How Sony became king of consoles again

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Ka-pi96 said:

GoOnKid said:

Sony would sacrifice goats for a character as iconic as Mario. This is basic business sense. If your product is hot, you use it as often as you can. There is nothing wrong about that.

What do you think is the reason they simply don't do it as much as Nintendo does? Why is Sony not trying to establish a character who could scratch on Mario's popularity? I'll give you a hint: they tried, and they can't.

Crash Bandicoot could have been iconic for them. They didn't buy it (or sacrifice any goats for it) though. That's got to be one of the biggest mistakes they've made.

Not really.  Sega has a top five (maybe higher) iconic mascot in Sonic and it didn't prevent their demise in the console business.  People like what they know.  Playstation is in its 25th year, they have enough good will and consistency to earn the trust of buyers everywhere.  They don't need a mascot.