>>211787171 (OP)Autism without legend.
Crash is only popular with guys in their 30s, Sanic is more popular with that group and has for one reason or another simply endeared himself to global culture.
Shit you go by an ice cream truck they still got the sonic ice creams. Part of it is that he's more an adhd platformer as opposed to an open world adventure. Part of it is he stayed Sega's brand mascot while Sony mostly focused on Naughty Dog tier cinema-games even abandoning Lara Croft after the movies bombed (maybe because they're also a major studio and Naughty Dog itself reflects that being in Santa Monica and always focused on Kino games)
Sony knows a Crash movie will bomb, even kids who played Crash Bandicoot are 25 years removed from that.
Sega just rents Sanic out and Sanic has just always stayed around because he's so ADHD and Autism.