Soulja Boy stops selling consoles from his store

[RattletraPM]

Not even three days after Soulja Boy tweeted he wasn't afraid of Nintendo suing him, something that in itself sparked a lot of controversy for having homobhobic slurs and pointing fingers against "nerds" that criticized him, which was later deleted, edited and reposted, all of the various iterations and versions of the SouljaGame console have been pulled from his own store. Shortly after the delisting of said item the rapper announced that he "had to boss up" as he had no choice, leaving fans and foes wondering if said move was to preemptively avoid being sued by Nintendo and the various games' copyright holders or if that legal notice had already arrived.

I had to boss up, I didn’t have a choice. 🤷🏾‍♂️

— Soulja Boy (Draco) (@souljaboy) December 29, 2018

In the meantime, the store is still selling his other lines of products, advertizing his own brand of smart watches above everything else, while the links that previously allowed you to buy the aforementioned consoles simply return an error 404.

UPDATE: Soulja Boy deleted his tweet where he said he wasn't afraid of Nintendo for the second time. The link in this news piece has been edited to point to a screenshot of the first tweet, prior to the edits and reposting.

UPDATE 2: The website souljagame.com now redirects to Nintendo's website (as pointed out by @Essasetic )

Source 1: SouljaBoy's store
Source 2: SouljaBoy's twitter account

 

[VinsCool]

Totally didn't see that coming

 

[Bladexdsl]

no doubt they would have bitch slapped him a warning. hahahah even rappers are scared of NINTENDO

 

[nxwing]

He had it coming from the very beginning. Surprised it took him that long, though.

 

[KiiWii]

What a dingbat.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Shocker /s

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Good. We can just buy the garbage on AliExpress.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Wonder if he'll still ship out units to the people that bought them?

 

[FreePlayFlorida]

was he really that stupid? or was it some PR stunt to bring him to the headlines? maybe new album to promote, as the old saying no such thing as bad publicity or whatever it is ??!?!?

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

Finally... My only regret is that he didn't cling on long enough to be sued into oblivion. He was an idiot about every other facet of this disaster.

 

[the_randomizer]

Aww, that's a shame The consoles had crappy emulation anyway.

 

[Cubuss]

Don't fuck with nintendo,

 

[the_randomizer]

Don't fuck with nintendo,

If you're gonna make consoles with pirated ROMs, at least use emulators that don't suck balls.

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

If you're gonna make consoles with pirated ROMs, at least use emulators that don't suck balls.

Well put.

 

[Cubuss]

Damn furries

 

[RattletraPM]

Finally... My only regret is that he didn't cling on long enough to be sued into oblivion. He was an idiot about every other facet of this disaster.

If you want my own opinion on this, I think that was his goal since the very beginning. His tweets, his heavy advertising, his bold statements and all the buzz that generated around this whole thing points to the fact that he either made a cheap deal with the manufacturer or even dropshipped the consoles to just maximize the profits in the small time they were going to be available then he would have made them disappear like nothing happened.

Would this save him from a possible lawsuit by Nintendo if they haven't filed one yet? Not really of course, just because he stopped it doesn't wipe his slate clean, but at this point I'm either convinced he didn't know he was messing with one of the most protective companies in the entire gaming industry or that his ego made him think he could've gotten away with it.

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

If you want my own opinion on this, I think that was his goal since the very beginning. His tweets, his heavy advertising, his bold statements and all the buzz that generated around this whole thing points to the fact that he either made a cheap deal with the manufacturer or even dropshipped the consoles to just maximize the profits in the small time they were going to be available then he would have made them disappear like nothing happened.

Would this save him from a possible lawsuit by Nintendo if they haven't filed one yet? Not really of course, just because he stopped it doesn't wipe his slate clean, but at this point I'm either convinced he didn't know he was messing with one of the most protective companies in the entire gaming industry or that his ego made him think he could've gotten away with it.

You're probably not wrong on several fronts, though my vote goes to ego. And fair point, if he's still shipping consoles, even if the sales are discontinued, he's still got a legal target painted on his back.

 

[Essasetic]

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Let me just put this there to add to the ironic value.

 

[kuwanger]

Would this save him from a possible lawsuit by Nintendo if they haven't filed one yet? Not really of course, just because he stopped it doesn't wipe his slate clean, but at this point I'm either convinced he didn't know he was messing with one of the most protective companies in the entire gaming industry or that his ego made him think he could've gotten away with it.

Uh, yea, except Nintendo suing him is the least of his problems. The NET Act made possible penalty of up to five years in prison for sufficient amounts of copyright infringement ("by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $ 1,000") even when there is no monetary profit or commercial benefit. So, like, he's so shit up a creek without a paddle if the Justice Department wants to prosecute him.

 

[RattletraPM]

Looks like Soulja Boy deleted the tweet where he said he wasn't afraid of Nintendo (again). I wonder why?
(The OP was updated due to this)