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GarciaHotspur · Sep 15, 2015

I think the actual mascot is Sackboy, it's a great mascot, from a very good game, but i think the Little Big Planet IP is now over ( or at least, we won't see a new LBP for years ).

Even if some people say that Playstation don't have a real mascot nowadays, when others say Playstatation does'nt have a mascot but several.

Gravity Rush is a very good game, original, fresh, Kat is a very appealing character, with a very good design, this IP has so much potential and with the port of GR 1 on PS4 and GR2 on PS4 it's clear that Sony understood that.

So i really would like Sony to push this IP and especially this character, Kat, to the forefront, as hard as they can.

Whompa02 · Sep 15, 2015

Compared to Mario or Masterchief, I would say Sony is better off with Nathan Drake tbh...but in reality, Playstation has many different types of games, that it's kind of hard to say, "this one character defines the portfolio"

Warxard · Sep 15, 2015

The PlayStation mascot is the one who has the movie and the better brand appeal.

So, Ratchet. Ratchet and Clank is the best Sony Symbol they've had in years.

RealityPales · Sep 15, 2015

Better yet...

Garrett Hawke · Sep 15, 2015

Tbh I think the fact we're getting a sequel shows they're dedicated to her

While I doubt GD1 was expensive to make it probably didn't do too well commercialy

nynt9 · Sep 15, 2015

I'm down. Her game is also extremely unique so it will help the platform stand out as well/

LiK · Sep 15, 2015

Sorry, but Yosp already took that spot.

Alienous · Sep 15, 2015

Impossible. She was tainted by the Vita. Playstation's mascot can't be a reminder of abject failure.

benny_a · Sep 15, 2015

The only place where mascot based marketing is relevant is Japan and they have Toro.

Toki767 · Sep 15, 2015

To be a mascot, you'd need to actually have a popular game.

Unless you're Kuro/Toro

-griffy- · Sep 15, 2015

I feel like Gravity Rush is nowhere near popular enough to have a character be a brand mascot.

Poohblaster · Sep 15, 2015

They should just go back to Crash.

Arkeband · Sep 15, 2015

A character birthed on the Vita is pretty much doomed to obscurity.

It doesn't help that she's pretty generic anime looking.

Ouren · Sep 15, 2015

Banana Aeon · Sep 15, 2015

She's cute as a button, but I don't think she has the wide spread appeal to be a console mascot.

Would love it, though.

Ultima_5 · Sep 15, 2015

it's nice to want things, but i highly doubt they'll do much with her. i'm honestly shocked were getting more of those games

FluxWaveZ · Sep 15, 2015

Arkeband said:
A character birthed on the Vita is pretty much doomed to obscurity.

This doesn't make any sense. Unless the Vita is cursed or something?

She's getting two games on the PS4. Her origin platform is irrelevant.

Finale Fireworker · Sep 15, 2015

I would like her to meet my parents and become my wife.

I kid, but I agree.

packy34 · Sep 15, 2015

I'm fine with it being Kat, Sackboy or Nathan Drake (or all 3 together). All 3 represent the PS brand pretty well.

PeakPointMatrix · Sep 15, 2015

Doesn't the game have to be popular for its character to be a mascot? Outside of the hardcore, everyone else will just think she's some random anime chick. They're better off using Nathan.

Enter the Dragon Punch · Sep 15, 2015

Ratchet and Clank should be their mascots.

Pinko Marx · Sep 15, 2015

benny_a said:
The only place where mascot based marketing is relevant is Japan and they have Toro.

Seriously. No one does mascots anymore. Nintendo can get away with it because of Mario's legacy and the fact that's he's been around since the 80s.

Ceallach · Sep 15, 2015

Actual PS mascots

Bring back URNOTE dude

Shining Sunshine · Sep 15, 2015

PS doesn't need a mascot.
Its mascots are good games.

I think it's bad to have a mascot because the franchise of the mascot just gets milked to oblivion.

FonkyByNature · Sep 15, 2015

I would love to see Knack as THE mascot. He's the best !

