At the beginning of December, Soulja Boy decided to release a couple questionable game consoles just in time for the holidays.
The SouljaGame Console and SouljaGame Handheld advertise 800 to 3,000 games with access to PlayStation, NeoGeo, PC, SEGA, Game Boy Advance, and NES classics. Professional YouTube gamers bought them and almost immediately began calling out Soulja Boy for his sketchy products. The criticism ranges from some of the games being rip-offs or in Chinese, to the gameplay being extremely low quality. Others reported that the larger console was not even sold with a working power cord.
The biggest concern gamers pointed to was Nintendo’s strict licensing and copyright policies. The gaming giant only recently lifted some of its strict streaming rules for gamers on YouTube and Twitch, so many people are wondering how in the world Soulja Boy would get clearance for so many bad quality versions of Nintendo classics.
It appears that Soulja Boy’s original showing of “I don’t care” amid threats of a lawsuit from Nintendo was done to preserve his public image. In the end, the real threat of a multi-millionaire class action suit was too much to bear. As of this morning, Soulja Boy has pulled his “SouljaGame” consoles from his eStore “Soulja Watch,” effective immediately. Notice how the gaming console is missing from its normal resting place in the shoppe.
I had to boss up, I didn’t have a choice. 🤷🏾♂️
— Soulja Boy (Drako) (@souljaboy) December 29, 2018
Soulja Boy, aka DeAndre Cortez Way, was served by Nintendo earlier this month. In light of the fact, Nintendo conducted its dealings behind closed doors, we’ve only had Soulja Boy’s Twitter feed to contend with – as a reliable source of information into the matter. Nintendo seems to have threatened Soulja Boy by sending him the Trademark Counterfeiting Act as requisite reading material. Soulja Boy’s stubborn response saw him go ahead with his business plan until forced into submission by a 2nd injunction
The current storefront over at “Soulja Watch” obscures all evidence of a “SouljaGame” console ever existing. After being forced into submission, Soulja Boy tried in jest to jolly up the narrative by posting this on Twitter: “I had to boss up, I didn’t have a choice.” Could this be the bitter endnote for Soulja Boy and his video game aspirations?
