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[Red Devil]

Nowadays Kratos and Nathan Drake, until the games started appearing on other consoles it was Crash.

 

[opricnik]

Sony don't have a strong Mario/Sonic type of mascot linked to their console. Their attempts to develop one have been terrible. Crash, Spyro, Toro, etc. are no where near as iconic as Mario or Sonic.

I didnt say who is your favorite mascot though,just say who comes your mind when you say playstation it could be Cloud from ff7 or dante from dmc

 

[klier]

No character really.

First thing that popped in my mind when trying to think of a character is Snake, though.

 

[GoldCrusader]

Maybe it was because as a kid it was the game I played the most on my ps1, but when I think Playstation I think Megaman X.

 

[Draft]

Loudninja.

 

[Village]

Nothing anymore tbh.

Even ratchet i have to actively think about, and I love the RnC games

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Cloud

 

[infinit777]

Spyro, though he isn't PlayStation exclusive

 

[DevilDog]

 

[adamsapple]

Heiachi.

Yes, I know it's a multiplatform series now (Tekken) but it was a flagship for PS1/2.

 

[SHarris78]

MIKU !!!

 

[Raysoul]

 

[Like the hat?]

It's weird. I don't think of any.

Nintendo, I think Mario
Xbox, I think halo
PlayStation, I think the ps logo

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

Not really, I didn't have that many Playstation demo discs

Threw away most of them(why??)… but kept nr.1

 

[purseowner]

Really surprised by the lack of love for Sackboy in this thread.

 

[Jakoo]

Upon seeing this thread title, the first thing I thought of was Ratchet.

 

[Nosgotham]

Literally none

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

It's weird. I don't think of any.

Nintendo, I think Mario
Xbox, I think halo
PlayStation, I think the ps logo

Strong branding right there

 

[Blablurn]

Solid Snake for sure

 

[Gurish]

Kratos, have no idea why from all characters, I love Crash as well and had beaten the main games, the same for Uncharted, but Kratos somehow sticks with me as the system's icon.

 

[Sapiens]

 

[Manmademan]

Just the logo really. Same with the Xbox.

Neither one of those two are as heavily tied to mascots as Nintendo is and Sega was.

 

[Ladekabel]

No character really. The only thing after a little bit of thinking would be the icons on the face buttons.

 

[WilyRook]

seriously, I thought of the PS3 ducks

 

[Gotvive]

Some of lego chars

 

[PandaShake]

still Crash

 

[Kanhir]

Knack.

Spoiler

obviously it's Crash

 

[brunomartynhak]

Not a character, but the logo.

Perfect.

Followed by Snake from MGS1

 

[Shahed]

Don't think of a character. Either the PS logo or symbols for the face buttons

 

[Nightmare452]

Spyro actually. Spyro >>> Crash.

 

[Kikorin]

Spyro.

 

[Mr-Joker]

None, despite the PS1 being the first console we owned I hold no nostalgia towards the system or associate a character to the Playstation branding.

 

[Suburban Thug]

Kratos is the first character to come to mind

 

[Chinbo37]

Uncharted was the first thing that popped in

 

[Lalalandia]

My boi Sir Daniel Fortesque <sobs in the sure knowledge he's gone forever>

 

[Cyriades]

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Not a character, but the logo.

yup, pretty much.

if this choice isnt valid then i go with Crash or Snaaake!.

 

[Magnus]

Crash and Nate Drake

 

[Malawhur]

This is probably related to the first sony console you own. Since I didn't have ps1 at the time and joined the sony boat with ps2, I will also say Kratos. If I wouldn't have ps2 at the time, it would have been Nate Drake.

 

[Roufianos]

Drake.

I never associated Crash / Spyro and the like with PS back in the day as I had no idea about consoles and exclusives etc. Didn't even know what an N64 was.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Crash...

It's a shame they never made him the official mascot

 

[yoonshik]

The Bandicoot.

 

[sixteen-bit]

polygon man

 

[Ouroboros]

and

The actual covers, not the characters. I spent hours and hours on these 2 games. They were the first games I got with my playstation and while I resell the majority of my games, I still have both of these safe in a box.

 

[LotusHD]

Kat from Gravity Rush and Nathan Drake from Uncharted

 

[Tregard]

Sackboy

 

[OfTheOverflow]

WipEout ships personally. Really hope we see a comeback with Omega Collection.

 

[Duxxy3]

Crash Bandicoot.

 

[KageMaru]

Not a character, but the logo.

Came to post this. I've never seen Sony to have a traditional mascot.

 

[Gbraga]

None, to be honest.

I hope I can change my answer to Kat in a few months, she'd be the perfect face for Playstation if Sony invested in the franchise.

If real people count, I do think of Shuhei Yoshida, haha.