It’s time to make AstroBot the official PS mascot Sony

[Dust]

It's a genuinely great design that not only fits PS5 motif but AstroBot is from line of pretty good games. There is Toro and Kuro, but they are JP only pretty much and other Sony characters don't work that well as fluid catch all mascots.

Astro appeals to pretty much all demographics and you have to heartless asshole to hate the design. With the pack in Astro game, the time has come.

 

[GMM]

No one replaces the Knack!

 

[Titanpaul]

It's pretty good, I agree.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

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[TraderPoe]

kinda already is isn't it? it's pre installed

 

[Deleted member 43552]

I also nominate sackboy as a runner up :)

 

[24thFrame]

Is having a mascot even "in" right now? I don't know of a company that does have a mascot these days beyond Disney and Mickey, and Nintendo and Mario. It feels like an outdated marketing technique for most companies... Those two examples being the exception rather than the rule.

 

[Kouriozan]

Knowing Sony, it won't happen, sadly.

 

[Transistor]

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All 8 Kat fans will be very disappointed.

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I say this as one of the 8 Kat fans :(

 

[Gradon]

but Toro

 

[Santar]

Nah, Toro is better.

 

[Apathy]

He pretty much is (sorry sackboy)

Sony Japan does some really adorable things with him

 

[samred]

that character is packed into every PS5 for a reason, is my guess.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Is having a mascot even "in" right now? I don't know of a company that does have a mascot these days beyond Disney and Mickey, and Nintendo and Mario. It feels like an outdated marketing technique for most companies... Those two examples being the exception rather than the rule.

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I feel like almost every Japanese company has a mascot and they're very much still a thing there

 

[Deleted member 864]

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Poor Kat. :(

 

[SolidSnakex]

PS should never have an actual mascot.

 

[Kalentan]

Yes.

 

[Transistor]

Is having a mascot even "in" right now? I don't know of a company that does have a mascot these days beyond Disney and Mickey, and Nintendo and Mario. It feels like an outdated marketing technique for most companies... Those two examples being the exception rather than the rule.

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Indeed. Mascots don't really need to be a thing anymore. Even Nintendo uses Mario less as their mascot now than they used to, instead using their plethora of IP characters.

 

[CthulhuSars]

Sackboy was my PS mascot but I understand that Sony wanted new and fresh.

Kat from Gravity is awesome but too niche.

 

[Kaswa101]

I approve

 

[AndrewDean84]

It's sack boy in a space suit, right?

 

[Lotus]

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[Jerm]

I say yes.

 

[Rotobit]

Is having a mascot even "in" right now? I don't know of a company that does have a mascot these days beyond Disney and Mickey, and Nintendo and Mario. It feels like an outdated marketing technique for most companies... Those two examples being the exception rather than the rule.

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It's still a big deal in Japan (practically everything has a mascot)





But yeah it's not the same on an international level as it was back in the '90s.

Still think they should push Astro Bot though, why not. Make a crossover with Sackboy.

 

[nizerifin]

I don't think your average consumer would know who Astro is, unlike Mario, Mickey, or Ronald McDonald.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

Nah, Toro is better.

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You Toro fans need to give it up, been irrelevant since ps1 and anywhere outside of Japan 😉

 

[taco543]

I still prefer sackboy as a mascot, but yeah, I could see that.

 

[Angie]

Yes it must.
Even the PS5 color scheme is the same as Astro. It needs to the the official mascot

 

[Tiny Chihuahueño]

It could be an iconic character, but Wall-E was a thing back in 2008.

Can't help but see discount EVA or MO (or a mix of those two) every time I see Astrobot.

 

[Moon Parade]

Ever since LittleBigPlanet's introduction, I always thought that Sackboy had the makings of a real mainstream breakaway character.

I'm always surpised that he's been used pretty sparingly.

 

[Gunny T Highway]

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Damn.

 

[Deleted member 54073]

They tried to give it to Sackboy but the kid couldn't hang. It's Astrobot's time now.

 

[Whittaker]

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Astro's a great choice but Kat was such a great choice to promote the Japan Studio PlayStation concert a couple years ago:

 

[Sleepwalker]

All 8 Kat fans will be very disappointed.

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I say this as one of the 8 Kat fans :(

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[Ahti]

I haven`t played the VR-game but I agree.
And I still hope, Sony is going to develop a "full", non-VR game in that franchise. From what I´ve seen from the pre-installed PS5-demo, I feel like Astrobot could become Sony`s Mario Odyssey.

 

[Alienhated]

I don't know, trying to push Sackboys and Astro Bots as platform-defining mascottes seems kind of forced to me. They're not really memorable or iconic designs.

 

[Nkcell]

If you have to make a thread explicitly stating it, then you already know it's lacks the broad appeal required.

 

[Rotobit]

Ever since LittleBigPlanet's introduction, I always thought that Sackboy had the makings of a real mainstream breakaway character.

I'm always surpised that he's been used pretty sparingly.

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I think he unfortunately came about during Sony's biggest slump, at that point they were basically doing everything they could to get people on board with the PS3 so Sackboy didn't really have much of a chance to stand out.

His games also being a little divisive probably didn't help (he was so floaty). I am hoping Big Adventure is successful, at least, it looks like it has the potential to be a very fun and charming game and a nice follow-up to Astro Bot.

We just need more mascots in general IMO

 

[Josh378]

Knack and astrobot into one in closed room and let them fight and see who wins.

 

[ToddBonzalez]

I don't hate the design, but it's not that great. Looks to close to Eve from Wall-E.

 

[KiDdYoNe]

Knack x Astro Bot

make it happen

 

[TheRealTalker]

Sony flirts with a new mascot every few years. Once this gen is over we may have another mascot already.

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She's dead Jim.

 

[Belthazar90]

 

[Mocha]

Tbh I always thought it was God of war.

 

[Death Penalty]

It's a pretty middle of the road design, I don't think it's got the chops to be an iconic mascot.

 

[Joltik]

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Sony: "And who are you, again?"

 

[Jawmuncher]

Blasto would be WAY cooler

 

[Acquiescence]

Astro's great, but Toro and Kat are better.

I need Gravity Rush 3 and a new adventure game starring Toro and Kuro exploring Japan for the PS5.

 

[nofuckinidea]

Yes. Sony did a great job creating Astrobot and the games around him. I wish MS would also have a more creative E-Rated mascot. I'm sure Rare or Double Fine could come up with sth awesome :)

 

[Fudus]

People are always on about how Sony doesn't have a Mario or a Master Chief type of mascot, but I've always thought that was strenght in some ways.
That way playstation can mean different things to different people, to some PS is JRPGs, to others its synonymous with FIFA or something else entirely.
It allows playstation a kind of flexibility that the others don't have.