Microsoft removes the emulated version of the PS1 title from the Xbox Stores

At this point, we are all aware of how much slope there is at one of the big gaming stores. For example, Nintendo Eshop is home for a “provocative” a piece of clone entitled Pirate Anime Quest: One Boys' Journey, A Piece of Island Love. Elsewhere, the Playstation store, which is full of shovel and spam, made an attempt to remove many of them in February, but it is a losing battle.

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But things took a pretty interesting turn when it was discovered that the Xbox store was hosting an edited version of a Playstation title that was run through emulation. The game, which has since been removed by Microsoft, was sold and handed over as a legitimate game.

It took three months before measures were taken on this 1: 1 obliteration copy

As first discovered by Trueachievements, and reported originally by Digital Foundry, Anti-Gravity Racing Wipeout was originally released in April and sold for $ 14.99, except that there is only one problem-it is not an original game.

Through any practical side by side and general gaming knowledge, John Linemann was able to decide that the game was largely nothing but an emulated version of the original Wipeout series, especially Wipeout and Wipeout 3: Special Edition.

While the game's first menu was as unique as Shovelware becomes, the game's meat was the classic outlet that we all know that has been modified through texture injectors to remove all original elements that can tip that it is not a new game.

Well, so much for that. The game has then been removed and clicking on the original product page link leads to an error code on Microsoft's page.

Strangely, this is not the first time a Playstation title seemed to be ripped off and ported to Xbox. Back in 2022, a good of War clone was available with an almost identical version of Kratos. It was quickly removed, and although it was not as illegal as running an emulated version of a real game, it stands as another example of how unobstructed the overall digital store landscape has become.