PS5 Adding Dedicated Crunchyroll Hub Next Spring
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll, which Sony-owned Funimation bought for nearly $1.2 billion in 2021, is getting its own dedicated hub on the PlayStation 5 home screen in Spring 2027. Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Hideaki Nishino made the announcement at today's Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum. The new hub on the PS5 promises to "[bring] together anime, anime-inspired games, and easy access to Crunchyroll" into one place on the PS5, which has a worldwide installed base of over 92 million units as of earlier this year. "From Crunchyroll membership on PlayStation, to the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima: Legends anime series.
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