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who do you consider to be sony's mascot character?

who is sonys mascot

  • kratos

    Votes: 465 32.4%

  • joel from the last of us

    Votes: 20 1.4%

  • ratchet and/or clank

    Votes: 96 6.7%

  • aloy from horizon zero dawn

    Votes: 38 2.7%

  • sackboy from little big planet

    Votes: 155 10.8%

  • astrobot

    Votes: 440 30.7%

  • other

    Votes: 219 15.3%
  • Total voters
    1,433
j7vikes

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It definitely ain't crash anymore like it once was. The thing about master chief and Mario is they have constantly been relevant throughout the life span of those two companies. You just can't say the same for Crash even though he was the OG.

Kratos is probably the most recognizable to the majority of people now and I also taught a kid who legally changed his name to Kratos years ago so he gets extra props for that I guess.
 
housequake

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PS3 font and marketing, best selling PS4 game, launch PS5 game, gets exclusive content in other publisher's games on the platform?

Buddy it's Spider-Man.
 
Drachen

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They don't have one to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

If we lived in a perfect world it would be the Ape Escape monkeys.
 
Kneefoil

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Oct 25, 2017
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My first thought was Sackboy being the global mascot and Toro being the mascot for Japan, but I guess Astro Bot is indeed a thing now. It could be all Astro. Haven't followed Toro's appearances close enough these past few years to know what the deal with him is nowadays.

Kratos seems like a popular answer, but I don't really see it. When I see Kratos, I personally just think of God of War; not Sony or PlayStation. Sackboy and Astro Bot feel like they're more closely tied to the brand to me. Astro Bot especially.
 
The Lord of Cereal

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Jan 9, 2020
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Kratos is definitely the mascot of modern PlayStation, but really, PlayStation has no one mascot. But Kratos is definitely the most recognizable and well known character
 
PettySpirit

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Dec 23, 2018
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I think the purpose of Astrobot is to literally be Sony's mascot. But if we're just talking about recognition/notoriety, it's probably Kratos.
 
Qurupeke

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Oct 25, 2017
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Crash was definitely sort of a mascot for PS1, but definitely not for anything beyond that. Sackboy, and Toro in Japan, also served similar roles, but they don't really do that anymore. Right now, Astro Bot seems like the closest thing to a mascot, but it's not like it's a mascot per se.
 
_zoipi

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Nov 23, 2017
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Realistically, Sony doesn't have nor will ever be. All characters are easilly disposable. Those who flourised on the PSX days were down on the PS2 days. From the PS2 days, only Kratos survives and is after a big revival. Nathan Drake was a PS3 mascot on itself, but now on PS4 only had one entry and a side entry. For PS4 we can say Aloy, but i doubt she will get another game soon after Wilds.
 
Ocirus

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Weirdly enough they never maintained a thorough consistency with any first party character, from the beginning, for any brand mascot to come to mind. Like how Mario and Master Chief have consistently been utilized to a great degree. I guess their options from PS1 first party would've been... Crash? Maybe Sweet Tooth?.. PaRappa?

However, I do think they have a recognizable "mascot" that they've utilized really well in marketing in the past few consoles, and has been there since PS1: the PS controller symbols.
 
Jakenbakin

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-Peabody-

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Their studio intro video is very Marvel-like so they're probably going the "ensemble cast of mascots" route.
 
RadzPrower

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Astro's the closest thing they have to a mascot at this point. They have plenty or recognizable characters, but that alone does not make them a mascot. Mascot's "speak for the brand" and are a major part of imaging and marketing.

Mario is the prime example of a true mascot. He's part of ads that have nothing to do with his games, he's the face of Nintendo Switch Online, and he's getting things like his own section of a theme park. Sonic's a mascot too, but he's not taking as prime a spot in their marketing these days.

Crash USED to be the mascot as he was in their ads, but that went away a LONG time ago.
 
hydruxo

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Oct 25, 2017
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I don't think there's a singular answer for this. PlayStation is kind of unique in the sense that there are always new IPs and characters that come and go. Kratos, Nathan Drake, Crash, Ratchet, Sackboy, Ellie, Aloy all kind of can be used as Sony's mascot interchangably depending on how you look at it. More of an ensemble than anything.
 
Zero83

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Oct 29, 2017
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Though it hasn't been an exclusive mascot since the late nineties, Crash is the one that comes to mind.
 
JaseMath

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They don't have one. I think of Sony the same as I think of movie studios: a bunch of big budget IPs with no one franchise standing above any of the others.
 
Jimnymebob

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Oct 26, 2017
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They don't really have one nowadays. I guess Toro is still around in Japan, but they've not been relevant in the west since SFxT, and they were hardly even relevant there.
Astro Bot has the most mascot potential, but he needs to be in more things now that people are taking notice. I know the character in Playroom VR was different (basically the Ninten to Astro Bot's Ness), but he's been around for 5 years now, and it's only really this past year with the PS5 built in game that people have begun to take notice as a whole.
 
Zaied

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'd go with Kratos since he's been their most visible character since he debuted on PS2. He's also Sony's favorite character to loan out as a guest in other games (more so back in the PS3 days, but he's in Fortnite, too).
 

GrinWithoutaKat

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Jun 20, 2018
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I'm pretty sure they were quite open around the release of the original Playstation that they didn't like the idea of a mascot. This is not said in some console wars way, but at the time consoles definitely were for kids. Sony wanted the Playstation to be more like a VCR, that everyone had under their TV, rather than a toy for the kids.
 
Broseph

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Triangle, Circle, X, Square

If you really want a character, either Crash Bandicoot or Kratos
 
carlsojo

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Judging solely on the reaction to Kratos stepping out of the shadows in the God of War, it's Kratos.

After that probably Aloy. Aloy has kind of blown up pretty quickly, showing up in Fortnite and Genshin.
 
ChrisD

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Oct 25, 2017
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Way back, Crash. Ten years ago, Nathan Drake and Sackboy. Modern, I'd say Kratos for the West.

They haven't really had a mascot (again, in the West) for a while. Kratos just falls in place as highly recognizable and linked with PlayStation. They've pushed Astro a bit, but I don't think nearly as many would recognize him.
 
BoxManLocke

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Oct 25, 2017
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Knack showed such a complete misunderstanding of what actually made a good mascot, it deserves to be remembered and be an actual poll option.

But seriously no one. Playstation's brand recognition goes way beyond any character on their roster, and afaic the same goes for Xbox.
 
Tailesque

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I don't think they really have one. Astro is the closest they've gotten, but I don't think they're deserving of mascot status, really.
 
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