1
Sony Removes 1,200 Webnetic Games From PlayStation Store as Shovelware Crackdown Widens
9 articles · Updated · Push Square · Jun 1
Webnetic said its roughly 1,200-game catalog will disappear from the PlayStation Store within days, marking one of the biggest single removals in Sony’s cleanup effort.
Sony appears to be targeting low-effort “shovelware” that has crowded PS5 and PS4 storefront listings, with titles such as The Giraffe G, The Sheep Quiz and Tile Jong cited as examples.
The games were still showing up in searches at publication, so the exact timing remained unclear even as the publisher signaled an imminent takedown.
Webnetic said it will keep operating on other digital stores, while the move suggests Sony is preparing to cut back thousands more low-quality listings beyond this publisher.
With thousands of games purged, what is the new quality gate for developers to get on the PlayStation Store?
Will Sony's war on 'shovelware' push a whole category of developers and gamers to rival platforms like Xbox?