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Zerocide
12/29/18 1:11:59 AM
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https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/475841-soulja-boy-sold-five-million-units-game-console

SOULJA BOY has apparently had a lot of success selling his new video game products. After starting to sell game consoles that seem to be nothing more than extremely overpriced emulators, hes gone on to say that hes sold a very high number of Soulja consoles since launch.

In a now-deleted tweet (via GameRant), Soulja Boy said that he has sold over five million units of his game consoles since he started to sell the emulators on his site earlier this month. Theres no real way of determining just how many units hes sold since launch, but if that number is true, he may have just had one of the best launches in video game history.

The rapper has made video game headlines throughout the month since launching the emulators in his store, which features customized products with his logo on it. Obviously, all of this is rather fishy, and selling $99.99 consoles that go for around $59.99 on Amazon is highly suspect in of itself. But things may be going well, regardless: according to him, the success of these consoles are so quick and rapid that he may even wind up opening a SouljaTech store in California.

He has been very defensive about his products, even going on Twitter unleashing homophobic rants on people who question the legitimacy of what hes doing, and isnt afraid of any retribution by Nintendo, who has been aggressive in going after people who distribute their ROMs this year.

Selling game consoles is not the only venture in the gaming world Soulja Boy is interested in. He also has interest in launching an eSports franchise in the next year, possibly focusing on games like Fortnite and Call of Duty. He even has high hopes of signing Ninja, whose contract with Luminosity is coming up soon.

We all have high hopes, dont we?


5 million people weren't very bright if that's true.
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MrK3V
12/29/18 1:12:18 AM
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Damn_Underscore
12/29/18 1:12:52 AM
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he is the champion of our time
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ManBeast462
12/29/18 1:13:05 AM
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Theyre not very expensive
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Roxborough4Ever
12/29/18 1:13:27 AM
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regardless: according to him, the success of these consoles are so quick and rapid that he may even wind up opening a SouljaTech store in California.

lmao
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Vyrulisse
12/29/18 1:14:14 AM
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He also thinks he has a license for all the roms on his console because someone told him they did apparently???

This dude...
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Mareen
12/29/18 1:15:19 AM
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Gotta love how unexpected this was. Go back just two years and hardly anyone would even recall Soulja at first.
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Terra-enforcer
12/29/18 1:16:30 AM
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He actually said five million sales in the original tweet, and before that all of his tweets were in reference to dollar amount sold, so I don't think he meant units.

That being said, I call horseshit. I know there are idiots out there, but I refuse to believe that many people actually bought into this crappy console. He's asking to get sued too.
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FabIemaster
12/29/18 1:17:54 AM
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Id buy one if he signed it or something. Then it might be worth something when his site is taken down and he has the shit sued out of him. A nice piece of meme history.
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YonicBoom
12/29/18 2:26:01 AM
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"unite the many crystal technology"

lol @ anyone who buys this junk
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LordFarquad1312
12/29/18 2:28:40 AM
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I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.
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CM_Ponch
12/29/18 2:34:28 AM
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How is he so delusional
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TennTux
12/29/18 2:39:33 AM
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Are these things actually real? I went to some souljawatch website and I honestly can't tell if it's a parody
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rikasa
12/29/18 2:55:28 AM
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i'm sure it was a typo somehow lol. he deleted it so it's not like he's gonna defend that number
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
12/29/18 3:07:27 AM
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Jontron put out a good video about this. He basically bought a bunch of Chinese knock-off emulator machines and is selling them for double the price of Amazon. XD
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nexigrams
12/29/18 4:02:50 AM
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This is the same company that goes around making sure they get a piece from each and every little youtuber who uses their content in fair use. Nevermind the fact that it's free advertising, and TOTALLY LEGAL btw. none of that matters to Nintendo. Fuck you, pay me.

And this guy is illegally selling their stuff. Oh boy they are going to destroy this man lol.
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Terra-enforcer
12/29/18 4:36:45 AM
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rikasa posted...
i'm sure it was a typo somehow lol. he deleted it so it's not like he's gonna defend that number

He deleted it because he used the insensitive f word in response to someone. But he's still full of shit.
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Terra-enforcer
12/29/18 4:38:33 AM
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...
Jontron put out a good video about this. He basically bought a bunch of Chinese knock-off emulator machines and is selling them for double the price of Amazon. XD

Everyone and their mom called him out for it before Jontron.
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008Zulu
12/29/18 4:40:13 AM
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So... Nintendo routinely sue a few hundred dollars per infraction. Given the titles on the system, multiplied by the alleged number of units sold, multiplied by how much Nintendo sue for... how many billions does Soulja have under his mattress?
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Vyrulisse
12/29/18 4:45:31 AM
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He also seems to be under the impression that just because Nintendo hasn't really acted yet that they won't. I feel like he doesn't really understand the waters he's swimming in with these companies.

They've recently been going very hard on sites that offer their games for free... they will look to make an example out of him.
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UnfairRepresent
12/29/18 4:46:28 AM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Jontron did
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fusespliff
12/29/18 5:07:26 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Jontron did


No, he didn't. He bought the cheaper one from Amazon since they're exactly the same.
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UnfairRepresent
12/29/18 5:08:49 AM
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fusespliff posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Jontron did


No, he didn't. He bought the cheaper one from Amazon since they're exactly the same.

Fair enough.

