Company That Released Over 900 Shovelware Games On The PlayStation Store Thanks Its Players After Being Kicked Off

Brazilian publisher Afil Games, whose entire business model centres around releasing as many bad and cheap games on shopfronts as they can physically turn around, has been kicked off the PlayStation Store as Sony continues cracking down on third-rate companies clogging up its marketplace.

It follows a similar move made earlier this year, when German company ThiGames had around 150 titles booted off the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 stores. Afil's statement, posted on social media, seems to suggest that the company knew this day would eventually come:

Hello everyone!

We would like to share an important update regarding our releases for the PlayStation platform.

As many of you may already know, since the beginning of this year PlayStation has been implementing stricter guidelines for publishing games on its platform.

As a result of these new guidelines and their incompatibility with our business model, PlayStation has decided not to continue its partnership with Afil Games for future releases on the platform.

Additionally, our games will be removed from the PSN Store in the near future.

We would like to sincerely thank all PlayStation players who have supported us throughout this journey. Your enthusiasm and trust have played a significant role in our growth. We remain committed to bringing new experiences to our players through Xbox One, Xbox Series, Microsoft Store, and Nintendo Switch.

We have several exciting projects in development and look forward to sharing more news with you in the near future.

Thank you for your continued support,

Afil Games Team

While there are many different types of shovelware found on gaming shopfronts, including those dancing very close to copyright and trademark laws, Afil's in particular seemed to cater to a very particular market: trophy hunters, who could buy one of their simple/short games, beat them in under an hour and pick up some achievements along the way.

As Afil's statement says, at time of posting their games will still be available on Xbox and Switch; whether Microsoft and Nintendo follow suit is anyone's guess.