{"rewrite":{"id":"r_2e9f2b92073326523c9aa1ca","clusterId":"c_236a3852949e9b4868a49e29","slug":"sony-crackdown-on-ps-store-shovelware-forces-two-developers-to-remove-over-100-titles","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Sony Crackdown on PS Store Shovelware Forces Two Developers to Remove Over 100 Titles","summary":"Developer GGmuks announced it will remove about 60 titles from the PlayStation Store and suspend future releases indefinitely, while individual developer Acyntha said 47 titles will be removed by the end of June. The moves follow Sony's 2022 guideline revisions and a wave of mass removals of low-quality games this year, including over 1,200 titles from Webnetic and 700 from NOSTRA GAMES.","whyItMatters":"The removals show Sony is enforcing its anti-shovelware rules more aggressively, with small-scale developers who entered the store recently now being swept up in the cleanup.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDeveloper GGmuks, which entered the PlayStation Store in October 2024, said on June 4 it will remove about 60 titles and indefinitely suspend all future releases. The studio had been releasing casual games priced at a few hundred yen, ramping up from one or two per month to about one per week by September 2025. On its X account, GGmuks thanked users and called the year successful but expressed disappointment, suggesting the removals were not voluntary.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual developer Acyntha, active since July 2022, announced on June 3 that 47 titles will be removed by the end of June. Acyntha said the decision came from a notification, and a final sale period has been set. Both developers had released regional variants and separate PS4 and PS5 versions as distinct entries. According to TrueTrophies, GGmuks ranks 14th among PS Store publishers with 470 titles, and Acyntha ranks 25th with 277 titles.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Two PS Store developers are pulling over 100 titles after Sony's shovelware crackdown. GGmuks is removing ~60 games and suspending future releases; Acyntha is removing 47 by end of June.","twitterPost":"Two PS Store developers are pulling over 100 titles after Sony's shovelware crackdown. GGmuks removes ~60 games and suspends future releases; Acyntha removes 47 by end of June.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Developer GGmuks will remove about 60 titles from the PlayStation Store and suspend future releases indefinitely, while individual developer Acyntha said 47 titles will be removed by the end of June. The moves follow Sony's 2022 guideline revisions and a wave of mass removals of low-quality games this year.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260605-447363/\",\"title\":\"Shovelware Developers Announce Withdrawal from PS Store, Including Indie Devs; Crackdown on Trophy-Farming Games Intensifies\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4217,"outputTokens":637,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780646537,"createdAt":"2026-06-05T07:56:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-05T08:01:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T08:01:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_236a3852949e9b4868a49e29","canonicalTitle":"PS Storeから粗製乱造メーカーが続々と撤退表明、なかには個人ゲーム開発者も。“トロフィー水増しゲーム”への規制強まる","representativeArticleId":"a_702dfc820f4d01022fd5e1db","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-05T07:16:05.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-05T07:16:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T08:01:15.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260605-447363/","title":"PS Storeから粗製乱造メーカーが続々と撤退表明、なかには個人ゲーム開発者も。“トロフィー水増しゲーム”への規制強まる"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Developer GGmuks announced on June 4 it will remove about 60 titles from the PlayStation Store and indefinitely suspend all future releases.","Individual developer Acyntha said on June 3 that 47 titles will be removed from the PlayStation Store by the end of June.","GGmuks entered the PlayStation Store in October 2024 and had been releasing casual games priced at a few hundred yen, ramping up to about one per week by September 2025.","According to TrueTrophies, GGmuks ranks 14th among PS Store publishers with 470 titles, and Acyntha ranks 25th with 277 titles.","The removals follow Sony's 2022 guideline revisions and a wave of mass removals of low-quality games this year, including over 1,200 titles from Webnetic and 700 from NOSTRA GAMES."]}