As you understand, the PS Store has turn out to be overrun with low-cost and cheerful Platinum Trophy video games. But right here’s an actual stat padding launch: Stroke the Dog. At simply £3.29/$3.99, the discharge has an eye-watering 71 Trophies so that you can unlock – and all it’s good to do is, properly, stroke the canine roughly 2,000 occasions.

“Dog: man’s (or woman’s) best friend,” the blurb reads. “We aren’t all lucky enough to have one, but that should not mean that you don’t get to stroke one whenever you like. Get a real life yet not actually real puppy in your front room or bedroom, or bathroom, or kitchen, wherever you have your TV. Stroke it as many times as you want, then stroke it some more. Relax with a dog.”

You’ll get a Bronze Trophy for each 25 pets or so, permitting you to considerably bolster the scale of your digital show case. We suppose this was at all times the pure subsequent step for smaller builders trying to revenue from Trophy collectors: we’ve already had the straightforward Platinums, however now it’s time for groups to cram as many gongs into their titles as doable.

Still, we suppose stroking a canine is a trifle extra satisfying than tapping a mayonnaise jar.