Wait, seriously? Sony's Mascot is Sackboy?

[GooseGaws]

forevercloud3000 said:
Crash Bandicoot is a platform game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. It was released in North America on August 31, 1996,[1] in Europe on November 1996,[2] and in Japan on December 6, 1996.[2] The game, as well as being originally released on the PlayStation, was also emulated on the PlayStation Network on December 4, 2006, through which it can be played on the PlayStation Portable and, as of Operating System update 1.70, on the PlayStation 3.[3]

Wikipedia.....a powerful thing....

This has absolutely nothing to do with who owns the rights to the franchise.  Do a little more research on your precious Wikipedia and you'll see that Naughty Dog signed a three-game deal with Universal Interactive with the intent of expanding the company, the results of which were the first three Crash titles.  As such, Universal Interactive owned and continues to own the rights to the IP.  Also, as already mentioned, Naughty Dog did not become a subsidiary of Sony until 2001.