How did Activision come in possession of BOTH of Sony's mascots?

>>382282898

They were never Sony's to begin with.

Universal Interactive

>>382282898
Sony realized too late the importance of a mascot thanks to their clueless race for a more powerful system.

>>382282898
Crash was always liscned and bounched between more than 5 companies.

Insomniac made spryo then ratchet and soon Spiderman.

Spryos rights arent owned by sony.

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>>382283078
But anon, Sony HAS mascot.

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>>382283220
I have been shamed.

It's the highest mountaintop for me, anons. I will commit seppuku by first light of dawn.

>>382283220
TORO CHAN!!!!!!!!

>>382283403
>As the western audience collectively goes "who?"

>>382283220
who?

>>382282898
WTF are you talking abput? Sony never owned them in there first place. Sony only have a long relationship with Universal and Activision,
far longer than Microsoft and Nintendo.

But Sony owns ape escape??

>>382282898
What i dont get is how sony lost solid snake and cloud strife as their mascot.

>>382283220
sony never had a real mascot outside japan and probably never will
most of sony's notable exclusive properties are put to rest forever after 1 or 2 console generations

>>382285167
crash was absolutely a mascot for them you underage darling. spyro's debatable but there was a time when crash 100% was.

>>382283168
I completely forgot that Insomniac made Spyro. I always thought Ratchet was their first franchise.

>>382285249
crash was pretty much the mascot, but technically it was still a 3rd party exclusive from naughty dog and universal

>>382282898
>>382283029
Sony only CO-owned them.

>>382285483
how does that make him not a mascot

>>382285249
They never owned him though.

I'm actually pretty glad though could you imagine a modern day Crash made by one of Sonys new teams?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm5sFziLIGE

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Sackboy had the most mascot potential

Because Sony never owned them, Universal did

Hell Sony didn't even own Naughty Dog. Imagine a timeline where Activision just straight up bought Naughty Dog, they would probably be making COD maps now

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>>382282898
>"Yes, it is true. The shareholders have delivered all of Spyro and all of Crash to ME! ULTIMATE POWER is MINE! THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS ABOUT TO END!"

>>382285716
A fun game, you fucking nerd?

>>382285989
And yet they made Nathan Drake the unofficial official mascot for the PS3

>>382285716
He was still the mascot for Playstation though

>>382285989
>literal blank slate: the character
"no"

>>382286456
Remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDH140dLq5M

>>382286456
He became the unofficial mascot. No one gave a fuck about LBP, partly because of LPB but mostly because of the PS3's awful launch.

>>382282898
Sony got cucked

>>382286657
LBP2 was goat. Sure online was cancer after a few months but the base game was fun

>>382282898
They have a good, active vision.

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>>382286657
You could say the same about Master Chief (wasn't Blinx supposed to be the mascot?) except they fully accepted him afterward which worked out in the end

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ahem

>>382286920
Sure but it was poisoned by that time. It was seen as the knack of last gen, but a smaller playerbase that actually played the first game who would enjoy it and go to bat for it.
>>382286952
I would absolutely say the same about MC. He became the unofficial mascot. He and Marcus Phenix became the mascots, I don't think they were a mario or crash or sonic tier mascot, but they definitely were organic mascots.

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>>382285167

>>382287139
I don't think Knack was ever meant to be a mascot. Maybe I'm wrong but he really doesn't have a personality.
knack was comfy and ill get the sequel and enjoy it

Man I loved those little game and watch things

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>Naughty Dog and Insomniac sign on to make video games for Universal
>Both go with making games for PS1, Crash and Spyro
>Universal owns the franchises while ND and Insomniac move to work with Sony
>Universal is owned by Vivendi who also owns Activision
>Activision splits off from Vivendi, taking all gaming IPs with them, including Crash and Spyro

>>382287356
>he really doesn't have a personality.
While playing it, it kinda seemed like he had a personality similar to Hellboy

>>382287305
Mario as a character wasn't meant to be a mascot (he was made before the NES) and only became big after Donkey Kong became a major success
His design was strictly made due to limitations of the arcade.
They couldn't give him hair so they gave him a hat for example.
I guess you could say he was organic in the sense for the NES though.

>>382287356
Knack was created by Mark Cerny to create a character to show off PS4's rendering capabilities, not to be a mascot
Glad Knack 2 is getting made, especially with it being able to take GoW's place of being a combo brawler after GoW wanted to become a pretentious movie

>>382287512
Not really, Mario 1 was meant to be a major success and was sold on package carts included with consoles

>>382287605
>pretentious movie
Be fair. It's probably going to be another faggy open world bow shooter rather than a moviegame.

>>382285249
And both of them died the moment they left their original creators' hands.

>>382287328
Irrelevant after Up Your Arsenal

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>All these old characters coming back
>Nothing for these two
>Fucking BUBSY of all characters is getting a new game before them

>>382285569
No, Sony had zero ownership in Crash Bandicoot or Spyro. They published and distributed the first few games, but the Crasg/Spyro brands were always 100% owned by Universal Interactive, which later merged into activision. Despite what people thinks Crash and Spyro were never sold to anyone.

Imagine it like a movie analogy.

Naughty Dog and Insomniac were the writers/directors
Universal was the studio that financied the movie and owned the franchise
Sony was the cinema chain that showed the movies

Only universal had any control over the characters after temporary deals were finished.

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>>382289074
I'm absolutely baffled that new fox thing from Microsoft wasn't a conker game. It's astounding. They'll put him on crack and make Young Conker: the gimmick AR game but they wouldn't make an actua; 3D platformer that'd just take a a few clicks to turn into a conker game, into a conker game.

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>>382289345
>Literally every year Microsoft is asked about Rare IPs
>Only thing we get is Sea of Thieves, while granted looks fine, most fans just want confirmation that their favorite characters aren't fucking dead

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>>382283029
>>382283067
these

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>>382287461
>universal studios will never have crash go-karts or a spyro rollercoaster

>>382282898
>Sony mascot is literally an autistic furry

fitting

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>>382288734
>Irrelevant after Up Your Arsenal
ok there buddy

>>382289074
Would be interesting to see Rare remaster Banjo 1 and 2 on Xbox one to compete with Crash

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>>382291847
Honestly that's pretty much all I want from the series now. Just a remaster of the first two games to show that fucking someone cares.

>>382291847
To be fair, I doubt current Rare could do it as well as [whatever 3rd party sony studio] did Crash.

Maybe it'd be better, idk but I doubt they'd pull it off as well as the crash games. Especially after the ill will from pol-tards from yooka laylee

>>382293185
It was activision dumby, sony wasn't really involved.
See you on PC baby.

>>382293185
Who said it had to be current Rare?
They didn't even make the new Killer Instinct

>>382293747
Delusional
>>382293849
No one, but I assumed based on your post. If someone else did it, a lesser studio who had to prove themselves, it could be fantastic if they made it as close to the originals as Crash.

do we know yet if the Spyro demo was just a wishful rumor or not? don't tell me if it's real or not just tell me yes or no

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>>382294770

>>382289074
Yooka Laylee was supposed to be their spiritual successor but it really failed to be nearly as charming, especially after all the dumb Neogaf drama over the sounds of a guy stuck on the toilet.