{"id":2100,"date":"2025-05-02T13:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2025-05-05T03:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:07:41","slug":"sony-drops-iconic-mascot-from-playstation-productions-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/sony-drops-iconic-mascot-from-playstation-productions-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony drops iconic mascot from PlayStation Productions line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Getting the sack? (Sony\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A staple PlayStation character appears to have been shoved to the side, as he disappears from a trailer ahead of the Until Dawn movie.<\/p>\n

LittleBigPlanet was once a key franchise for Sony<\/a> during the PlayStation 3 era, but its prominence has dimmed over recent years.<\/p>\n

The last entry was 2014\u2019s LittleBigPlanet 3<\/a> on the PlayStation 3 and 4, which was the first mainline game not primarily developed by original creator Media Molecule. Since then, protagonist Sackboy has had his own platformer in 2020\u2019s Sackboy: A Big Adventure<\/a>, along with a 2023 mobile game you probably didn\u2019t know existed called Ultimate Sackboy.<\/p>\n

If it feels like Astro Bot<\/a> has taken over as Sony\u2019s default family friendly mascot, and that appears to have been confirmed in a new PlayStation Productions trailer.<\/p>\n

As highlighted by X user realradec, Sackboy has been scrubbed from the opening PlayStation Productions video at screenings of the Until Dawn film adaptation. \u2018I don\u2019t like this era of Sackboy erasure,\u2019 they wrote.<\/p>\n

A screenshot of the character line-up in this version shows Astro Bot, Ratchet & Clank, Nathan Drake<\/a>, the Psycho from Until Dawn, and others, but there appears to be no reference to Sackboy at all.<\/p>\n

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Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I can confirm after seeing Until Dawn that Sackboy is not in the PlayStation Productions intro anymore (picture below is the 2023 version from Gran Turismo)I don\u2019t like this era of Sackboy erasure \ud83d\ude14 https:\/\/t.co\/2u72IWEbYB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/quz4gWMAws<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Radec (@realradec) April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Sackboy prominently featured in the 2022 PlayStation Productions trailer (as seen below), which was played before screenings of Uncharted starring Tom Holland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear why Sony would drop Sackboy from the line-up, but the character has popped up elsewhere recently. Last year, Sackboy briefly appeared<\/a> in an episode of Amazon\u2019s Secret Level, so it\u2019s possible this lack of representation is just an oversight.<\/p>\n

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