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Crunchyroll Launches Streaming Content Application on Ouya

Crunchyroll, Inc., the leading Anime and Asian drama streaming service launches its own branded application for the OUYA© gaming system today.

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10 Weirdest Game Consoles of All Time

From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.

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darthv7214d ago

I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.

An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.

_Decadent_Descent14d ago

Wasn't there some KFC console, or am I mistaken?

CoNn3rB14d ago

It was announced but it never actually came out as far as I know

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Crunchyroll Anime Finally Comes to PS Plus, Kind Of

Sony has announced that, starting on the 5th December, select Crunchyroll shows will be added to Sony Pictures Core — the movie-based service that PS Plus Premium subscribers have access to. For those who might now know, signing up to the most expensive PS Plus tier gets you access to a fairly sizeable catalog of films at no extra cost — and now some Crunchyroll anime is being thrown into the deal.

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Einhander1972132d ago (Edited 132d ago )

The new Crunchy Roll shows are.

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Log Horizon
Radiant
To Your Eternity
Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun

This perk is super underrated, they have been adding movies in IMAX 4k HDR ATMOS Lossless constantly and no one is covering it, of course....

The last movie update included

Patient Zero
Zombieland
Black Hawk Down
Ghostbusters
Moneyball
Pedestrian
The Quick and the Dead
Eight Crazy Nights

This is I think the third update, they added a bunch of Final Fantasy and Resident Evil and a bunch of other movies in the previous update.

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Glory
Snatch
Vantage Point
The Cable Guy
The Net
Christine
U-Turn
Takers
Premium Rush
The Brothers Grimsby
Boondock Saints

FF Advent Children
FF Kingsglaive
FF The Spirits Within

RE Degeneration
RE Vendetta
RE Damnation

There is a TON of other classic movies on there now, truly the most underrated perk IMHO.

1nsomniac130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Where are you getting your information from? Unless I'm misunderstanding those movies were there to begin with. I watched Black Hawk Down when the service launched and moaned on this website about how poor quality it was. I know for a fact that I also seen many of those you've listed as new, when it originally launched. The IMAX 4k section of the app is not a perk because its not included you have to pay for almost all of them. The free PS+ section has a maybe a handful - Black Hawk Down being one of them, claiming to be IMAX 4k ATMOS. Which is why I was so disappointed with how poor it was and the fact subtitles were completely broken. The service is pretty garbage - at least currently.

1nsomniac129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

@HassanBROBREE I logged in again today, the subtitle issue on Black Hawk Down has been fixed. The quality does seem to be slightly better than it was. However, ignoring the 5 Crunchyroll titles released this week there has been no updates to the PS+ “perk” since launch.

Kaii131d ago

Ah Log Horizon
wish we had more >.<

SimpleSlave131d ago

Trash. And now that they bought Rightstufanime, they can become an even bigger bag of turd with no competition.

Einhander1972131d ago (Edited 131d ago )

There are plenty of other streaming services that they are competing with many of which are much larger and more established.

Now if you're talking about Microsoft, then you are correct they can't compete with Sony's 40 years of established history in the film and music industry.

And as for anime, I feel like it's worked out pretty good for consumers because the shows they want to watch are no longer split between multiple services. Before one new show would be on Funimation and another would be on Crunchyroll, now basically everything just comes to Crunchyroll , so people don't need two subscriptions Also there were weird licensing issues where something would have dubs on one site but not the other, which now really doesn't exist.

S2Killinit130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Who is as large as Sony in anime? Im asking because other than Netflix, I dont know any publisher of anime that even comes close to Sony’s ips. But I’m legit asking.

On topic:
I think adding anime to PSPlus is a great move!
Crunchyroll sub would have been the best value I can think of, but Im not naive either. Nothing is free.

Einhander1972130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Well, to be completely honest I am not that knowledgeable about who is the largest anime publisher. The shows on this list are produced by Kadokawa and NHK, both are Japanese media giants. I don't know a lot about publishing of anime though, only games.

Chevalier130d ago

I definitely agree though love that Funimation is folding into Crunchyroll so i no longer have to have both subscriptions.

As for biggest publishers for anime Crunchyroll is definitely the biggest. Then I would say Hi'Dive and Netflix would be the next biggest ones.

TheColbertinator131d ago

The anime market in the US has been strangled by Sony and they see no need to improve with their competition gone.

S2Killinit130d ago

What the heck are you on about? Somy is the biggest publisher of anime. Some of the greatest anime are Sony products.

Chevalier130d ago

No need to improve? Wtf are you on about. Demon Slayers, Spy x Family and Sony's animes are top series yearly. Plus their competitors aren't exactly slacking either.

Knightofelemia131d ago

I always watch my anime free online.

Kingrizzy90130d ago

Sony should have just bought HIDIVE

Chevalier130d ago

https://variety.com/2023/di...

Highly doubt they would have been allowed to purchase their main competitor after they bought Crunchyroll. AMC already purchase Hi-dive. But if Sony bought Hi-Dive they would basically own the anime streaming market.

DarXyde130d ago

Monopolies are bad.

In case that needs to be said.

Kingrizzy9080d ago

lmao, it did need to be said. i didnt realize they had crunchyroll. sorry guys been locked up for 8 and a half years. been basically left behind in prison. my mistake

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River City Girls Comes to Mobile Via Crunchyroll Game Vault

"WayForward's River City Girls is an incredible beat 'em up RPG that has spawned a successful franchise and even an artbook. The first game has appeared on every modern platform other than mobile - until now. River City Girls is now available on iOS and Android through Crunchyroll Game Vault. Basically, paying Crunchyroll subscribers get free access to games in the vault, which is a great deal if you're already relying on the service to stream anime," says Co-Optimus.

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