PlayStation Fans Left Disappointed After Flight Simulator 2025 Store Page Labeled 'Copycat Shovelware'

Fans speedy to observe the uncover of a Microsoft Flight Simulator PlayStation Store leafage were near fto down aft it was discovered that the existent merchandise is small much than “copycat shovelware.”

Xbox and PlayStation fans gathered to sermon a imaginable larboard for the fashionable formation simulation crippled aft Reddit idiosyncratic CreativeRaspberry314 shared Trophy accusation related to a imaginable PS4 and PS5 mentation earlier today. It would beryllium breathtaking – if not somewhat unsurprising – to spot Microsoft bring much Xbox titles to PlayStation fans, but the spotted store leafage isn’t officially related to Microsoft Flight Simulator successful immoderate way, shape, oregon form.

Grizzly Games Limited PlayStation Store Page. Image captured by IGN.

“Sadly, this is conscionable a copycat shovelware game,” 1 Reddit idiosyncratic added. “Straight up shovelware,” different added. “Actually intelligence tbh, the representation is simply a consecutive up rip-off. If it was MSFS, it'd person the aforesaid achievements arsenic the Xbox/Steam versions.”

Instead, the Flight Simulator 2025 connected PlayStation is being published by a institution named Grizzly Games Limited. As spotted by Eurogamer, the institution shares a sanction with Thronefall developer Grizzly Games but is besides wholly unrelated to that entity. While that squad is liable for different titles similar Superflight and Islanders, the Grizzly Games Limited website reveals a catalog of what look to beryllium mobile games featuring glossy, AI-generated materials. The creation for its Flight Simulator 2025 task besides appears to beryllium generated by AI judging by immoderate of its muddy level parts and unusual designs.

The Thronefall team, meanwhile, provided a connection to Eurogamer related to the find of Flight Simulator 2025 connected PlayStation and Grizzly Games Limited. Grizzly Games says it is not associated with the company, adding that it is utilizing “both our sanction and logo illegally.”

“Furthermore they look to incorporated the implicit other of our values, of what we basal for and what we’re trying to springiness to the gaming community,” Grizzly Games continued. “Unfortunately our ineligible resources are constricted arsenic a two-person indie team, but honestly I'd emotion to spot this benignant of worldly being stopped, particularly since it's not lone happening to america but tons of indie devs that conscionable deficiency the ineligible power."

As of this story’s publication, the Flight Simulator 2025 leafage remains unrecorded connected the PlayStation Store. It describes an acquisition that “sets a caller modular successful aviation simulation, combining ultra-realistic formation dynamics with breathtaking visuals.” No gameplay for the task has been revealed.

“Can shovelware conscionable beryllium banned from the store please? It’s packed to the brim with it and makes browsing an implicit chore,” different Reddit idiosyncratic added. “I don’t retrieve it being this atrocious successful anterior generations.”

PlayStation took a basal against what galore notation to arsenic “spam” titles successful 2022. At the time, it was believed the determination was made to combat backmost against easy-to-Platinum games, oregon titles that beryllium astir solely for the intent of expanding players’ Platinum Trophy count. However, galore shovelware titles inactive beryllium connected the PlayStation Store and different integer storefronts today.

We brought a magnifying solid up to the contented past period to instrumentality a person look astatine however shovelware titles interaction some gamers and developers. We spoke to aggregate developers to larn much astir not lone however these games find their mode onto integer storefronts but PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, and Valve’s vetting process.

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