Mascots are pointless and irrelavent (to the hardcore that is). They really don't help in sales at all other than Mario is associated with Nintendo and Sonic is Sega. I wouldn't count Sackboy as Sony's mascot either as the game hasn't sold the best (which is sad becuase it is very good), I'm not even certian how many people you could go up to and say who is Sackboy assoicated with and get an answer of Sony. However in your post you said that Xbox doesn't have a mascot, which isn't ture as the Xbox has Master Chief and Marcus Fenix. Anyway back to what I was talking about earlier, mascots are pointless, buying a console should be about reliablity, future, games, and other features. Sure mascots fit into the games part but when there are over 1000 games to chose from for a console, the 2-3 (or 20 if your Mario) that you're on in the console cycle is a small compared to the other games you would base your purchase over. But I guess for newcomers and very casual players, what I just said doesn't matter and in that case I guess Mascots are somewhat important but if you even have decent knowledge about gaming and games you would not buy a console based soley on mascots.DarkGamer007
if u noticed i had "mascot" in quotations meaning that by mascot i mean that everyone(kids to adults) can play the game and also to be associated in the ranks of mario,sonic,crash and spyro of their time n represent their company as a welcoming character u cannot put master chief or marcus fenix in that category.
true hardcore may not like mascots all like that but who is to say that kids like shooters? they cant even buy the game without an id stating they are 17 or older.
n ur right not many will say they know sackboy all like that but he is welcoming. i enjoy both and would hate to see the mascots that i once loved go to the way side by the hand of FPS i just wish they could both get along lol and i never said u have to buy a console soley based on mascots bro, u did. i could care less why ppl want to buy a console im just saying consoles were founded off of the intent to aim at children and later on EVERYBODY so thats jus what i think. n sometimes i think the hardcore gamers forget and are a little too harsh on non-hardcore games. i
am not a casual gamer. i am not a hardcore gamer. i am a fan of video games as a whole. i like RPGs like Fable 2, i like platformers like littlebigplanet, i like shooters like call of duty, i like sports games as well but THAT IS JUST ME MAN i personally like to be diverse but its ok if the hardcore dont i understand.
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