Polygon Man
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Polygon Man was the former mascot for the Sony
PlayStation
in North America
. He appeared in the consoles pre-launch ads commenting on various launch games. The character even enjoyed a limited run T-Shirt
. However, the launch mascot was dropped before its North American launch in favor of Sofia, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series.
Polygon Man was the trash-talking mascot for the original PlayStation. Polygon Man was dropped before the launch of Sony’s first console and replaced by a series of popular game characters starting with Sofia from Battle Arena Toshinden.
Phil Harrison, head of Sony's European game publishing business, recollected the reaction of Ken Kutaragi
, global head of the PlayStation brand, when Kutaragi saw the Polygon Man for the first time.
“I remember walking onto the E3 booth in 1995 with Ken and seeing the Polygon Man design on the side of the booth. Ken just went absolutely insane,” says Harrison. Kutaragi was upset that SCEA was spending its limited budget on an alternative brand. “But the thing that really upset Ken was that the Polygon Man design wasn’t Gouraud shaded, it was flat shaded! So Polygon Man was taken out into the car park and quietly shot.”
Sony
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PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. He appeared in the consoles pre-launch ads commenting on various launch games. The character even enjoyed a limited run T-Shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
. However, the launch mascot was dropped before its North American launch in favor of Sofia, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series.
Polygon Man was the trash-talking mascot for the original PlayStation. Polygon Man was dropped before the launch of Sony’s first console and replaced by a series of popular game characters starting with Sofia from Battle Arena Toshinden.
Phil Harrison, head of Sony's European game publishing business, recollected the reaction of Ken Kutaragi
Ken Kutaragi
is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment , the video game division of Sony Corporation. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3.Before this...
, global head of the PlayStation brand, when Kutaragi saw the Polygon Man for the first time.
“I remember walking onto the E3 booth in 1995 with Ken and seeing the Polygon Man design on the side of the booth. Ken just went absolutely insane,” says Harrison. Kutaragi was upset that SCEA was spending its limited budget on an alternative brand. “But the thing that really upset Ken was that the Polygon Man design wasn’t Gouraud shaded, it was flat shaded! So Polygon Man was taken out into the car park and quietly shot.”