And Earns $250k In 24 Hours From It!

Less than 48 hours ago, the famous hip-hop artist called 'Soulija Boy' launches his own branded 'Video Gaming Consoles' and in less than 24 hours earns over $250k from the sales of his $99.99 handheld clone and his $149.99 xbone clone, which are really both just pirated $20 china-produced clones, with the handheld one including over 3000 games and the xbone-like clone with 800 games!

As they say, if you can invent a dance, you can invent a game console. The notorious Soulja Boy recently became the first rapper to dip his toes in the untapped market of gaming, springing the official "SouljaGame" console upon the unsuspecting world at large. Though many immediately took to ridiculing the device, others respected the rapper's gumption in attempting such a bold product launch. Still, many questions arose, still persisting as we speak. Is Soulja meaning to compete with Nintendo's handheld market? Are we to expect a Soulja Smash Bros in the future, in which all playable characters are different variants of Tellem?

The rapper slash businessman took to Twitter to reveal a detailed diagram of the console's skin and bones, as it were. In the same breadth, Soulja proudly revealed he had made $250,000 off his console in fewer than 24 hours. Yet the folks at Games Radar were unconvinced and put on the detective hats accordingly. Apparently, the console variant comes with 800 built-in games, including titles from PlayStation, Neo Geo, PC,SEGA , Game Boy Advance, and NES. The handheld variant is said to come with titles from Nintendo Switch, 3DS, PS Vita, Neo Geo, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance.

Yet, as Games Radar points out, the console's manufacturer Anbernic (who retails via Aliexpress) is selling a suspiciously similar product via their website, for markedly cheaper at that; likewise for the handheld version. As of now, it's not clear whether or not Soulja Boy struck a deal to simply rebrand Anbernic's existing product, or if Soulja Boy is engaging in a little bit of the ol' cop-and-resell. In any case, Soulja Boy's hustle continues, and there doesn't seem to be much anybody can do to stop it.

But the big question now is how will Nintendo and other gaming companies react to the fact 'Soulija Boy' has basically launched 'retro-emulator' clone consoles into the mainstream world, the same way big 'N' did with their official Mini's, but these are clearly not authorized boxes, so will we soon seen this world-famous rapper being dragged into court or will Nintendo turn a blind eye to it!

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Sources: HotNewHipHop (and) MaxConsole

 

[the_randomizer]

All I can say is lol

 

[AmandaRose]

Thanks but we already had a thread about this https://gbatemp.net/threads/soulja-boy-releases-highly-anticipated-game-console.525456/#post-8416897

 

[H1B1Esquire]

bone clone X--I'd gift it to someone

 

[zoogie]

Not buying unless it comes with an authentic knock-off Louis Vuitton bag.

this thread is peak garyopa ;p

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Thanks but we already had a thread about this

Pointless fight; it'll boil down to, "but this is a real article...."

Did notice the thread creation time-- 4:34 pm (SG854) vs. 5:37 pm (garyopa)....soo.......

 

[garyopa]

First Two Minutes Is A Laugh:

 

[Costello]

Thanks but we already had a thread about this https://gbatemp.net/threads/soulja-boy-releases-highly-anticipated-game-console.525456/#post-8416897

it wasnt formated properly for our home page; this one is

 

[froggestspirit]

Soulija Boy tell'em!

 

[raxadian]

At this rate Soulija Boy will have to star in his own sitcom to pay the lawsuit...

 

[8BitWonder]

Packaging Nintendo games into a high-publicity commercial product?

Dude is about to meet the entire Ninty ninja clan.

 

[MushGuy]

Just because Jackie Chan managed to get away with a Famiclone doesn't mean he's gonna get away with a knockoff emulation machine.

 

[SG854]

Thanks but we already had a thread about this https://gbatemp.net/threads/soulja-boy-releases-highly-anticipated-game-console.525456/#post-8416897

That was a joke thread, lol. Not proper format.

 

[McPringles]

Did we move back in time by a decade? When was the last time Soulja Boy was actually relevant?

 

[Vieela]

Imagine having the nuts to sell an emulation machine compatible with NES and SNES (and probably having some in the middle of the built-in games) months after Nintendo filed a lawsuit against a rom website... JUST... IMAGINE...

EDIT: Oof. I think i got Ninja'd in this one...

 

[Lazyboss]

What's the point? other chines consoles in aliexpress are much cheaper than those.
And he earned $250K in just 24 hours? that's more than 2,500 Consoles/Handheld in just one day? ya right, like i will believe that.

 

[Vieela]

What surprises me the most isn't even the fact they ripped a random chinese product. The fact they didn't even attempt to mask it, not even a little bit. The pictures of the product in the official website literally smell aliexpress, it's truly not even hard to spot. Not even a bit.

 

[Super.Nova]

I'll enjoy gazing at his ashes when all of this is over

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Maybe he was paid to be to be the "face" of this product?

 

[Paulsar99]

Lol he's going to get bankrupt with all the lawsuits.