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I would agree with you. I think Drake has been the most recognized character for sony in the last two gens. Having said the Drake seems to have had his day and has retired so he doesnt seem like a good choice going forward.

I guess that is the advantage of sony in that they have many strong characters to choose from. I would say the current mascot seems to be Kratos for this year. 

What I find funny is that you said in your previous reply is that Nintendo would be able to make games of quality, but you question if they would sell without being known IPs in your first reply.  Then you go on to say that Sony would be fine without known IPs because of their quality...

So what is the difference?  It seems to me that their is bias in your statement as the only argument you have is pretty much that Playstation is Playstation and Nintendo is Nintendo.  You literally contradicted your own point.

Except that you forget that the Splatoon IP is a huge hit, Xenoblade continues to gain traction, and ARMs was far more successful than many like to give it credit for.  They have already proven they can do it.

You do not think that they could not make a similar game to Mario or Zelda in a different setting with a unique plot and cast while having it sell?  If Mario and Zelda did not exist, other new IPs of similar style would take their place. Quality sells games, all they have to do is show that quality.  Otherwise Horizon Zero Dawn would have flopped.

To believe anything else is to fool yourself into believing what you want to believe, rather than what is true.

Hold on a second.  If you're not going to get what I said right then don't paraphrase me at all.  

The argument is pretty simple.  Playstation does not lean as heavily on past IP as Xbox and Nintendo.  This is an observable pattern of behavior and they've proven to be successful at it.  Nintendo, on the other hand, builds and maintains their oldest IP indefinitely.  That is also an observable pattern of behavior.

Now, you're seriously telling me that if Nintendo dropped Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, and Pokemon, it wouldn't have an impact on their brand?  That it wouldn't affect sales?

I think the one trying to fool themselves into believing what they want to believe is you.

Okay, but the reason Sony has done it is because quality games sell...period.  Just because Nintendo has not NEEDED to do what Sony does, that DOES NOT mean they CAN'T.

The entire point has gone over your head.

Exactly, Uncharted combined on PS3 sold 19m copies while GoW was at around 5m, and on PS4 Uncharted 4 and Uncharted Collection sold more than 15m. IMO only reason why people are choosing Kratos is because last GoW game, if actually Uncharted 4 was released after GoW I think more people would choose Nate, so I totaly agree with you that Kratos is current mascot for this year.

I dont think that Sony has many strong characters, at end currently everything comes to Nate and Kratos, others are not nearly strong enugh to be mascot (for instance Ratchet and Clank) or didnt had so much presence (maybe Ellie and Joel).

It should be Jak & Daxter

Kratos for me.

Nothing has gone over my head.  Rather, you're being defensive for no real reason.  The point is that IP like Mario and Zelda are much stronger brands than anything Sony has.  You do not get IP like that in a generation or two.  Sony uses a different strategy--which is actually necessary with narrative-driven content, something Microsoft hasn't realized--but Nintendo builds on what they've got.

It's like saying if Disney decided to ax Star Wars, they could just whip up something as popular overnight.  No, probably not.  Eventually, maybe, but it's not like they can just throw anything out there and it would be instantly be on the same level as Star Wars.  It would require years of marketing and, mostly likely, several failures first.

When you make something that big, though, if you ever lose it, it would be a double-edge sword and would affect your entire bottom line.  Also, if you change your established strategy as a business, you risk alienating or confusing customers who were fans of what you did before.  

Nintendo is built around Mario, especially, it's intrinsic to the Nintendo brand at this point.  If Nintendo decided to release a platform without the inclusion of anything Mario at all, the consequences would be tangible.  Never mind that it's highly unlikely they'd be able to replace those sales with a new IP, it might even impact sales of the platform itself, which would make it that much harder to establish new IP.

It's fine if you disagree.  Perhaps you think Nintendo could replicate the sales and draw of Mario or Zelda anytime they like. Perhaps you think the adventures of "Chuck the Handyman" could move 15 million copies with its initial release and that "Chuck Golf" or "Chuck Tennis" would produce the same level of brand recognition.  I don't.  I believe IP on that scale are the work of decades.

I hope it will be outside VR because it looks very nice.
It will be limited with the installbase of PSVR.