Last week, IGN published a report on the increasing amount of "eslop" cluttering up digital storefronts, a cause we here at Push Square were only too willing to throw our own, only slightly less formidable weight behind (at least, as far as the PS Store is concerned). Under this mounting pressure, Sony appears to have delisted several shovelware titles, mostly from developer RandomSpin Games, which released a new game almost monthly.
Between the two, not much happens on the PS Store that gets by TrueTrophies and PSNProfiles, which noted the removal of some but not nearly all of the samey-looking, misleading simulation games from shady-sounding publishers and developers (thanks, Eurogamer).
The timing is rather interesting, and we prefer to think it's due to the power of proper journalism. However, the great work is still far from over. RandomSpin, for example, has had its (no doubt eagerly anticipated) Supermarket Simulator Pro pulled. However, dozens of Supermarket Simulator games alone are still on the PS Store, allegedly from different developers, and share strikingly similar gameplay mechanics and assets.