Formerly | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (1993–2016) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
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Headquarters | , |
Key people | Hiroki Totoki (Chairman) Hideaki Nishino (CEO, Platform Business Group) Hermen Hulst (CEO, Studio Business Group) |
Products | PlayStation video game consoles |
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Revenue | US$29.8 billion[1] (FY2023) |
US$2.00 billion (FY2023) | |
Number of employees | 12,700[2] (2023) |
Parent | Sony Group Corporation |
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Website | sonyinteractive |
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a video game and digital entertainment company, subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is headquartered in San Mateo, California and primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game consoles and products. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments.
In 1993, Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan jointly established Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) in Tokyo, which released the video game console PlayStation in Japan the following year and subsequently in the United States and Europe the year after. It founded the branches Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) in May 1995 (in Foster City, California) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) in July 1995 (in Liverpool). In 2010, Sony underwent a corporate split and established Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI), which provided gaming-related services through the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network, including the sale of game titles and content on the PlayStation Store, as well as offering PlayStation Plus. In 2016, SCE and SNEI jointly established Sony Interactive Entertainment and it was announced the new entity would be headquartered in the United States.[3]