While Sony doesn't have a permanent mascot like Nintendo has with Mario or SEGA with Sonic the Hedgehog, a handful of Sony characters have been considered the unofficial mascots at one point or another.
One of these former PlayStation mascots is in danger of losing its spot in the PlayStation family altogether.
Until Dawn Movie Shows The PlayStation Productions Intro With One Character Omitted
Eagle-eye Radec (via PSLS), noticed that the PlayStation Productions intro shown at the start of the Until Dawn movie adaptation has removed Sackboy from the stable of characters. Pictured above is the intro from the Gran Turismo movie, which was shown in cinemas in 2023.
In comparison to Until Dawn's intro, you'll see the cute-as-a-button character has been removed:
While Sony hasn't confirmed anything, this doesn't bode well for the character who once had its own gaming franchise (LittleBigPlanet) to call its own. To date, Sony has not given any indication that there is a new LittleBigPlanet game being made, and the character's lone standalone title, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, which was released in 2020, wasn't as big of a hit as some might have hoped, and there's no word on a...
