Sony will remove “ESLOP” games from the PlayStation store, report says

Many games have recently disappeared from Sony’s PlayStation Store. Eurogamer Monday. The game in question is called spam or “Eslop”, which relies heavily on AI and has a misleading name and description to attract gamers.

Sony did not immediately respond to requests for confirmation regarding the removal of the game.

These games were the subject of the report IGN Earlier in the month, we detail the current problematic trends that affect mainly PS stores and Nintendo’s eShops. A small number of developers, usually made up of just one person, overflow both stores with low-cost games that sound similar to popular games, and use generative AI images to create cutting-edge graphics It will become like having. It is intended to seduce gamers looking for a game deal.

These ESLOP titles are usually slapped together to create an experience that is not worth recharged, using free assets available from other game assets or game developer tools. As games are sold at such low prices, the developer’s goal is to sell a large number of copies before people get caught.

Also sometimes referred to as “AI Slops,” developers of these games use the certification process to bring the game to the game front, with little oversight from the shopkeeper. While Sony and Nintendo stores reportedly are full of these games, Microsoft stores are a little more difficult to release games. Similarly, Steam has so many games added that if you try to release multiple titles it won’t attract attention from PC gamers.