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VanGosroth
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Oh boy this is going to be an interesting upcoming year to see what really happens. I don't buy this "nothing will change" nonsense.
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sdsichero
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"the PS4 will be at the center"
This is the kind of BS I was afraid of. I don't own a PS4 and I don't intend to own one. I hope FUNimation's statements are the one they will stick closer to. Otherwise, I will miss out on a lot of stuff. *sigh* |
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DeTroyes
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Neither do I. Seen the contrary happen too many times to believe it. Oh, it might take a year or two, but eventually existing agreement contracts will run out, strategies will shift, and markets will change. Its all just a matter of time before Sony decides to make fundamental changes to their "new" business; hopefully the people who end up in charge have a good understanding of their customers. But don't count on it.
*sigh* If they drop Roku support I will be very displeased. On the flipside, maybe this means Funimation will be available through Sony blu-ray again. |
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animefanworried
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I hope these corporate parasites won't start charging Aniplex prices, changing dubs to be more, or should I say even more, "western friendly" or won't do something as disgusting as having their BDs sold through premium Aniplex and only DVDs available through FUNi at cheaper. Anyway, if worse comes to worse, there's always torrenting.
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Primus
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Sony Pictures isn't Sony Interactive Entertaiment. Sony Pictures operates Crackle apps on almost every platform, including those that compete with other Sony companies. Sony Pictures sometimes does exclusive launches for things on other Sony products, but it always floats elsewhere eventually. Unless something really changes, Yoshida's comments are probably just useless fluff. Sony is so fractured that "their" huge hit mobile game, Fate/Go, isn't actually run by Sony's mobile gaming division. |
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Animegomaniac
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Funimation pretty much comes out and says it in their FAQ; "We have no plans to change..." We're not thinking about what their plans our, it's Sony's plans that is the issue. I take it Sony wants Funimation to access to their dubs and market audience... which would eventually move into "exclusiveness" because if streaming has taught us anything, it's not about what you got, it's about what others cant get. |
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Lady Multi
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So it seems to be one of those subsidiary moves that businesses do all the time.
If anything different comes from this can Sony make Funi ditch those ugly SAVE packaging on DVD sets and just keep normal artwork for collectors that just have a backlog of collecting. |
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NOGI48
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"nothing will change" Well that sucks does this mean aniplex prices will still be the same?
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Greed1914
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Funimation says nothing will change for them. |
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Gyropathic
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I'm not sure if they changed it, but the save packages sleeves are reversible on the ones I have, if you can get black cases, with inserts for all discs, you could hide the green parts of the other side. |
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Kruszer
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Most of them contain reversible covers without the green (at least 17 of the 19 SAVE sets I have can be reversed), but yes they're hideous. Le Chevalier D'Eon and Suzuka are the ones that can't be reversed, not sure if there's more.. |
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CCTakato
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What evidence does anyone have that any of these doom and gloom predictions are going to happen?
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MoonPhase1
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Some S.A.V.E. releases are reversible covers with both the normal front and back covers and some are more like having the normal front cover but with the back cover just listing what episodes and Extras are included. But either way, anything is better than that ugly green banner.
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SWAnimefan
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"Nothing will change" ... for now.
I give it 4 to 6 months. |
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Haysey
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I wonder how long it'll be before Sony issue a copyright strike on the Dragnball Z Abridged youtube channel? They had a hard enough time just dealing with Funimation.
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