Sony Interactive Entertainment
Formerly Name: N/A
Company Profile: Publisher
Company Type:: Subsidiary
Parent Company: Sony Corporation of America (2016)
Headquarters: San Mateo, California, USA
Founded: 1 April 2016
Founder:
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Network Entertainment International
Fate: Active
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a multinational video game and digital entertainment company owned by Sony. SIE primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game consoles and products. In 1993, Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan jointly established Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント, SCE) in Tokyo. SCE released the video game console PlayStation in Japan the following year and subsequently in the United States and Europe the year after. In 2010, SCE underwent a corporate split and established Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI). SNEI provided gaming-related services through the PlayStation Network, including the sale of game titles and content on the PlayStation Store, as well as offering PlayStation Plus.
On January 26, 2016, Sony announced the reorganization and integration of Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International, establishing a new company called Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) on April 1, 2016, under the umbrella of Sony Corporation of America. Unlike the former SCE, SIE is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and oversees the entire PlayStation brand, regional subsidiaries, and content business. SIE's Japanese branch, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc, was established as a direct subsidiary of Sony Corporation. On March 24, 2016, Sony announced the establishment of ForwardWorks, a new studio dedicated to producing "full-fledged" games based on Sony intellectual properties for mobile platforms such as smartphones; it would later develop Disgaea RPG and is currently supporting Everybody's Golf on Android and iOS. ForwardWorks was later moved to another division within Sony becoming a subsidiary to Sony Music and therefore no longer a unit within Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Company Structure
Divisions:
PlayStation Studios
PlayStation Mobile
PlayStation PC
Subsidiaries:
Audeze
Audiokinetic
Bungie
Evolution Championship Series
Gaikai
iSize
PlayStation Productions
Rpeat.gg
SN Systems
Main headquarters around the world:
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (San Mateo, California) — the global and regional headquarters for North America and Latin America (except Cuba and the Caribbean countries)
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited (London, England) — controls operations in Europe, South Africa, Middle East, India, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand (except Russia, Egypt, Belarus and Baltic countries)
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. and Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (Minato, Tokyo, Japan) — controls operations in Japan and was also formerly the regional headquarters for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Korea (Seoul, South Korea) — controls South Korean operations
Sony Interactive Entertainment Singapore (Singapore) — controls Southeast Asia operations
Sony Interactive Entertainment Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan) — controls Taiwanese operations
Sony Interactive Entertainment Shanghai (Shanghai, China) — controls operations in mainland China
Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong (Hong Kong) — controls operations around Hong Kong and Macau
SIE also has smaller offices and distribution centers in Los Angeles, Hollywood and San Diego, California; Toronto, Ontario; Melbourne, Australia; Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; Shanghai, China and Liverpool, England.
Key People:
Hiroki Totoki (chairman)
Jim Ryan (president, chief executive officer)
List of chief executive officers::
Ken Kutaragi (1993-2007)
Kaz Hirai (2007-2011)
Andrew House (2011-2017)
John Kodera (2017-2019)
Jim Ryan (2019-present)
Divisions:
PlayStation Studios
PlayStation Mobile
PlayStation PC
Subsidiaries:
Audeze
Audiokinetic
Bungie
Evolution Championship Series
Gaikai
iSize
PlayStation Productions
SN Systems
Games Published by SIE