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!

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

 

[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, the staggering of PlayStation's growth 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 keep growing financially by turning up the dial and squeezing more the people who already are invested in their ecosystems, in PlayStation, Crunchyroll, etc.

PlayStation's Game & Network Services division reported an operating income of ¥463.3 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, contributing significantly to Sony's overall revenue of approximately ¥31 billion.

 

[Potapota]

I do dislike sony's shenanigans as much as the next guy but it is crunchyroll doing this, not sony..

 

[Kovlak]

I do dislike sony's shenanigans as much as the next guy but it is crunchyroll doing this, not sony..

Crunchyroll is owned by Sony Group Corporation.

 

[Boo Man]

had no idea what Crunchyroll was until some nerd hacked my email about a month ago so they could get one weeks free subscription to it

 

[Zerpina]

Man..... I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this GIF lately. Thanks, Sony!

 

[Morgan Katarn]

Like I give a fuck they wan´t us to pay for anime but they make the experiencing so fucking shitty. Expensive trash instead of affordable and good. Then they make it even worse with saying OH no this anime is on here but not for your damn country so fuck you.

Like how R word can one be ?? If you want people to quit pirating then QUIT MAKING IT SUCK ASS and be expensive how fucking hard can it be you STUPID MOFOS.

 

[oliwek]

This is sad the way internet evolves. I wonder if VPN will be still legal in a few years. Maybe we'll have a new digital iron wall, a dark web side with some Linux systems not responding to identity queries, and a shining side, under constant surveillance...

 

[RageBurner]

Man..... I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this GIF lately. Thanks, Sony!
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Might want to keep a clean copy handy. You could replace Sony with any corporation and it would still apply in spades.

 

[Potapota]

Crunchyroll is owned by Sony Group Corporation.

Oh, I didn't actually know that. I guess that could put this into the "sony shenanigan" category.

 

[Tortuga]

-Sony kills physical media
-Sony buys Crunchyroll
-Crunchyroll kills physical media
Hmm

 

[Lod 10]

I'm not even going to get involved in what these companies are thinking anymore; these corporate fights are destroying us, the end consumers.Just answer one question: is it true that many people are going back to buying physical media? I saw a similar news story. Have a great day, my dear friend from Portugal.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

"I have no money and i must weeb out . Soyny ? Y u do dis to meh ? "

Pirates of the seven seas :

 

[Kovlak]

I'm not even going to get involved in what these companies are thinking anymore; these corporate fights are destroying us, the end consumers.Just answer one question: is it true that many people are going back to buying physical media? I saw a similar news story. Have a great day, my dear friend from Portugal.

Some people definitely are going physical. Personally I have too much stuff already. I'm going offline. Putting everything offline. My console systems, my movie collection. The little anime collection I have.

 

[Lod 10]

Algumas pessoas definitivamente estão optando pelo físico. Pessoalmente, já tenho coisas demais. Vou me desconectar. Colocar tudo offline. Meus consoles, minha coleção de filmes. A pequena coleção de animes que tenho.

Well, I'll do the same, I'll buy some DVDs.

 

[Kovlak]

Well, I'll do the same, I'll buy some DVDs.

Get one or two external hard drives. Put everything on them.

 

[Lod 10]

Adquira um ou dois discos rígidos externos. Coloque tudo neles.

BGood idea

 

[Diadu]

They have a shop? I ignored Crunchyroll because of all their sneaky censorship. They also blocked me on twitter for criticizing the lack of diversity in their diversity panel.

What happened to that calarts nepo project High Guardian Spice that was (not) beloved by everyone?