Sony in talks to purchase CrunchyRoll from AT&T (update: Sony buys Crunchyroll for 1.75 billion)

[loyola llothta]

RIP DC animated universe...

We might never see static return

 

[ORDER_66]

We might never see static return

Man we just got young justice back...

 

[el_oh_el]

ATT have to be some of the most incompetent around. This was bound to happen to anything they own. They have poor vision and I’m surprised their stock hasn’t completely tanked.

 

[ColdSlither]

Damn Sony just gobbling everything up... Netflix needs to have their own animation studios /projects they seriously lacking

Not surprised. Sony's not so new CEO is all about owning content that they can license and make money from.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

ATT have to be some of the most incompetent around. This was bound to happen to anything they own. They have poor vision and I’m surprised their stock hasn’t completely tanked.

why would their stock tank? Because they are selling anime off? they have one of the highest dividend yields around.. only on the coli....

 

[ColdSlither]

Sony owning Funimation and Crunchyroll

Edit: they on aniplex too?!


Those anime series box sets will never go on sale again

That's been dead. The business model of selling physical copies of anime is what almost killed the industry in the west. Streaming saved it.

 

[el_oh_el]

why would their stock tank? Because they are selling anime off? they have one of the highest dividend yields around.. only on the coli....

I'll admit that I dont follow their every move closely. I also need to clarify that I dont mean that the thread topic itself is a dumb decision. Only that many of the public facing decisions they seem to make are short sighted and/or stupid. The directTV buyout and the killing of their own IP TV services? fukking stupid. Buying Time Warner to and not spinning off the entertainment division (HBO)? Stupid. Constant rate hikes on their online streaming service, to the point that it now costs as much as cable, along with cancellation fees? STUPID. Paring back fiber deployment?? Short sighted.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

That's been dead. The business model of selling physical copies of anime is what almost killed the industry in the west. Streaming saved it.

I'm pretty sure these companies got interested in anime because they still have strong physical media sales

 

[Wiles]

SONY BUY THE RIGHTS TO METAL GEAR AND GET KOJIMA ON THE PROJECT FOR A PS5 EXCLUSIVE

 

[ColdSlither]

I'm pretty sure these companies got interested in anime because they still have strong physical media sales

There's some but it's a drop in the bucket. Nowhere near the numbers done in Japan. It's all about digital now and getting subscribers in the west. If you look at stores that 10 years ago had a whole row of anime, they now just have one rack.

 

[Red Shield]

There's some but it's a drop in the bucket. Nowhere near the numbers done in Japan. It's all about digital now and getting subscribers in the west. If you look at stores that 10 years ago had a whole row of anime, they now just have one rack.

Pretty much

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Done deal.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Big Sony not we will suffer from this

physical media will never die now

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Maybe VRV comes back

 

[Lootpack]

Official official

AT&T Selling Crunchyroll to Sony's Funimation for $1.175 Billion - Variety