Okay. I will temporarily take it back. I will not call saying it might be a bad idea crazy anymore.
But, where they are trying to attract different types of gamers it just makes sense to me. A mascot with appeal to the realistic crowd and the cartoony crowd that can be altered to advertise ANY game sounds good to me. If you have another idea, please mention it. I reserve the right to call your options crazy though.

Oh, I forgot:

LBP will be huge

^ That post has gone from annoying to mildly funny.

Personally I feel that Ratchet & Clank qualifies more for a mascot. To me it achieved this through sales and a solid following. I would love to know why Sony decided against embracing a product they ALREADY have further.

...Trying this with a new UNPROVEN IP, is a gamble. I can see Sony gambling if it was a leader this generation, but putting as many eggs in this basket is a definite risk.

I think choosing something as a mascot before it becomes popular is putting the cart before the horse.

And sackboy is ugly.

 Considering the very warm and healthy response that Sackboy has gotten from the public (at least from PS3 owners and critics), Sony choosing Sackboy as a mascot seems wise. Even if the game hasn't been released yet. All I know is that when I saw the E3 representation of Sackboy in Sonys' powerpoint, it made me smile.

Do you really think Sackboy is ugly?

Let me put it this way.
If I woke up in the middle of the night and Mario was in my room, I would say "Hey, Mario, what's going on? Need to fix the toilet or something?"
If I woke up in the middle of the night and Master Chief was in my room, I would say "Oh, Master Chief. Are there covenant around to mess up? This doesn't look good for me!"
And if I woke up in the middle of the night and a Sackboy was in my room, I would let out a scream like a little girl, lose control of all of my bodily functions and run as fast as I could away.

"Sackboy is Ugly"???

This comment makes me cry..... T_T

IMO he's just as cool as Sonic, and much more lovable, friendly, and inviting than Mario.

Well, IMHO, LBP is a great idea to attract casuals and hardcore...it really is.


And in order for the Sackboy to become a mascot, it must attract both groups wonderfully AND create big sales before it can be dubbed as a mascot.


But, there are a few things that might hold people back.


After all the flack and criticisms the Wii got from the hardcore, saying that "the Wii only got this many sales because it is only filled with casual players" and "they only got casual players because the system is cheap lol," I am really curious as to how PS3 supporters can explain how is LBP going to attract the casual folks when the system is $400?

If one is to argue that the casuals are just mystified by the motion controls and the cheap price of the Wii system, but will soon forget about it (cuz it is a fad), how does that one then argue that they will fork over $400 plus $60 more for LBP, which does not have motion controls?


Let's be honest here for sec.....LBP is a great game for what it is, but it is highly unlikely that it will capture the blue ocean group as well as the Wii is doing. So if the casuals are going to be the minimal percent of the LBP base, how about the hardcore group?


Anyone remember Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction?


Though I did not have the pleasure of playing the game myself, everyone who has have claimed that it was a wonderful game and fun to play. Ratchet and Clank are both renowned as some of the greatest mascots for the PS2 for their ability to attract the casuals and the hardcore, and was thought to be able to do the same for the PS3. Yet, have you notice the sales of the game? Though VGC, sadly, is still working on the software sales department (this is extremely hard to track) it took FOREVER to get at least one million sales.


I know the excuses already; they aren't a good example because its fanbase have been deteriorating lately and it was going shrink sooner or later to only a million sales or less.

But it was a known franchise for PS2 owners. Would a new, casual-ized, game do better for them? We may not know until the game is out, it is food for thought.

 xDDDDD. Very funny.