Why PlayStation mascots always fall from grace?

[Turbo Kid]

I think Astro Bot is the best choice they've ever had. I would go all in on him as my mascot right now if I were in charge of the Playstation brand.

 

[Jayonnaise6105]

I thought the mascot of Sony Playstation is Ape Escape or Parappa the Rapper

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They were spoilt for choice on mascots, and seemingly couldn't decide

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yeah, surely there's room for BOTH AstroBot & Sackboy

I'm legit mad at Sony for telling "we don't have any IP" while showing a ton of them in the Astro Bot games...

I thought Sega had Segata Sanshirou

That was for the Saturn's ad campaign, there's also Nights but Sonic is ultimately Sega's mascot.

 

[nobitakun]

That was for the Saturn's ad campaign, there's also Nights but Sonic is ultimately Sega's mascot.

What a pity, it was the best mascot I've ever seen in videogame history lol.

 

[Ferik]

So what? Nintendo didn't ditch Pokemon after all these decades. Pikachu is still a popular mascot.

Nintendo does own Pokemon. Rather they own 2/3rd's of it. The Pokemon company is a joint venture co-owned by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and GameFreak in a 3-way split, but Nintendo own Creatures now so they just have a majority stake in Pokemon.

 

[KenShjIN]

Wait.....Playstation has Mascots ?

 

[TinRattler]

Mascots are so passe

 

[semyaza]

big guy VII did all the work for them

 

[iamthemilkman]

The one I really miss is Sly Cooper. At least we still have Crash and Ratchet & Clank games.

 

[Turbo Kid]

The one I really miss is Sly Cooper. At least we still have Crash and Ratchet & Clank games.

He'd probably be my second choice for best Playstation mascot after Astro Bot.

Honestly, I just miss games like Sly Cooper in general. Those types of platformers aren't very common these days.

 

[Jayonnaise6105]

He'd probably be my second choice for best Playstation mascot after Astro Bot.

Honestly, I just miss games like Sly Cooper in general. Those types of platformers aren't very common these days.

Yeah, most of the ones I can think of are either AstroBot or something from nearly 10 years ago. Hat in Time, Super Lucky's Tale, etc,

 

[iamthemilkman]

He'd probably be my second choice for best Playstation mascot after Astro Bot.

Honestly, I just miss games like Sly Cooper in general. Those types of platformers aren't very common these days.

I loved the graphical style of the Sly Cooper games. I thought they were pretty consistent in quality as well. I even liked the PS3/Vita one that the fans are a bit more divided on. I thought it was really good for a new studio (Sanzaru, I think).

I definitely preferred Sly to the Jak games. While I loved The Precursor Legacy, my interest started to fade the more edgy and open world those games got.

 

[Turbo Kid]

I loved the graphical style of the Sly Cooper games. I thought they were pretty consistent in quality as well. I even liked the PS3/Vita one that the fans are a bit more divided on. I thought it was really good for a new studio (Sanzaru, I think).

I definitely preferred Sly to the Jak games. While I loved The Precursor Legacy, my interest started to fade the more edgy and open world those games got.

Yeah, most of the ones I can think of are either AstroBot or something from nearly 10 years ago. Hat in Time, Super Lucky's Tale, etc,

I agree 100%

 

[KittenLikeYou007]

To me, it seems obvious that the mascot should have been Crash Bandicoot. In my opinion, Sony made a huge mistake back in the PS1 era by not choosing him as their official mascot.

As a result, Sony never really had a true mascot, unlike Microsoft with Halo or Nintendo with Mario. I will never understand Sony on this.

It's also unfortunate that Naughty Dog abandoned Crash Bandicoot back then, because I think he could have been a mascot, and it would have made more "sense" given his success at the time. The other games that followed, like Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter, or Uncharted, couldn’t serve as a "mascot" because they came too late. To become a mascot, a character needs to appear on the console right from its beginning, like on the PS1.

 

[Jayonnaise6105]

To me, it seems obvious that the mascot should have been Crash Bandicoot. In my opinion, Sony made a huge mistake back in the PS1 era by not choosing him as their official mascot.

As a result, Sony never really had a true mascot, unlike Microsoft with Halo or Nintendo with Mario. I will never understand Sony on this.

It's also unfortunate that Naughty Dog abandoned Crash Bandicoot back then, because I think he could have been a mascot, and it would have made more "sense" given his success at the time. The other games that followed, like Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter, or Uncharted, couldn’t serve as a "mascot" because they came too late. To become a mascot, a character needs to appear on the console right from its beginning, like on the PS1.

Yeah, it always seemed like Playstation kinda accidentally had mascot characters. I suppose even today, there are a bunch of characters I associate with Playstation, even if they are third party now.

 

[Turbo Kid]

Yeah, Crash Bandicoot was even directly calling out Mario! Remember these?

 

[Burzuru]

Crash was mad popular in japan as well

 

[Turbo Kid]

Crash was mad popular in japan as well

Yeah, I've heard this as well. He was ridiculously popular over there. He definitely could have been the mascot in Japan.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yeah, Crash Bandicoot was even directly calling out Mario! Remember these?

Well, it was courageous yet it's clear that Super Mario 64 stomps on Crash Bandicoot gameplay wise.