As a lot of you’ll little doubt bear in mind, the PS Store has change into overrun with copy-and-paste video games, nearly all of which exist to dole out 60-second Platinum Trophies. Browsing the New Releases part of the PS Store has consequently change into a nightmare, as you’re inundated with a number of permutations of the very same recreation.

It’s change into an actual downside, burying extra respectable video games. While we don’t essentially agree with heavy-handed curation – who’s to determine whether or not a recreation ought to exist or not? – we identified lately that Sony does have an actual downside on its fingers discovering an satisfactory answer to this. We instructed some sensible modifications to the way in which the PS Store surfaces content material may assist.

And earlier this week we observed the agency has already made an adjustment. Both on the browser-based PS Store and PS5 app, the New Games ribbon is now sorted by Best Selling versus Release Date. This means, on the time of typing a minimum of, you’ll see video games like Cult of the Lamb and Arcade Paradise reasonably than The Jumping Noodles Turbo and The Pig Quiz.

Now the important thing element right here is that the latter video games nonetheless exist, and may be discovered pretty simply with a few clicks, however the default filter is a bit more helpful for the typical consumer. Obviously there’s much more work to be finished right here, however as a brief stopgap answer, we’re impressed by the pace at which Sony has adjusted right here.