Jak and Ratchet were never mascots... Ever... Sales are just not high enough. A true mascot competes against Mario, like Sonic, and Crash. Until Ratchet, or Jak, have sold more than 39 million games, they are not as popular as Crash, nor can they be considered a true mascot. I liked Crash. I grew up with him. I enjoyed Ratchet too. More so than Jak. I absolutely loved the first Jak and Daxter game. It was really well done. But I hated Jak 2 and Jak 3. Very ugly, depressing, and the characters were hidious. Ratchet and Clank is good. Kind of boring sometimes, but good. I don't like Sly Cooper much though. Can't wait for the new Ratchet game. It's going to kick ass.

Anyways, Sony never made Jak, or Ratchet (escpecially not Jak AND Ratchet, but Jak OR Ratchet, since Sony can only have one, like everyone else) a mascot, unlike Crash, which they did with the PS1, because Crash was just more popular. It's been such a long time ago, that's why people don't seem to remember the power he had on Sony. He was more of a video game icon before, than now. Sonic is kind of losing its power too, especially with those newer games coming out. When you see a picture of Sonic, you immediately thing, "Oooh... Sonic the Hedgehog 2," not "Oooh, Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360." Same with Crash. When you look at him, you think "Oooh... Crash Bandicoot 2," not "Oooh, Crash of the Titans." He sucks now, like almost every other mascot that was good in the past. I personally would have much rather had Sony stick with Crash (Spyro is debatable. He is good, but I found his games a little too childish) in the PS2 generation. Oh well... At the end, they are all good.

Anyways, Ratchet and Jak are closer to being a mascot on the PS2, than Crash, but, Crash is PS1s mascot, more so than Ratchet and Jak for the PS2. I wonder if Sony will replace their platform franchises again, later in the PS3's life. Maybe we'll have...

Mr. Claws and the Giant Gopher

and...

Zeezee the Monkey

Who knows...

So Jak can be Sony's mascot, but not Crash Bandicoot, because Crash Bandicoot wasn't made by Sony, but Jak was, even though Naughty Dog made Crash Bandicoot, and Jak, and Sony announced that Crash Bandicoot was their unofficial mascot... Hmmm... Interesting.

And Spyro the Dragon was never Sony's mascot, so why would Ratchet? Insomniac never makes the mascots. It's always Naughty Dog, and it was only for the PS1. PS2 has no mascot. Crash is PS1s mascot. Stop arguing. Man, it's annoying. I know the facts. I've read hundreds of reviews online. Many professional reviewer, who reviews a Crash game, or Jak game, makes a statement of Crash being Sony's goto boy, or mascot, or king of the PS1, or some kind of remark like that. Just stop arguing, and instead, say, "Oh, I didn't know that."

Blinx would have been Microsoft's mascot, but he failed. He was never a star like Crash, Sonic, or Mario. He fell right out of the game case. All his games got reviews between 60-79%, which isn't considered good for a mascot. I guess Master Cheif is Microsof's mascot. If that's for sure, then he would make the first, first person shooter mascot, instead of a platformer mascot. But if the rule is, "only platformer characters can be mascots," then I guess Blinx would have to be Microsoft's mascot, even though he failed.

I think most of you can't remember before the PS2 days. Some of you are saying that Crash was never owned by Sony. That is correct, in the PS2 days. Some of you are saying that Crash always sucked. That is correct, in the PS2 days. Some of you are saying that Crash was never that popular. Again, that is correct, in the PS2 days. In the PS2 days... In the PS2 days... In the stupid PS2 days... Is there anyone out there that remembers the PS1 days? Anyone out there that remembers all of those Crash Bandicoot commercials that littered the T.V? Anyone remember all of those news articles of Crash Bandicoot, rivaling Sonic, and Mario?

surely the ps1 mascot is tombi!

Insomniac is Sony's 2nd Party Dev... why cant Ratchet it when Insomniac only makes games for Sony. Actually.. Ratchet is a wuss, Sgt. Nathan Hale from Resistance Fall of Man should be the mascot.. he is cooler.

No. Tomb Raider is not PS1s mascot. You guys don't understand that a mascot is not the company's best franchise. Some people say that Link is better than Mario, yet nobody says that Link is Nintendo's mascot. Crash Bandicoot is PS1 mascot. For sure. PS2 doesn't have a mascot. It's not Jak, or Crash, or Sgt Nathan, who only exists in the PS3, and is ugly as sin. There is no replay value in Jak and Ratchet's games. If there was, you would see many speed runs in both games. I you go on Youtube, you will see that there are no speed rungs for any of the Jak games, and maybe one or two for the Ratchet games. That's not saying that they are bad games, but there's no replay value to them, and they are temendously easy to beat. Even Mario 64 was harder than them. But in Crash Bandicoot, there is tons of replay value. Especially in Crash Bandicoot Warped, where you eagerly want to play the same level again, to try to beat your time record. PS: Crash Team Racing is the second, or third greatest kart racing game in the world, next to Super Mario Kart, and Mario Kart DS, or just Mario Kart DS. Well, at least that's what all of the reviews say. If Naughty Dog kept Crash in the PS2 era, he would have beaten Sonic by now, but barely miss Mario. Barely. Each of his games on the PS1 were better than the next. Unlike the Jak games where each game was a little worse, ending at Jak X, which got reviews in the 70%s, compared to Crash Team Racing, which got reviews of around 91%. If the trend continued, Crash may be up to 96% on the PS2. Instead, Naughty Dog made another great franchise, but had to start from scratch. Could you imagine if Nintendo sold Mario to third party developers, and made a new mascot named Billy the Bobcat, who had rosy red cheeks, a purple hat that said Nintendo on it, and blue shorts?

"Sgt. Nathan Hale from Resistance Fall of Man should be the mascot.. he is cooler."

ya, but no one knows that guy! rofl

Did you know that there are only four first party Sony games, on the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP, that sold more games, than each of the Crash Bandicoot games? All four of those games belong to one franchise. That's right. Only four Grand Turismo games, on any Sony console... Ever... Are the only first party, Sony games, that managed to outsell each of the three Crash Bandicoot games. You know. I wonder. Why did they sell so much? I know I liked Crash Bandicoot, but seriously... Over 7 million per game? I mean, only one game, on Xbox, or Xbox 360, managed to outsell them, and that was Halo 2.

Sorry, Ill say the true PS2 Mascot. KRATOS!!!! God of War and God of War 2 are awesome. Sorry didnt want to bring the god of war into all this heh.