Sony putting Crunchyroll new "curated" store behind a monthly paywall

[Kovlak]

Sony is putting a paywall on their new "curated store":

“This August, we are transitioning the Crunchyroll Store to a brand-new shopping experience that will be available exclusively for Mega and Ultimate Fans. The new store captures the excitement of convention-exclusive merchandise, collectibles, curated drops, and limited-release products inspired by the anime series you love.”

Crunchyroll explained that “Fan-tier subscribers will still be able to browse its store, while only Mega and Ultimate-tier subscribers will have access to the ‘new curated experience”

Crunchyroll fans soon will have to pay almost $14 a month just to use the company’s new online store.

Crunchyroll is putting its online store behind a monthly paywall - Dexerto

Crunchyroll fans could soon have to pay almost $14 a month just to access the company’s online store, after the anime streamer announced a major overhaul.

www.dexerto.com

Watch out! Sony's out for money!

 

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[Dr.Kisaragi Dr.Kisaragi]

I am browsing on the biggest anime stream

 

[Kovlak]

I am browsing on the biggest anime stream

Get the stuff you want fast! Governments and multinational companies like Sony are probably going to try to finish off online piracy after an global online id system is in place.

Sony is moving quickly to try to monopolize their share of the entertainment market.

 

[Nuxx.exe]

Even as someone that won't be affected by this (I have one of the higher tiers) I'm still pissed they're doing this.

 

[ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

Get the stuff you want fast! Governments and multinational companies like Sony are probably going to try to finish off online piracy after an global online id system is in place.

Sony is moving quickly to try to monopolize their share of the entertainment market.

and the next step after that is surely gonna be a China-style Social Credit system

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Corpos sure do hate the fans

 

[Kovlak]

and the next step after that is surely gonna be a China-style Social Credit system

May very well be. The general goal seems to be social control.

Like Larry Ellison, cofounder and executive at Oracle (of Java, MySQL, Solaris, Oracle Linux, etc.) said in 2024 in a meeting:

"We're going to have supervision," Ellison said. "Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there's a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."

Larry Ellison once predicted ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ amid constant recording. Now his company will pay a key role in social media

“Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on,” Ellison said last year.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

May very well be. The general goal seems to be social control.

Like Larry Ellison, cofounder and executive at Oracle (of Java, MySQL, Solaris, Oracle Linux, etc.) said in 2024 in a meeting:

"We're going to have supervision," Ellison said. "Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there's a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."

Larry Ellison once predicted ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ amid constant recording. Now his company will pay a key role in social media

“Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on,” Ellison said last year.

finance.yahoo.com

Didn't some British guy write an entire novel about why that's a bad thing actually way back in the 1940s though?

 

[Kovlak]

Didn't some British guy write an entire novel about why that's a bad thing actually way back in the 1940s though?

That won't keep political and corporate elites from trying.

Also Sony might be trying to corner the collectible market, putting their own predatory spin on it. Today Gamestop's CEO said that:

“It doesn’t matter at all,” Cohen said. “Software, it mattered in the past. Software today makes up less than 12% of the business, and collectables makes up over half the business. So, it’s totally, totally irrelevant.”

GameStop CEO Says Games Are "Irrelevant" To Company Revenue

In a new interview, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says that games and software are "irrelevant" to the company's business.

insider-gaming.com

With the spiking of hardware prices, the introduction of online ids, their mismanagement and waste in the development of games like Concord and Marathon, and all backlash, and the predictions that PlayStation will have a very hard time in the future, especially with next gen, Sony might be trying to remain profitable by squeezing the people who already are invested in their ecosystems, in PlayStation, Crunchyroll, etc.