What went wrong?

>>11486768 (OP)
it's very simple anon, gamers don't buy toys. also these designs are boring ugly people. who wants a collection of boring ugly people when Fortnite did it better with robots, animal people and soldiers?

They put *all* the effort into Aloy of all characters, then kinda just went middling with the rest.
The only one I would have been interested in was Jin Sakai, but they did enough wrong to convince me to just find the figma from a seller kind enough to use lube.

>>11486768 (OP)
>Playstation toys
>literally who
>literally who
>literally who
Where's the ACTUAL Playstation characters, like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tomba, Cloud Strife?

>>11486799
We're lucky to have an Astro Bot nendo. If you don't know who that is, it's their latest entry that gives off that scotformer vibe the others had

>>11486768 (OP)
>What went wrong?
Playstation doesn't honor their classics outside of adding them to their Plus classic catalog. They're always about moving as forward as possible for the sake of progress. Also is Aloy and Kratos Jr doing actually good archery poses?

>>11486799
We're lucky to have an Astro Bot nendo. If you don't know who that is, it's their latest entry that gives off that scotformer vibe the others had. Also we did have a recent Crash line, but it was mostly 5poashit

>>11486768 (OP)
Scale ultimately

>>11486854
>>11486854
>Ultimately? if it ain't a bonified little six inch 1/12 hell of a wahoo scale, it ain't worth picking up

>>11486774
>They put *all* the effort into Aloy of all characters, then kinda just went middling with the rest.
and
>>11486854
>Scale ultimately

The Last of Us two pack's the only one I would've bought, but I'd have displayed them with my Neca video game figures and the line looked small even compared to most 1/12 figures. Then there were those ugly ab crunches, especially on Ellie, that was basically just the nail in the coffin for me.

>>11486799
Kratos and the Last of Us figures are at least not total whos

>>11486768 (OP)
Well I got Kratos, Jin and the TLOU pair. Didn't want any of the Horizon stuff or Kratos's kid though. Heck I would've preferred Thor for Kratos to fight.

>>11486966
yet I never see any hype among gaming communies excited for action figures

>>11486973
>Thor for Kratos to fight
The lack of adversaries in these sort of lines is really weird. I actually liked Horizon and would've gotten Aloy, but the whole appeal of the game is fighting the robot dinosaurs. A simple watcher would've been a good pack-in rather than all the extra faces and hands.

>>11486980
Anon, the people involved in these games don't care about what's cool or playability of a toyline. They only care about pushing a message and making the ugly women the main focal point of the series not the robots.

>>11486768 (OP)
Overpriced and not stocking them at Gamestops or any physical stores that carry vidyagems. Also gamers do not buy toys. Funko pops at most.

>>11486998
>any physical stores that carry vidyagems
But anon no such place like that exists anymore

>>11486768 (OP)
I'd buy all the Ico toys if they made them

>>11486768 (OP)
They don't look that good, except maybe Alloy.
They should have mixed in classic characters with newer characters. Make a Kratos figure from the original GoW instead of the new one for example.

>>11487165
>original GoW
They're clearly ashamed of it at this point

>>11486980
True. I wouldn't have minded getting robot dinosaurs from Horizon if they actually made them.

Never played Ghost of Tsushima, but I wanted to get Jin because he looked like a cool samurai guy. I finally found him for a very good price. Even so, I found him to be a subpar figure and sold him a month later. The joints were stiff and limited. Sculpt was mushy. 2 of his three swords were immovable from their scabbards. And that damned mask would just not stay on. He's not even on par with Marvel Legends or Star Wars Black figures that came out 10 years ago. Very disappointing.

>>11490554
Mine turned out fine and I honestly think he's on par with Black Series quality-wise and even articulation wise. It's mostly the bland paint that lets it down.

>>11490554
Those ropes he has are the definition of soft sculpt. Wow.

>>11486768 (OP)
Is there a reason why they won't touch the classic mascots?

>>11486854
This is it. I wanted Kratos and Alloy, but they're too small.

>>11490658
Not new and all problematic now

>>11490664
How are they all problematic?

