Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
FormerlySony Computer Entertainment Inc. (1993–2016)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Predecessors
  • Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Sony Network Entertainment International
Founded
  • 1993; 31 years ago (1993) (as Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • April 1, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-01) (as Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
  • Hiroki Totoki (chairman)
  • Hideaki Nishino (CEO, Platform Business Group)
  • Hermen Hulst (CEO, Studio Business Group)
ProductsPlayStation video game consoles
Services
RevenueIncrease US$29.8 billion[1]
 (FY2023)
Increase US$2.00 billion
 (FY2023)
Number of employees
12,700[2] (2023)
ParentSony Group Corporation
Divisions
Subsidiaries
ASN
Websitesonyinteractive.com

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American video game and digital entertainment company that is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It 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]

  1. ^ "Sony Interactive Entertainment Names New CEOs; FY2023 and Q4 Results Detailed". May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024". SEC.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "SCEなど、「プレイステーション」の各ビジネスユニットを統合し新会社を設立" [SCE and other companies establish a new company by integrating the PlayStation business units]. Nikkei Press Release (in Japanese). January 26, 2016.