{"id":91971,"date":"2026-04-05T20:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/ps-store-gets-long-overdue-update-ps5-ps4-users-begged-for\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:12:48","slug":"ps-store-gets-long-overdue-update-ps5-ps4-users-begged-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/ps-store-gets-long-overdue-update-ps5-ps4-users-begged-for\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Store Gets Long Overdue Update PS5, PS4 Users Begged For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Simply earlier than the weekend, Sony quietly rolled out a brand new <strong>PS Retailer replace<\/strong> that PS5 and PS4 gamers have been begging for. After years of flying underneath Sony\u2019s radar, a number of infamous shovelware publishers have been banned from the storefront, and their video games have been nuked.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stealth PS Retailer replace eliminated tons of of PS5, PS4 shovelware and rip-off video games<\/h2>\n<p>We all know what you\u2019re considering, and sure, we\u2019ve been right here earlier than. However this time is a bit totally different. That is the third such replace this yr, and the second time Sony has nuked shovelware inside simply two weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the publishers who&#8217;ve been focused in these updates are those who have lengthy evaded Sony bans and in some way survived earlier crackdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Again in January, it was ThiGames \u2014 the parents behind Leaping Burrito\/Pizza\/Taco, and so forth. \u2014 that acquired banned. In late March, 1000&#8217;s of low-effort video games from CGI Lab\u00a0and Nostra Video games had been eliminated. <\/p>\n<p>And now, as noticed by PSNProfiles customers, the whole catalog of shovelware studios GoGame Console Writer, VRCForge, and Welding Byte has been eliminated. Within the spirit of Easter, Sony didn\u2019t even spare the favored \u201cJesus Simulator,\u201d which has been on the PS Retailer for a really very long time. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s lastly beginning to appear like Sony is critical about junk video games. Come to consider it, I haven\u2019t seen them plaguing the PS Retailer gross sales recently!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/2026\/04\/05\/ps-store-update-shovelware-scam-games-removed-april-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simply earlier than the weekend, Sony quietly rolled out a brand new PS Retailer replace that PS5 and PS4 gamers have been begging for. 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