Wait, seriously? Sony's Mascot is Sackboy?

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Soriku said:
They're AIMING for that, not decided, Companies can't use a character from an unproven franchise as a mascot. Doesn't work that way. Mass appeal is what decides.

 Sony has had too many games with far more interesting characters in its time. Nintendo did the right job with the NES by having the first game EVER be Mario/Duck hunt. Same for Sega with Sonic. Sony started out with Crash and dropped him when the franchise has sold more than 20 M.

Sony did not "drop" Crash.  They never owned him in the first place.

Sony dropped Crash. They are a subsidiary of Sony.

Um... Vivendi Universal is a subsidiary of Sony?  News to me...

Vivendi was not the main developer, it was Naughty Dog, and they are a subsidiary of Sony. Sony was publishing the game.

You're missing the point.  Universal Interactive, later to become Vivendi Universal, later to become Activision Blizzard, always owned the rights to the Crash Bandicoot IP.  The developer and even the publisher in this case have nothing to do with it.  Additionally, Sony didn't acquire Naughty Dog until 2001, long after the Crash franchise was created.  The company was around well before the Playstation even existed.