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You get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>But as of yesterday, <em>all<\/em> of its games have been axed from the PS Store in <em>all<\/em> regions.<\/p>\n<p>We carefully clicked through dozens of its titles on its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thigames.de\/links\">official website<\/a> and couldn\u2019t find <em>any<\/em> of them available to purchase. That remains the case today, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"y-XGB8_bQ3s\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-XGB8_bQ3s?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<div class=\"video-stage\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Best PS5 Games Of 2024 (So Far) | PlayStation 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-XGB8_bQ3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\">Push Square<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\"><span class=\"subs-label\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"subs\">167k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither Sony nor ThiGames has commented on this situation yet, but we have reached out to both parties to try and understand what\u2019s going on. We\u2019ll update the article if we get word back.<\/p>\n<p>Many companies have built a business out of flooding the PS Store with low quality software. Often these games will offer extremely easy Platinum Trophies, which can be stacked across PS5 and PS4, as well as different regions. In some instances, a single game could net you six or more of Sony\u2019s top trinkets.<\/p>\n<p>But while the Trophies for ThiGames\u2019 efforts remain on PlayStation\u2019s servers, the games are no longer for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the first sign of the platform holder cracking down on poor quality content? 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href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981142\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>naruball<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:20:02+00:00\">44 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>What&#8217;s the title of that Lizzo song?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981143\" data-author=\"users\/334823\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981143\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981143\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/334823\/avatar.jpg?v=1760841919\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"GoatFace04\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981143\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GoatFace04<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:20:11+00:00\">44 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Dude&#8230; I was going to get around to The Jumping Spaghetti! How could they do this?\ud83c\udf5d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981146\" data-author=\"users\/303979\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981146\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981146\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"mlm043\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981146\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>mlm043<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:21:59+00:00\">42 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Did they get rid of all those damn games with the carrot guy and nonsense titles?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981150\" data-author=\"users\/364549\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981150\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981150\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/364549\/avatar.jpg?v=1765990376\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"BentIeyma\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981150\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BentIeyma<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:25:22+00:00\">39 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Oh good, although I do wonder how Sony will decide where the line between shovelware and a poorly made game is.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981151\" data-author=\"users\/299983\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981151\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981151\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/299983\/avatar.jpg?v=1636827021\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Knave21\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981151\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Knave21<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:26:09+00:00\">38 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>A good start, hopefully they crack down on the rest of the trash. I know it&#8217;s all meaningless at the end of the day, but as someone who has been an avid trophy hunter for 10+ years, it&#8217;s been really frustrating watching people gather literally hundreds, even thousands, of these platinums and shoot way up the leaderboards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981152\" data-author=\"users\/253229\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981152\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981152\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/253229\/avatar.jpg?v=1686047715\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"djlard\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981152\">9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>djlard<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:29:01+00:00\">35 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Prepare! Tomorrow comes to PS Store TwhiGames with Jumping Spageti, Jumping Oorange 1-9, Jumping Takko, Jumping Piza &#8230;and many, many more!<br \/>Pre-order NOW!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981154\" data-author=\"users\/275861\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981154\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981154\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/275861\/avatar.jpg?v=1626697812\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SeanOhOgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981154\">10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SeanOhOgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:30:20+00:00\">34 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>This is long, long overdue! About time Sony, I remember the guys composing about this on Beyond yeaaars ago<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981157\" data-author=\"users\/297431\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981157\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981157\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/297431\/avatar.jpg?v=1633686846\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"gaston\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981157\">11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>gaston<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T06:41:21+00:00\">23 mins ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It is certainly good if the game selection is more curated. And to keep trophies meaningful, if the criteria to obtain trophies are to some degree consistent. So, this sounds like a welcome action.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand &#8220;censorship&#8221; is only good if &#8220;every&#8221; consumer is happy with the applied criteria. Thus, it would be good to know what criteria Sony applied to remove these games. So, hopefully pushsquare gets a reply.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8981171\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8981171\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8981171\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comment8981171\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2026-01-15T07:03:20+00:00\">1 min ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>About damn time! Yet I see some are upset over this. I don\u2019t get it. Hopefully this is just the first. Definitely a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2026\/01\/sony-nukes-thousands-of-shovelware-games-from-ps5-ps4#comments\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"reply\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-group optional\">\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_L69689197192DB\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; 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ThiGames \u2013 the purveyor of fine titles like The Jumping Burrito \u2013 was one of the PS5 and PS4\u2019s most prolific publishers, with more than 1,000 games available&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/61c23c15fada3\/large.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1407,1403,1449,1426,1400,1404,2063],"class_list":["post-16989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-industry","tag-news","tag-ps-store","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-thigames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}