This post reminded me of something: Playstation is still missing a brand mascot.
With any big corporation, especially in video games, there's always a mascot and/or memorable titles to give said corporation an identity. It's obvious that Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, etc. (and technically Pokemon as well). Sega has more than just Sonic, such as Yakuza, NiGHTS, Jet Set Radio, Puyo Puyo, Crazy Taxi, etc. Even Microsoft has Master Chief and many more (including Flight Simulator).
And also both Neil Cuckman's Uncharted and Last of Us. But all titles are somethey only came during the mid-2000s onward. Only companies such as Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, Capcom, Konami, Squeenix and Ubisoft have already established their corporate identities especially early on (for better or worse), but Sony only did that in the gaming industry a bit too late
I only mean things that are currently relevant
Everybody did. Sony could've let him be PS2 mascot if rights weren't owned by Universal.
What about Lara Croft?
Tomb Raider was Eidos, and it wasn't even Playstation exclusive, it was also released on Sega Saturn and MS-DOS at the same time.
I’m surprised that Sony hasn’t just given them Spyro as a DLC character at this point, but part of me thinks some Japanese Man at Nintendo hates Western furries with the rage of all Japanese Nationalists throughout history and I thank him for denying it.
Who gives a shit about Blu-ray? I don't know a single person with a Blu-ray player, and by the time Blu-ray came out, physical media had become irrelevant in the media space as everybody went digital.
The closest Sony had to true mascots was was Crash and Spyro, but they never owned the rights. They tried to make Sackboy a mascot to a certain extent, but it never really took. None of their major character's now are really mascot potential, like Mickey Mouse, Mario, or Sonic. They simply aren't well known enough, iconic enough, or cute enough to function in that role.
Does it though? Game's featuring Nintendo's little plumber sell gang busters, no matter what it is. Spyro was created by Insomniac, which is now just another woke corporate hell hole, churning out shit super hero games. Naughty Dog, the creators of Crash, has been gutted and destroyed by Neil Druckmann, turned into a shell of itself. And its Microsoft who now own the rights to Crash and Spyro. Seriously, who came out better in this deal? It sure as hell wasn't Sony.
