{"id":58088,"date":"2019-01-01T03:09:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/soulja-boys-game-consoles-pulled-from-store-weeks-after-launch\/"},"modified":"2019-01-01T03:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T10:09:02","slug":"soulja-boys-game-consoles-pulled-from-store-weeks-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/soulja-boys-game-consoles-pulled-from-store-weeks-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulja Boy\u2019s game consoles pulled from store weeks after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anyone from the Gizmondo to the Virtual Boy can tell you, it\u2019s tough to launch a console. Of course, it helps when your device apparently comes pre-loaded with thousands of games from big-name companies like Nintendo, Sony, Square and Bandai. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was clear the moment they were launched that Soulja Boy\u2019s SouljaGame console and handhelds were too good to be true, in spite of his insistence that he\u2019d struck deals with game publishers. Now, around three weeks after launch, both have been pulled from his online store (which also stocks a familiar-looking<\/a> wearable and headphones).<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had to boss up, I didn\u2019t have a choice. \"?????\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 Soulja Boy (Drako) (@souljaboy) December 29, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

What caused the systems to be pulled from his site isn\u2019t clear, though the rapper appears to have acknowledged as much in a tweet, stating, \u201cI had to boss up, I didn\u2019t have a choice.\u201d Of course, given Nintendo\u2019s history, it seems unlikely that a deal was struck to license titles to what appears to amount to a rebranded emulator. <\/span><\/p>\n

As Variety<\/a> notes, titles like Tekken and Tomb Raider were also featured in ads for the systems, which is practically crying out for publishers to intervene. Meantime, he\u2019s promised \u201cbig plans\u201d soon, including his already stated intention to launch an e-sports team at some point next year. For now, however, the rapper appears to be doing just fine, thank you very much:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Soulja Boy (Drako) (@souljaboy) December 31, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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As anyone from the Gizmondo to the Virtual Boy can tell you, it\u2019s tough to launch a console. Of course, it helps when your device apparently comes pre-loaded with thousands of games from big-name companies like Nintendo, Sony, Square and Bandai. It was clear the moment they were launched that Soulja Boy\u2019s SouljaGame console and… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t