PlayStation Plus: Premium variant with Crunchyroll

Sony has taken Crunchyroll. About the conclusion of the deal we reported yesterday . Following the first rumors and speculation on how Crunchyroll membership can be marketed in the future. An idea would be integration into the PlayStation Plus system. And in fact, Sony could have appropriate ideas.

Single subscription experience scheduled

Sony is already represented with the service Funimation on the anime streaming market. And in the course of yesterday's announcement, the company explained that the aim was to create a uniform subscription experience. It could suggest that an associated fee-based option is planned.

With Crunchyroll and Funimation, we strive to create the ultimate anime experience for fans and offer our most important partners, publishers and talented creators a unique opportunity to provide their masterful contents to an audience around the world, says Sonys Tony Vinciquerra.

And on: With the acquisition of Crunchyroll we have the opportunity to use anime fans like never before and offer you the anime experience on each platform of your choice: Cinema, Events, Home Entertainment, Games, Streaming, Linear Television - Everywhere and in any way how fans want to experience their anime. Our goal is to create a uniform anime subscription experience as soon as possible.

PS Plus Premium planned?

Eurogamer also wants to learn that there may be plans to offer Crunchyroll as part of a more expensive premium offer for PlayStation Plus. Further details did not call the publication so that it remains to be seen whether such a supply is actually launched and how high the costs would fail.

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PlayStation Plus is currently taking about 60 euros per year to book. Crunchroll Premium is available from 6.99 euros a month . A possible PlayStation Plus Premium including anime access could therefore cost (with a certain spar factor) around 100 euros per year or more.

Crunchyroll is around 120 million registered users worldwide. In addition, the mark could be cracked of 5 million subscribers. PlayStation Plus can prove 47.6 million paying subscribers .

Other messages on PlayStation Plus, Crunchyroll.

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