Quality of the figures were low and they overestimate how much people care for these characters. Ghosts was good and all but how many people give a shit about Jin, enough to buy a figure? idk if he's that level of iconic. Same with Alloy. There wasn't some deep hunger for these characters like I see with Resident Evil. There wasn't a big market. Kratos there is, but only him. Playstation isn't a mascot company so I don't think they can sell characters like these, not enough to support a line. The most iconic characters that could sell "Crash, Spyro, Cloud, Lara" are not owned by them and aren't associated with their brand today. I don't think there's much of a market for this.

I just wanted it to last long enough for picrel. One day...

>>11492526
you can see Kat's nipples poking through her dress in gravity rush 2

>>11492743
She got a figma. Problem solved. Now explain the rest

>>11492743
>braless
So she's a feminist, what's the problem?

>>11486768 (OP)
I don't want these fags, but I would buy a Journey

>>11492706
I wanted him and his horse, Ico and Yora, OG Kratos, Nathan Drake, Lara Croft, and Crash, but they made literally none of them then wondered why they failed. Fuck I hate modern Sony so much its unreal.

>>11493755
>mfw there has never been a single good Crash Bandicoot figure all this time

>>11486768 (OP)
People who are old enough to financially plan around both buying games and physical toys to express their love of the property want things that they're nostalgic about. Modern God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, and especially Horizon Zero Dawn (the most astroturfed IP in Sony's history) do not spark anywhere near the kind of nostalgia people have for scrimbo bimblo IPs from Sony's past. Hell, even classic Kratos would have been significantly more successful than reboot Kratos. None of these modern IPs are what shaped Playstation into the world phenomena it became, not in the slightest. There are so many more iconic characters than these. Ratchet and Clank, classic Kratos, a Hellgast soldier, Nathan Drake, Sly Cooper and his gang, and Jak & Daxter are all what I think of when I think about first party Sony IPs. Sony runs away from their past instead of celebrating it, and they want to treat the right now as if it's the only thing that matters even if it's something nobody gives two shits about like Horizon or Last of Us Part 2.

>>11486768 (OP)
Is the line dead? It's not like we couldn't get more 90s and 00's characters if they kept it going. I have Joel and Ellie and Aloy and I think they're pretty good. Still want to get Jin. Already have figures for some classic game characters from Neca like Crash, Spyro, Dante, Nathan, Joel and Ellie. Play Arts Lara and Premium DNA Banjo Kazooie figures.

I feel like Playstation associated characters already have figure lines like Final Fantasy or Metal Gear Solid. Only thing I can think of that I would really want would be a Resident Evil line and capcom is really anal about RE for some reason.

>>11486799
square will never allow another company to touch cloud.

>>11496935
Yeah, when the best option is either one of the very rare and fragile Resaurus figures from 25 years ago or a Carl's Jr Kids Meal promo then you know the IP is cursed

>>11500014
There were rumors of Nathan Drake when Joel and Ellie had just released. I don't think it's cancelled but they're definitely taking it slow.

>>11500145
Wasn't there recently a NECA figure? Never bought it so I wouldn't know how well it turned out.

>>11492658
What is this myth about Playstation not having iconic characters? Even if the PS1 mascots were sold off they still have

PS2: Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Kratos
PS3: killzone guys, last of us, uncharted, infamous
PS4: horizon, etc

I like how Astrobot was immediately forgotten like Sackboy despite all the astroturfed hype last year.

>>11500402
>PS2: Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Kratos
All iconic and generation-defining.
>PS3: killzone guys, last of us, uncharted, infamous
None of these are iconic, all are just dudes. TLOU was generation defining in that it ensured everything became movie games but Joel and Ellie do not have readily identifiable designs.
>PS4: horizon, etc
You couldn't even think of a second thing? Jesus. Aloy is only iconic for being a fridge.

At least get some of the team ICO shit in there, c'mon.

>>11500388
Top heavy with loose feet

>>11500424
Astro Bot got a nendo and is still getting game updates. He's at least a Flavor of the Year