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The physical media selection at Sony's Crunchyroll is even worse than fans feared after store update: all books removed and Blu-ray lineup gutted (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/anime@ani.social

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

excellent thumbnail

[–] OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, guess that’s another subscription down. They’re making this easy for subscribers.

[–] Baaron87@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Cancelled after the announcement. Between the PS announcements and this I have zero regrets.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You will own nothing and like it.

[–] cout970@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I own nothing on my Jellyfin and I love it.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

Sony be like: “I hate the wind, I hate wisdom. I am going to become the opposite of Mestionora.”

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm gonna be mad if Frieren doesn't keep getting Blu-ray releases. Just yesterday I was checking to see if season 2 was released yet in English.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't Sony one of the biggest manufactures of bluray disks in the entire world? Why the fuck are they scaling down their physical media production instead of trying to expand the monopoly, especially since Japan hasn't gotten over their physical media consumption? This seems like a really bad case of "line must go up".

[–] deus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sony stopped manufacturing bluray disks about 2 years ago. Apparently it was no longer profitable, or so they say

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I do not believe that. I do believe they compared it to digital production and decided "why have costs at all?"

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

"we don't pay depreciation on lawyers"

-taps head

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, I had no idea, thanks for that. I know Blu-Rays cost around $1-2/disc to produce in bulk, and half of that money is for the DRM, which I think Sony gets back a portion of anyway because they helped develop it or something (I'm a bit murky on the logistics here). It just seems weird to be killing a portion of their business they pioneered and effectively control.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have to say it: an outraged Myne is the perfect thumbnail image for this headline. 👌🏻

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can hear her now.

this is fuckin bullshit!

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

if buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing.

[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Considering Sony's/CR's near monopoly on both streaming and physical anime, this leaves me very somber for the future. I hope parties like MVM and AllTheAnime can license some of the titles to release physically...