PlayStation has purged over 1,000 games from its storefront, and it's not exactly clear why these titles were pulled from sale.

An analysis of Xbox releases shows spam Gamerscore games surged in 2025, accounting for nearly 900 titles.

Since digital distribution brought down some of the barriers to access, shovelware chancers have swarmed over the barricades in unheard-of numbers.

TrueAchievements has reported that over 40% of Xbox releases in 2025 were shovelware spam games, marking a 204% increase as ...