Soo... Sony wants a Mario level IP.

[Gizmo_Duck]

When they say this people always jump to mascot games and/or platformers. There will never be a franchise as big for as long as mario in that genre, there just won’t be.

You can’t out nintendo, nintendo.

They have IP already with longevity like Gran Turismo, GoW, R&C, now TLOU, etc. and they all still have room for growth, with their multiplayer titles, movies/tv, etc.

If Twisted Metal is released it will be sonys oldest franchise at 30 years, with GT shortly approaching. They won’t be selling 50m copies but thats not the only benefit to having long term IP. Thats why sonys been digging in the crates of old IP to bring back, they want older people interested in the console and younger people to get into the stuff the older generation loves, like nintendo do with mario and pokemon

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Gonna need to raise an entire generation of kids on a certain IP.

Nintendo got Mario
Sega Got sonic
Microsoft got Halo
Playstation's Generations were on other peoples IP like Teken, Madden, Fortnight, Spider-man.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Sega Got sonic
Microsoft got Halo

Putting sonic and halo on the level of mario

Theres over a dozen sony games right now that are far more popular than Halo

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Sony CEO went to see Super Mario Bros. Movie and says it’s a beautiful and wonderful IP

Sony rarely compliment other companies but they recently made an exception for Nintendo and The Super Mario Bros Movie. Sony Corp’s new President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida says…

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and we all know this little bugger right here is the one to compete with a Master Chief, Mario, Sonic, Ryu, and all them other mascots that carry their brands. am I wrong?

They should have BEEN trying to make something for this. Thats on them.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

Sony HAD SPYRO and Crash and let them do nada... same for ratchet and clank...

 

[Kingshango]

Their biggest mascot is a rainbow flag.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Putting sonic and halo on the level of mario

Theres over a dozen sony games right now that are far more popular than Halo

Wasn’t talking about the Game per se.

It’s the IP. It’s engrained in pop culture at this point. Everyone knows who master chief is.

Same for sonic. The games might not be huge sellers, but everybody got pair of sonic draws.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Wasn’t talking about the Game per se.

It’s the IP. It’s engrained in pop culture at this point. Everyone knows who master chief is.

No they don’t.

Thats a character that hasn’t been relevant in pop culture for over a decade

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Sony HAD SPYRO and Crash and let them do nada... same for ratchet and clank...

I mean Ratchet and clank had a movie tho. And its kinda derivative of any other anthropomorphic mascot.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

they’re saying that want IP with longevity which they already have and are building toward, which is why they are expanding to television/movies and other anime whatever

Yall are reading this like they want their own mario mascot are missing the point

Companies don’t care how they are making their money, they want to know that they can continue to make it. having a god of war 20 is in the cards at this point, it doesn’t have to be astro or sackboy, or ratchet. They aren’t talking about platformers and mascots

 

[MeachTheMonster]

No they don’t.

Thats a character that hasn’t been relevant in pop culture for over a decade

If you say so buddy.

There’s a reason 25 million people were there for the game within a week or so.

Halo show did really good numbers.

 

[Rekkapryde]

now that i think about it... snny is last in ip.. Microsoft at least got master chief

Master Chief don't hit like that no more man. He's flattop status right now.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

If you say so buddy.

There’s a reason 25 million people were there for the game within a week or so.

Halo show did really good numbers.

halo show did decent numbers for Paramount +, the ashiest streaming service out

The Last of Us did record numbers on HBO, ad the games are selling like crazy. Sony don’t have an IP problem, they are talking about and taking steps towards sustainability of IP

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Parappa the rapper coming outta retirement

 

[KidJSoul]

Sony used to have some mascots

But the ps2 had so many third party exclusives they didn't need to keep them

But they've recently drilled down hard on TLoU and GoW

Surprised there isn't a GOW