GustyGardens · Sep 15, 2015

I would say that, along with Sack Boy, Nathan Drake is their mascot as well. As for the character at hand, I would say that her art style is too Japanese is work as a mascot in the US. I can't speak for the UK, because I'm not too familiar with how things are handled there, but in the States, people don't really respond to these types of characters unless they've got some nostalgic meaning or if they're overly sexualized.

Deleted member 125677 · Sep 15, 2015

1) Seems a bit premature since not that many have even heard of her yet.

2) The character looks like one of a million other anime girls to me

Bashtee · Sep 15, 2015

LiK said:
Sorry, but Yosp already took that spot.

/thread.

Cloud Strife · Sep 15, 2015

I don't really think there's an agreed upon mascot, but if there was it would probably be Drake or Ratchet.

I vaguely remember Kratos being mascot-level five years ago, and Crash undoubtedly even farther back.

Admiral Woofington · Sep 15, 2015

Mascot used to be crash. Didn't get better than that.

makingmusic476 · Sep 15, 2015

No. >=(

Frumix · Sep 15, 2015

The time for company mascots has long passed.

dramatis · Sep 15, 2015

Toro and Kuro, or the Playroom bots, make much better mascots.

jon bones · Sep 15, 2015

she's fantastically designed, but i think ratchet and clank make for better mascots (even if they aren't nearly as well designed)

i love Uncharted but Nathan is a terrible mascot... a nondescript white dude is like the worst choice you could make for that

ShirAhava · Sep 15, 2015

Giant Enemy Crab is best mascot...massive crab...massive damage

FelipeMGM · Sep 15, 2015

She is amazing, but I think Sony should drop the one mascot thing and go with all the important characters, including Kat

Only thing I really want is for to SCEA to maintain this as the box art for the western release

jmaine_ph · Sep 15, 2015

Idk. I don't feel like PlayStation has or needs a mascot. Just a bunch of very liked characters that make up a PlayStation family and they all praise the "Sacred Symbols"

ArkhamFantasy · Sep 15, 2015

I like this idea.

SSReborn · Sep 15, 2015

Playstation doesn't necessarily need a mascot imo. The catalouge is to diverse for any of the characters to completely encapsulate the brand.

Klossen · Sep 15, 2015

I wouldn't object.

Luigi87 · Sep 15, 2015

I love Kat, but...

Ceallach said:
Actual PS mascots

Yeah, I was gonna say pretty sure Kuro and Toro are the mascots, lol

They even have a cameo in Ultra Despair Girls!

backflip10019 · Sep 15, 2015

It's a good thing you're not a marketing exec, OP.

djplaeskool · Sep 15, 2015

Roboleon said:
2) The character looks like one of a million other anime girls to me

Sounds like you need to step up your anime girl enumeration, classification, and identification skills then.

Doctor_Thomas · Sep 15, 2015

Power is an illusion. Absolute power is a seamless illusion.

Salex_ · Sep 15, 2015

Roboleon said:
2) The character looks like one of a million other anime girls to me

Mind pointing out some of the "million other anime girls" that she looks like?

Sami+ · Sep 15, 2015

Sackboy works a lot better as a mascot because he represents Sony's main appeal in comparison to the competition - their diverse portfolio of games. He can also be used to market major third party titles as well for marketing deals.

I like Kat but nah

AgentChris · Sep 15, 2015

There can only be one.

Wheresmycoffee · Sep 15, 2015

Rodney Greenblat, the artist that designed Parappa really wanted him to be the playstation mascot way back when.

"Whenever I start to think about it (Parappa) I become frustrated and I feel like Im getting a rash. My dream was that Parappa would have been Sonys ultimate mascot, as Super Mario is to Nintendo, so Parappa should have been to Sony. If only! Ah but thats all in the distant past."

Read more here if you'd like:

http://whimsyload.com/character-club/parappa-the-rapper/

Ganzlinger · Sep 15, 2015

After she betrayed the Vita? No way.

Sackboy is better until we get Crash back.

Krappadizzle · Sep 15, 2015

Just....no.

Bring back Parappa or the Bandicoot.

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