Frustrated gamers are urging Sony to address the surge of AI-generated “slop” and enforce stricter moderation across the PlayStation Store.
PlayStation users have recently flagged a suspicious new listing titled Astrofix Galaxy Quest. Community consensus suggests the project is a low-effort clone of Astro Bot, likely constructed using generative AI tools.
According to its official description, Astrofix Galaxy Quest follows a “tiny repair bot with a big heart” on a mission to restore cosmic equilibrium by gathering fragments of a Star Core across miniature celestial bodies. Both the premise and the visual direction bear a striking, and likely intentional, resemblance to 2024’s critically acclaimed Astro Bot.
The title is attributed to Witenova Studio, an outfit registered in Estonia. A quick glance at their catalog reveals a pattern of derivative works: Wednesday 13th features a protagonist modeled after Netflix’s Wednesday Addams with a title mimicking Friday the 13th: The Game, while SyndiCAT: Stray Mafia attempts to capitalize on the popularity of Stray, Cyberpunk 2077, and Mafia simultaneously.
These titles represent only a fraction of Witenova’s upcoming slate. The studio has announced a wave of similar projects that openly mimic established hits. While none have officially launched yet, they are all currently scheduled for a 2026 release—unless Sony intervenes to purge them from the storefront.
On Reddit, players are documenting numerous other instances of “generative junk” polluting the PlayStation Store. Although Sony has made past efforts to ban publishers of low-quality shovelware, the issue appears systemic; as soon as one developer is removed, several others emerge to take their place.
Gamers are calling this trend a “digital sludge epidemic,” expressing concerns that without a complete overhaul of the store’s curation process, the platform will transform into a dumping ground for AI-generated filler.
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Source: iXBT.games