Why are you (and others) Playstation fans? Question about franchises

[Euphoria14]

richardhutnik said:

Euphoria14 said:

Diversity, that is all there is to it.

To be honest, who else out there takes the biggest risks to bring more to the niche gamers? Who else takes the biggest risks with new IPs instead of relying on the same franchises for decades?

This is why people love Sony. I honestly believe they are very good strength for the industry.

It is nice to have a company with some balls, not to mention actually show that they care a lot for their fans and not just their wallets. If something may not sell well they will still usually give it to us.

How many other companies can you say this for? Honestly...

The diversity aspect is an interesting one.  It likely connects to the question of "Where is Playstation mascot?"  You ask Nintendo, and it is... Mario.  You ask Microsoft and it is... Master Chief.  But Sony?  People have said "Gran Turismo car".  There was also Crash Bandicoot for awhile, but a lot jumped ship to go third party, like Crash did and also Spyro did.  I guess Sackboy is kind of, and may be shaping up at such, but I don't see LittleBigPlanet as being THE defining game on the Playstation, or representing THE defining genre, that is why people buy a Playstation console either.  And another case is that LittleBigPlanet with LBP2 is morphing itself into something that is NOT a product that fits any game genre at all.

So, in this, you see title after title rolled off as being excellent in nature but not really clustering anywhere, which gets back to my question of then what is in common here that would be why someone buys a Playstation home console.  Seems like more like a dozen niches, which can collectively form a reason to buy, as opposed to that ONE.  The question then is to try to find that ONE, and it isn't there I guess.  And I hope people see why I mention Gran Turismo as the game off the top of my head to try to ask about.  it doesn't represent the Playstation platform sufficiently.

Why do you need a Mascot? Do the New York Yankees have a mascot? They are only the most successful franchise in all of sports with 27 World Championships. They have no mascots, even though some say it is Uncle Sam. You never see him... ever.

Mascot is a bad reason. A single character isn't required to signify a brand when diversity does it.

 

Not everyone likes the same thing. I also do not agree that Master Chief is the MS mascot. I am not even sure they have one. 

As for "Gran Turismo Car". That is probably the worst mascot idea I have ever heard. You want potential buyers to associate you with cars? Yeah, that will definitely cut out a bit of interest in your product from those who care not for cars.

Sony needs to mascots and requires less advertising, as seen this generation. They let their games speak for themselves, and as you have noticed, it works.