PlayStation Store Appears to Be Undergoing a Massive Shovelware Purge

Webnetic, a video game developer and publisher that some players have come to associate with shovelware, appears to no longer have an active publishing agreement with the PlayStation Store, and the change may be part of a growing trend. The PlayStation Store originally launched in 2006 alongside the PlayStation 3, and in the years since, it has grown into one of the industry’s largest digital marketplaces. As gamers and publishers turned increasingly to digital games with the PS4 and PS5 generations, the storefront has likewise expanded and now includes offerings from publishers of all sizes.