Several games were removed from Sony’s PlayStation Store over the weekend, but it’s unlikely you intended to play any of them. This latest wave of removals is part of Sony’s recent efforts to prevent low-quality games from being sold in its store.
As reported by eurogamerand seen for the first time by a member of the PSN profiles On the forum, games from three different publishers were removed: GoGame Console Publisher, VRCForge Studios, and Welding Byte, formerly known as RandomSpin Games.
The removed games include the newly released Jesus Simulator, which allows players to perform miracles, such as walking on water. The game didn’t appear to be a big seller, but its quirky concept proved popular online, garnering more than 100,000 views on YouTube. trailer.
Jesus Simulator is published by VRCForge, which previously sold Racing Car Chaos: Extreme Stunt Showdown, Supermarket CEO Simulator (PS5 stack), and Water Blast Shooter – Wet Gun on PlayStation consoles.
The GoGame Console had one game, Urban Driver Simulator (PS5 stack), removed, while several Welding Byte games were affected, including Drift Highway: Retro Console Edition, Horrorillo Brainrotillo, I Am Busy Digging a Hole, and Stunt Race.
It appears that Sony made the changes on April 4, and so far there have been no other reports of other publishers being affected.
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At the end of March, Sony removed 700 titles from the PlayStation Store, removing all listings from publisher Nostra Games. The publisher said Sony did not provide a reason for the removal, but planned to continue selling its games on Nintendo and Xbox consoles, as well as Steam for PC players.
Earlier this year, one publisher saw more than 1,000 games removed from sale at once. The titles were published by ThiGames, who had a series where you played as jumping foods. The low-effort titles were named variations of The Jumping Hot Dog, The Jumping Taco, The Jumping Fries, etc.
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