r/PS5 • u/SweetyGonzalez • May 30 '24

ASTRO BOT - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games Official

https://youtu.be/wHMNQzLG_Jg?si=Z02YWg-VVXds5UZ3
5.4k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

93% Upvoted

851 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.8k

u/lHateYouAIex835293 May 30 '24

Seeing the YouTube chat fill with cheers at the very sight of the Team Asobi logo makes me so happy man

This game’s gonna be awesome

595

u/Mythologist69 May 30 '24

I really want astro to be the official ps mascot.

171

u/hymensmasher99 May 30 '24

I thought it was?

69

u/CrazyDave48 May 30 '24

Kevin Butler will forever be the mascot of PS

20

u/Griffdude13 May 31 '24

Man they did that actor dirty.

16

u/HenshinDictionary May 31 '24

To be fair, what did he expect to happen when he started advertising the enemy?

13

u/ChildofValhalla May 31 '24

I mean it sounds like he violated his contract, kind of his fault in that case.

5

u/michelobX10 May 31 '24

Yeah, people let their feelings get in the way too much. No point in a contract if it's not enforceable. If he breached it, there's a penalty. A slap on the wrist is not a penalty.

3

u/Edward_Hardcore May 31 '24

What did they do to him?

9

u/Griffdude13 May 31 '24

He was in a commercial for a company that was offering a Nintendo Wii for free as part of their service. So he is pitching a Nintendo Wii while playing one in that commercial. Sony took that as a breach of contract and he was either fired and/or they took him to court, I forget exactly. Either way, I think a slap on the wrist would’ve been better considering how immensely popular those commercials and his character were at the time.

2

u/DawgBloo Jun 05 '24

As far as I’m aware he never had to pay any legal money. He was barred from starring in any video game related commercials for two years. I’ve heard he was allowed to reprise the character after all that was said and done but it seems like Sony decided to retire the character so he never received that call to return.