Uff, you've opened a can of worms now.  Honestly, this is all just based on my opinion and my perception of Sony characters but:

Characters who I'm 99% certain are going to get announced soon:

Ratchet & Clank; Sackboy.

Characters that have represented the Playstation at various points in its life that haven't been announced yet:

Crash; Spyro; Spike/Specter; Cloud/Sephiroth; Lara Croft; Solid Snake; Gabe Logan; Chris Redfield/Jill Valentine; John Tanner; Anyone from GTA; Dante; Ico/Wander.

Honestly, I could make an argument for any of those characters over Kat based on a variety of things ranging from sales to association with the brand.  And don't get me wrong, either - I do like Kat and I understand why it would be important for her to be in the roster (increased awareness of the Vita, first mascot for the system etc.), if I'm coming across as hating the character then I don't mean to at all.

I just feel like PASBR should be a celebration of 18 years of the life of the Playstation - and I thought Parappa was a sign of things to come and we'd see a lot more flirtings with the older characters who used to be representative of the systems.  With only 10 or so spots left to fill I just think it's important they really hit up those nostalgic spots, but I think that's kind of unlikely to happen by this point.

Yeah.  To be fair, I guess that could be a good win-win for both Sony and Ubisoft.  Better recognition for Liberation, better recognition for the Vita and she is a Sony-exclusive character associated with the Assassin's Creed brand.  I guess we'll have to see!

Also, sorry about that screenshot part, it wasn't directed at you, more about the screenshot/IGN discussion that's been posted about the game.  Looking at that and the superimposed images on it now, I can't see how the blurry character can turn out to be anyone but Kat!

I have no idea why you would think that. There aren't even any colors associated with her in that image. She would be very easy to point out from the yellows and browns. As far as we know, those characters are ones that are already announced and we can't tell the differnence because of how blurry it is and they could be using moves/specials that would change their entire look from default.

platinumed  it like 3 weeks ago. first game that made me use near.

Crash and Spyro are out of Sony's control, same with anyone from Resident Evil.  I mentioned those two already and I'm sure Snake will be in the game, though they'll probably use Lightning instead of Sephiroth since Lightning was in the Michael commercial.  Logan's as big as Kat now, or rather unknown, the last two Syphon Filters haven't exactly lit the world on fire.  No idea who Tanner is.  Anyone from GTA is out of Sony's control.  And Ico/Wander are about as big as Kat.  Only Lara's missing, and again, doesn't belong to Sony.

Who knows?  But with the way Microsoft is trying to buy out Tomb Raider, cause you know, it's as big as it was in 1996 and worth paying money for, I don't think she will be.

I know, but I mean, the way Microsoft paid off the Underworld DLC.  The way they're trying to get exclusive showings of the game.  Kinda like what they did with Final Fantasy XIII.  I think they even paid off for DLC too, but that's me talking out of my ass, but I remember me reading something about DLC for the new Tomb Raider.

Yeah, which is why I think Lara isn't going to be in All-Stars.  Microsoft has money invested in the new Tomb Raider game.

Yes, Snake and Sephiroth/Lightning/Cloud are out of Sony's control, but that doesn't mean that Sony shouldn't be trying to get them.  And it should be exactly the same case with Jill Valentine/Lara Croft/Crash/Spyro/GTA character.  They had no problem approaching 2K to get Big Daddy or Namco to get Heihachi.  These games were integral to the Playstation's early successes - if Sony say afterwards "We tried to get them but their publishers didn't agree", then I could accept that.  But I don't think that would be the case with many of them - Lara seems to have been shot down already, but I don't think Activision would have any problems putting Crash in - more recognition, the brand could be reborn.

Other stuff: Tanner is the lead character in Driver, a series which had two PS1 exclusive games which - according to VGChartz - sold 11 million copies between them.  They were quite well publicised at the time.  I'm not saying you should know who he is, but his connection to Playstation is there.

I'd say Ico/Wander are bigger than Kat.  She has Vita recognition on her side, sure, but Team Ico's games have only grown with popularity over time (rather than shrunk).  Gabe Logan was an integral early part of the Playstation and did fairly well on the PSP as well - he's got the history and the sales to back it up.

Once again, I'm not saying Kat doesn't deserve to be in there.  But the example I was going to use in my post this morning (that I forgot to make because I was in a rush to get out, bleh) was Sofia from Battle Arena Toshinden.  I'm guessing if you don't know who Tanner is, you won't know who she is, but if I'm wrong then that's excellent.  Anyway, she was kind of the second 'unofficial' mascot of the Playstation after Polygon man got shot down by Ken.  I haven't really seen any people at all ever mention her as a potential character for the game, even though again she was the main part a really heavily publicised game at the PS1's launch.  She has just as much right to be there as Kat, who is - if you like - a kind of mirror character for the Vita.

I guess my objections to Kat would be lesser if they'd filled the roster out equally, but it feels like they're going really top-heavy on characters from this generation and really neglecting the history.  If I'm wrong and they announce 10 characters with long ties to the Playstation brand in the next few months then of course, I'll be very pleased!

Okay.  Sorry :(.  Was just trying to open up a bit of discussion!