Confused Retailers Receive Mysterious Shipments Containing One of the PS4's Rarest Games, Poop Slinger

A clump of mom-and-pop video crippled stores person received mysterious shipments of 1 of the PS4's rarest games, Poop Slinger. If you're unfamiliar with the communicative of Poop Slinger, it's a beauteous absorbing one. The PS4 crippled was released successful 2018 connected PSN with a carnal merchandise successful 2019. The carnal merchandise was handled by Limited Rare Games, not to beryllium confused with the much established and well-known games distributor Limited Run Games. However, arsenic you mightiness imagine, determination wasn't a ton of request for a crippled called Poop Slinger, particularly erstwhile it was disposable digitally.

As a result, fewer copies were made, and adjacent less were sold. Although it was estimated determination were less than 100 copies successful circulation, Sony requires a minimum of 1,000 copies to beryllium manufactured for carnal PlayStation games. Still, nary 1 knew wherever the remaining 900 oregon truthful were. Due to its rarity, it became a blistery point online, and copies person been listed for upwards of $1,000 connected sites similar eBay.

Last week, things got much interesting. Those "missing" copies started showing up astatine autarkic gaming stores crossed the country. YouTuber and crippled store proprietor cakehoarder claimed that 39 stores had received six sealed copies each, for a full of 234 copies released into the wild.

Still, nary 1 really knows wherever these games came from. The instrumentality code was for different crippled store, which was reportedly conscionable arsenic confused arsenic those who received the package. It has been theorized that idiosyncratic stumbled upon excess banal of Poop Slinger successful a warehouse oregon a retention portion and opted to springiness it away. Others person suggested the developer oregon idiosyncratic progressive with the crippled whitethorn person decided to offload other copies they had stashed somewhere.

In 2019, VG247 reported that Limited Rare Games would person to unopen its doors owed to the nonaccomplishment of Poop Slinger, and creditors would instrumentality the unsold copies to repay the loan. However, it's unclear what the creditors did with those copies. Perhaps they were sold astatine an auction, oregon they've conscionable been sitting connected them.

However, to marque things adjacent much baffling, Limited Rare Games is back. The socials for the institution and its website are operational, and it adjacent addressed the substance with a bizarre video. The institution posted a video of a contented creator known arsenic Hard Rock Nick talking astir the terms of an undisclosed item. He talks astir the accent of the fluctuating price, but it's unclear if he's referring to Poop Slinger oregon thing else, similar crypto. Hard Rock Nick died successful 2024, truthful this isn't a video that Limited Rare Games commissioned successful effect to the game's reappearance.

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The full concern lone provokes much questions than answers. Who sent retired these copies? What is the extremity goal? It'll beryllium absorbing to spot if this communicative develops further oregon if the chronicles of Poop Slinger stay an unsolved mystery. If you're funny successful playing Poop Slinger yourself, it's disposable connected PSN for $4.99.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.