I just know he did a video on it
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fusespliff
12/29/18 5:10:01 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
fusespliff posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Jontron did


No, he didn't. He bought the cheaper one from Amazon since they're exactly the same.

Fair enough.

I just know he did a video on it


Exactly.
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AvantgardeAClue
12/29/18 5:11:20 AM
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Are the knockoffs on Amazon that these are based off of actually any good though?
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Crimson_Angel
12/29/18 5:23:56 AM
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YonicBoom posted...
yGKweRL

"unite the many crystal technology"

lol @ anyone who buys this junk

Does Switch unite the many crystal technology? I thought not.
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008Zulu
12/29/18 5:43:31 AM
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Vyrulisse posted...
I feel like he doesn't really understand the waters he's swimming in with these companies

Rappers will do anything for cred. Some sell drugs, others are pimps, some even murder other people. Soulja decided to sell bootleg consoles. He reminds me very much og OG Loc from GTA San Andreas. He went to prison for unpaid parking tickets to get his "cred".
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creativerealms
12/29/18 5:52:37 AM
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ManBeast462 posted...
Theyre not very expensive

But they are much cheaper if you buy from other sources.
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UnholyMudcrab
12/29/18 6:15:18 AM
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Foppe
12/29/18 6:15:27 AM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Madlittlepixel on youtube bought two.
One that he reviewed and one that he smashed to see whats inside.
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ncsonic
12/29/18 6:16:46 AM
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Damn hes doing really good for himself, I thought he would just end up being a washed up rapper
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Mr_Karate_II
12/29/18 7:43:13 AM
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Nintendo is gonna probably bankrupt him. He's not very bright apparently.
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rhklce
12/29/18 7:47:59 AM
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ncsonic posted...
Damn hes doing really good for himself, I thought he would just end up being a washed up rapper


He still may.
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orangefire25
12/29/18 8:20:00 AM
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I mean idk why he is doing what he's doing, if he was smart about his money dude prolly still has money left over from his first album and crank that sales alone
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FursonaNonGrata
12/29/18 8:22:06 AM
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He said on Instagram that hes partnered with Ubisoft
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DarkRoast
12/29/18 8:24:40 AM
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...
Jontron put out a good video about this. He basically bought a bunch of Chinese knock-off emulator machines and is selling them for double the price of Amazon. XD


The best part is that the Fuze is like Ouya in that the games are online downloads from a marketplace. The difference is that Fuze's marketplace is only in Chinese.
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xxdudeyy
12/29/18 8:31:21 AM
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This is all on purpose. He wants Nintendo to react so he can take advantage of their actions towards him by capitalize on the whole ordeal.

Because he's rich, no NDA will ever keep him contained.
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NibeIungsnarf
12/29/18 8:31:49 AM
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YonicBoom posted...
yGKweRL

"unite the many crystal technology"

lol @ anyone who buys this junk

Is this English?
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creativerealms
12/29/18 8:33:25 AM
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Foppe posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
I've never heard of anyone actually getting their console.

Madlittlepixel on youtube bought two.
One that he reviewed and one that he smashed to see whats inside.

Did he buy them from Soulja Boy's site or did he buy them from another site for cheaper?
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Zerocide
12/29/18 8:34:33 AM
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YonicBoom posted...
yGKweRL

"unite the many crystal technology"

lol @ anyone who buys this junk

Man I'm I really seeing 399 for a fucking controller?

Vyrulisse posted...
He also seems to be under the impression that just because Nintendo hasn't really acted yet that they won't. I feel like he doesn't really understand the waters he's swimming in with these companies.

They've recently been going very hard on sites that offer their games for free... they will look to make an example out of him.

Soulja Boy must not know how lawsuits work.

Things just don't happen over night.
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rhklce
12/29/18 8:38:26 AM
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Zerocide posted...
YonicBoom posted...
yGKweRL

"unite the many crystal technology"

lol @ anyone who buys this junk

Man I'm I really seeing 399 for a fucking controller?


The $399 is for the knockoff hes flipping, but the picture is of the controller for that knockoff, yes.
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a_riot04
12/29/18 8:39:47 AM
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Soulja Boy does what Nintendon't.
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BillyKidd
12/29/18 8:40:59 AM
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Nintendo sued and won a $250M lawsuit against a random couple for hosting Roms of Nintendo games, be interesting to see them go against someone that has money.
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rhklce
12/29/18 8:41:32 AM
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a_riot04 posted...
Soulja Boy does what Nintendon't.


Lol gottem
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RchHomieQuanChi
12/29/18 8:43:01 AM
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I gotta love how it's "discounted" from $639 lmao

Real talk though, dude couldn't at least put his own personal branding and colors on the console to make it at least look different from the console the manufacturer is selling?
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DarkRoast
12/29/18 9:08:16 AM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
I gotta love how it's "discounted" from $639 lmao

Real talk though, dude couldn't at least put his own personal branding and colors on the console to make it at least look different from the console the manufacturer is selling?


He probably got sold this shit from a middleman and thinks it's actually legit.
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Detective_pika
12/29/18 9:09:52 AM
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Roxborough4Ever posted...
regardless: according to him, the success of these consoles are so quick and rapid that he may even wind up opening a SouljaTech store in California.

lmao


Imagine an Apple store with the employees wearing Souljaclothes instead of khakis lol
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MacDaMurderer
12/29/18 9:19:49 AM
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Souljaboy didnt sell 5 consoles let alone 5M.
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