Funimation to Acquire Crunchyroll (Crunchyroll to swallow Funimation content)

[Member-571539]

If vinyl can continue to exist to this day, I have faith Blu-rays can too.

[veritas]

I do wish crunchyroll could fix their streaming service. The commercials are way to long and sometimes it just crashes and if I wanted to watch the last 5 mins of an anime I would need to 10 mins of commercials. At some point I just stopped streaming anime because of just how bad crunchyroll is.

[BigOnAnime]

But “the big boys tend to be hit-focused,” he says. “If you’re a true anime fan, Crunchyroll is the only game in town.”

Reminds me of...

Another concern occasionally raised by PlayStation devotees involves the company’s once-ubiquitous PlayStation 2. While Sony has in recent years devoted resources to bringing a handful of popular older titles to the PlayStation 4, the better part of that library is lost to time. For now, it seems that’s where it’ll remain. “When we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much,” says Ryan. “That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?”

https://time.com/4804768/playstation...ro-psvr-sales/

So much throw-away society mantra and corporate PR. "True anime fans" ("true") will actually watch more than just whatever new big "fighting shounen" is on Crunchyroll.

[themp3000]

I have always hated when any entity, corporation or individual person uses the “true fan” lingo. It’s such BS and gatekeeping statement. It’s always been an issue but I’m shocked by how regular and blatant it is in the fandom today. It’s why I’ve tuned it all out and walked away from regular or communal conversations.

[The Collector FX]

I have no sympathy for anyone who sells or discards video games/consoles and then complains about backwards compatibility. Keep your items or don't.

It's really that simple. I hate it when people try and make it out to be the company's fault when said person got rid of their stuff. Sony isn't "gatekeeping" anything. That kind of argument is so dumb on so many levels, and it reeks of entitlement.

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

I have no sympathy for anyone who sells or discards video games/consoles and then complains about backwards compatibility. Keep your items or don't.

It's really that simple. I hate it when people try and make it out to be the company's fault when said person got rid of their stuff. Sony isn't "gatekeeping" anything. That kind of argument is so dumb on so many levels, and it reeks of entitlement.

What if they never owned a previous console? Or what if they just started getting into gaming years after these previous consoles were discontinued?

[neoz]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Yeah if physical anime goes away I do too. Most of the fun I have is collecting anime media. I stream but mostly it is cause I knew eventually I will be able to buy the series on blu-ray. Netflix is already running it for me. Knowing I can never own a certain series ruins the whole experience.

Same here. If it all went to streaming and they just up and stopped release stuff, like GwG I'd just find a new hobby. Probably put all my money back into guns and tact gear.

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

I have no sympathy for anyone who sells or discards video games/consoles and then complains about backwards compatibility. Keep your items or don't.

It's really that simple. I hate it when people try and make it out to be the company's fault when said person got rid of their stuff. Sony isn't "gatekeeping" anything. That kind of argument is so dumb on so many levels, and it reeks of entitlement.

I learned this the hard way. lol I pawned a bunch of mint N64 stuff to go be with a girl haha.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

What if they never owned a previous console? Or what if they just started getting into gaming years after these previous consoles were discontinued?

Easy. Second-hand market. With that said - buying used copies of SNES and PS1 games is very expensive because they're OOP.

But then again so is OOP anime lol.

In your particular hypothetical situation though, it would be frustrating wanting to go back and play classics on their original console. On the other hand, Sony did infact release PS1 classic console and it failed hard. It's no wonder Nintendo hesitated on releasing an N64 Classic. So it begs the question; just how badly do people REALLY want to go back and play the old school stuff?

There's also a large majority of Gen Z/Millennials who could give a shit less about the classics that came before them. (sadly)

As far as meeting consumers both ways, Microsoft is doing it best with their Xbox, with Nintendo being in the middle and Sony being the worst.

[Glorian]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

I have no sympathy for anyone who sells or discards video games/consoles and then complains about backwards compatibility. Keep your items or don't.

It's really that simple. I hate it when people try and make it out to be the company's fault when said person got rid of their stuff. Sony isn't "gatekeeping" anything. That kind of argument is so dumb on so many levels, and it reeks of entitlement.

Right, because everything works forever, so no one would ever need a more modern means of playing a game than the original system.

I've had my PS1 fail, but I can still play its games on my PS2 or PS3. I had my original PS3 fail too, and so my current PS3 can't play PS2 games. My PS2 is still going, but whenever it fails (and it will at some point; it's 20 years old and has had plenty of use) I won't be able to play any of those games any more.

The reality is, if backwards compatibility isn't available for a given system, than any games you have for that system will become unplayable at some point, even if you keep every system you've ever owned.

In some cases, depending on what games you care about, it might not matter much for a given system. For example, pretty much every PS3 game I cared about has gotten some kind of re-issue/remaster for the PS4. And the PS4 does have compatibility with the current PS5, so any of those will be readily playable for quite a while.

But if I want to play an older personal favorite, like Ephemeral Phantasia on the PS2, I'm screwed if a pretty old piece of equipment fails on me.

To hope for a reasonable modern way to play an older game isn't an 'entitlement', any more than people are 'entitled' to wish for an anime title to be released on DVD or BD. I'd pay extra for a system that offered broad backwards compatibility, and if games I care about are released on a modern console, I'll buy them (like I did for the PS4 versions of FF7, FF8, and FF9, or the Switch release of Grandia 1 and 2).

But a lot of stuff gets left behind; even fairly large names like the original Silent Hill or Metal Gear Solid only have a PS1 version, much less more obscure things like Thousand Arms or Suikoden 2. Which brings us back to needing backwards compatibility.

