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I know that there have been several characters who can be seen as the Playstation's mascot, Lara Croft, Crash, but all these now appear on every console under the sun.
It is so hard to find a game which is for that format only, Playstation and X-box have a lot of games the same, Nintendo have Mario, and he doesn't appear many other places than on a Nintendo Console, well he appears in nearly every nintendo title doesn't he?
But then i am not so sure if there is a need for a "Hero" anymore, with so many big game developers and loads of great games i think the Mascot era is over. Can anyone think os a Sony Mascot, someone who who immediatley think Playstation when you hear it.
For me, if i had to name one then it would be between Ratchet and Jak. They follow the genre which the Mascot had traditionally been chosen (platformer) they do not appear in other formats, they have a few spin off titles. People like them and they could well be a marketable character. But they have too much of a story.
Eventually their games will end, i don't even know if jak will have another game, ratchet's latest Game is wonderful and hugely enjoyable. But like a post i made before with mario not having much to him, he has unlimited playability. He has an arch nemesis, some powerups, a princess and some friends in a fictional world.
This means no matter how much mario 64 is like Sunshine and Galaxy, they are still different enough to be enjoyable and sell millions because they are fun!
Maybe people disagree with me and maybe you can think of some Characters which would be better suited as the Playstation mascot, but then again, maybe there is no need for one, just because the greatest rivalry ( Mario & Sonic) have finally made up, maybe there shouldnt be such a drift between consoles.
I look forward to your responses!
It is so hard to find a game which is for that format only, Playstation and X-box have a lot of games the same, Nintendo have Mario, and he doesn't appear many other places than on a Nintendo Console, well he appears in nearly every nintendo title doesn't he?
But then i am not so sure if there is a need for a "Hero" anymore, with so many big game developers and loads of great games i think the Mascot era is over. Can anyone think os a Sony Mascot, someone who who immediatley think Playstation when you hear it.
For me, if i had to name one then it would be between Ratchet and Jak. They follow the genre which the Mascot had traditionally been chosen (platformer) they do not appear in other formats, they have a few spin off titles. People like them and they could well be a marketable character. But they have too much of a story.
Eventually their games will end, i don't even know if jak will have another game, ratchet's latest Game is wonderful and hugely enjoyable. But like a post i made before with mario not having much to him, he has unlimited playability. He has an arch nemesis, some powerups, a princess and some friends in a fictional world.
This means no matter how much mario 64 is like Sunshine and Galaxy, they are still different enough to be enjoyable and sell millions because they are fun!
Maybe people disagree with me and maybe you can think of some Characters which would be better suited as the Playstation mascot, but then again, maybe there is no need for one, just because the greatest rivalry ( Mario & Sonic) have finally made up, maybe there shouldnt be such a drift between consoles.
I look forward to your responses!
I know that there have been several characters who can be seen as the Playstation's mascot, Lara Croft, Crash, but all these now appear on every console under the sun.
It is so hard to find a game which is for that format only, Playstation and X-box have a lot of games the same, Nintendo have Mario, and he doesn't appear many other places than on a Nintendo Console, well he appears in nearly every nintendo title doesn't he?
But then i am not so sure if there is a need for a "Hero" anymore, with so many big game developers and loads of great games i think the Mascot era is over. Can anyone think os a Sony Mascot, someone who who immediatley think Playstation when you hear it.
For me, if i had to name one then it would be between Ratchet and Jak. They follow the genre which the Mascot had traditionally been chosen (platformer) they do not appear in other formats, they have a few spin off titles. People like them and they could well be a marketable character. But they have too much of a story.
Eventually their games will end, i don't even know if jak will have another game, ratchet's latest Game is wonderful and hugely enjoyable. But like a post i made before with mario not having much to him, he has unlimited playability. He has an arch nemesis, some powerups, a princess and some friends in a fictional world.
This means no matter how much mario 64 is like Sunshine and Galaxy, they are still different enough to be enjoyable and sell millions because they are fun!
Maybe people disagree with me and maybe you can think of some Characters which would be better suited as the Playstation mascot, but then again, maybe there is no need for one, just because the greatest rivalry ( Mario & Sonic) have finally made up, maybe there shouldnt be such a drift between consoles.
I look forward to your responses!
It is so hard to find a game which is for that format only, Playstation and X-box have a lot of games the same, Nintendo have Mario, and he doesn't appear many other places than on a Nintendo Console, well he appears in nearly every nintendo title doesn't he?
But then i am not so sure if there is a need for a "Hero" anymore, with so many big game developers and loads of great games i think the Mascot era is over. Can anyone think os a Sony Mascot, someone who who immediatley think Playstation when you hear it.
For me, if i had to name one then it would be between Ratchet and Jak. They follow the genre which the Mascot had traditionally been chosen (platformer) they do not appear in other formats, they have a few spin off titles. People like them and they could well be a marketable character. But they have too much of a story.
Eventually their games will end, i don't even know if jak will have another game, ratchet's latest Game is wonderful and hugely enjoyable. But like a post i made before with mario not having much to him, he has unlimited playability. He has an arch nemesis, some powerups, a princess and some friends in a fictional world.
This means no matter how much mario 64 is like Sunshine and Galaxy, they are still different enough to be enjoyable and sell millions because they are fun!
Maybe people disagree with me and maybe you can think of some Characters which would be better suited as the Playstation mascot, but then again, maybe there is no need for one, just because the greatest rivalry ( Mario & Sonic) have finally made up, maybe there shouldnt be such a drift between consoles.
I look forward to your responses!
Mario appeared on various non-Nintendo systems:
PC, CD-i, NEC PC-8801, Atari, ZX Spectrum, Commodore... (etc)
Lara Croft also appeared on PC with Tomb Raider (according to the back of my game's box in 1996).
Sure, twas a while before Crash came out on other systems..
Even if characters do appear on other systems, we still associate them with particular formats...
Lara Croft - Original Playstation (now she w****s herself out to anyone who can afford her)
Mario - all Nintendo
Master Chief - Xbox/360
Donkey Kong - all Nintendo
Those developers who do multi-format releases should, however, do their best to make sure they're recognised on all formats...
PC, CD-i, NEC PC-8801, Atari, ZX Spectrum, Commodore... (etc)
Lara Croft also appeared on PC with Tomb Raider (according to the back of my game's box in 1996).
Sure, twas a while before Crash came out on other systems..
Even if characters do appear on other systems, we still associate them with particular formats...
Lara Croft - Original Playstation (now she w****s herself out to anyone who can afford her)
Mario - all Nintendo
Master Chief - Xbox/360
Donkey Kong - all Nintendo
Those developers who do multi-format releases should, however, do their best to make sure they're recognised on all formats...