Crash course
Nintendo had Mario. Sega had Sonic the Hedgehog. And Sony? Crash Bandicoot debuted in 1996 on the PlayStation 1 so Sony could have a mascot of its own. Crash stayed an exclusive Sony character until 2000, after which the game series was also released on non-Sony platforms.
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