And as for the "people don't want to play older games" line, it's obviously false. Why release games for older systems on the PS4, like the older Final Fantasy titles, Star Ocean 1, the various Mana titles, the upcoming Chrono Cross release, and other more obscure titles like the Dark Cloud games, if there's no interest? There's a lot of titles like that available.

[Nothing371]

I used to be really passionate about backwards compatibility but the truth is that things have gotten much better over time. We have so many digital offerings now. Then came the mini consoles, which you can mod. International/Amazon distribution has become so incredibly accessible that you can easily import from other territories. Plus almost everything noteworthy is getting HD and other re-release treatments. It has become less and less of an issue over time. Gaming has never been more accessible.

I've always been a Sony and PC-first kinda guy. But Microsoft has absolutely been leading the industry in regards to BC with their 'Smart Delivery' initiative for several years.

[neoz]

As we were talking about looks like the Funi store is now migrating over to the CR store.

Got this email with code.

We’re moving our merch to the Crunchyroll Store for the ultimate anime shopper’s dream! You will get more merch, more figures, and more of everything—all in one place. Use this promo code on your first purchase.

Discount code is good for regular price items only and cannot be combined with any other sale or discounts. Shipping charges still apply and will not be included in discount. Code valid from 3/21/22 until 4/30/22 11:59PM PT. Limited to one use, 1 per customer.

[mysticwaterfall]

Got the same email, but nowhere does it say what the code does.

[neoz]

Originally Posted by mysticwaterfall

Got the same email, but nowhere does it say what the code does.

Probably only 5% to maybe 10% off BD's?

[Herry Dunston]

I'm seeing the Crunchyroll logo replacing the FUNI logo on the spines of the June blu-ray slate. Visible change is near.

[omarchafa]

Originally Posted by veritas

I do wish crunchyroll could fix their streaming service. The commercials are way to long and sometimes it just crashes and if I wanted to watch the last 5 mins of an anime I would need to 10 mins of commercials. At some point I just stopped streaming anime because of just how bad crunchyroll is.

Just watch it on your browser with adblocker. The App sucks.

[gundamcero]

App works just great on iPhone and PS5.

[Akibiyori]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

In your particular hypothetical situation though, it would be frustrating wanting to go back and play classics on their original console. On the other hand, Sony did infact release PS1 classic console and it failed hard. It's no wonder Nintendo hesitated on releasing an N64 Classic. So it begs the question; just how badly do people REALLY want to go back and play the old school stuff?

There's also a large majority of Gen Z/Millennials who could give a shit less about the classics that came before them. (sadly)

I’m pretty sure a “large majority” of the people who bought the very successful NES and SNES Classics were Millennials (aka mostly people born in the 80s) but do keep pretending that it’s only people born after 1980 who have no interest in older things (it shouldn’t require saying, because it’s so forehead slappingly obvious, but most people in general don’t have any interest in anything at a set point before their time.)

Also, the PlayStation mini sold terribly because it was almost universally panned. Nintendo didn’t do an N64 Classic for what should be obvious reasons - their online subscription service.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by Akibiyori

I’m pretty sure a “large majority” of the people who bought the very successful NES and SNES Classics were Millennials (aka mostly people born in the 80s) but do keep pretending that it’s only people born after 1980 who have no interest in older things.

Also, the PlayStation mini sold terribly because it was almost universally panned. Nintendo didn’t do an N64 Classic for what should be obvious reasons - their online subscription service.

Gen X are folks who were born in the 80's. Millennials are 90's and early 2000's.

[Akibiyori]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Gen X are folks who were born in the 80's. Millennials are 90's and early 2000's.

Generation X was born in the 60s and 70s.

[neoz]

I consider myself a Lucky One. I am not a Millennial.

https://socialmediaweek.org/blog/201...il-generation/

Also since most of us own our anime this really doesn't effect us. It saddens and amazes me that these people don't understand licensing or the fact that Sentai have their own streaming platform.

Food Wars, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and More Are Leaving Crunchyroll

The following titles will come off Crunchyroll on March 31

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...ng-crunchyroll

Crunchyroll has a handful of series that are about to leave the catalog, so give them a watch while they are still around!

Here’s the full list of titles leaving Crunchyroll on March 31.

Akame ga Kill!
Amagi Brilliant Park
Ano Natsu de Matteru
BanG Dream!
BanG Dream! Season 2
Beyond the Boundary
Black Bullet
BTOOOM!
Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Diabolik Lovers
DIABOLIK LOVERS Ⅱ: MORE,BLOOD
Familiar of Zero F
Flowers of Evil
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Food Wars! The Second Plate
GATE
GIRLS und PANZER
Golden Time
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (Season 1)
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (Season 2)
Haven't You Heard I'm Sakamoto
HENNEKO - The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat -
Himouto! Umaru-chan
Hozuki's Coolheadedness
Hozuki's Coolheadedness 2
Infinite Stratos
Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon
Is The Order A Rabbit?
Is the Order a Rabbit?? (Season 2)
Kids on the Slope
Kokoro Connect
Listen to Me, Girls, I'm Your Father!
Little Busters!
Little Busters! Refrain
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - Heart Throb -
Majestic Prince
Medaka Box
MONSTER MUSUME EVERYDAY LIFE WITH MONSTER GIRLS
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Motto Love Ru
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Too!
Mysterious Girlfriend X
No Game No Life
Non Non Biyori
Non Non Biyori Repeat (Season 2)
Outbreak Company
Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation
Say "I love you"
SCHOOL-LIVE!
Sunday Without God
Tanaka-kun is always listless
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
To Love Ru
To Love Ru Darkness
To Love Ru Darkness 2
Ushio and Tora
Utawarerumono The False Faces
WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
Young Black Jack

Also humorous is that this was released a week before they are gone so the message boards are lit with people complaining they didn't have enough time to watch the shows.