Sony Interactive Entertainment

Summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a video game publisher^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,173 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable work attributed to Sony Interactive Entertainment is Killzone: Liberation^[3].
• A notable work attributed to Sony Interactive Entertainment is Killzone: Shadow Fall Intercept^[4].
• A notable work attributed to Sony Interactive Entertainment is Killzone 3^[5].
• A notable work attributed to Sony Interactive Entertainment is Horizon Zero Dawn^[6].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance^[7].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment was a member of Sony Group^[8].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment was a member of SIE Group^[9].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment is in the country of Japan^[10].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment is in the country of United States^[11].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's instance of is recorded as video game publisher^[12].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's instance of is recorded as multinational corporation^[13].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's instance of is recorded as video game developer^[14].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's founder is recorded as Ken Kutaragi^[15].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo^[16].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as San Mateo^[17].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's chief executive officer is recorded as Hiroki Totoki^[18].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Bungie^[19].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayStation Mobile, Inc.^[20].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayStation Productions^[21].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayStation Studios^[22].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Q60603602^[23].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayStation PC LLC^[24].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayStation Studios Mobile^[25].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Firewalk Studios^[26].
• Sony Interactive Entertainment's Commons category is recorded as Sony Interactive Entertainment^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Holding^[28]

• Country: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 2016-04-01^[30]

• MusicBrainz ID: 763a1446-3496-45c8-b7ae-7096360e4731^[31]

Body

Founding

Sony Interactive Entertainment's founder is recorded as Ken Kutaragi^[15]. Recorded inception include November 15, 1993^[32] and April 1, 2016^[33]. Its location of formation is recorded as Tokyo^[34].

Identity

Sony Interactive Entertainment's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '株式会社ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント'}^[35].

Leadership

Sony Interactive Entertainment's chief executive officer is recorded as Hiroki Totoki^[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Tokyo^[16], a metropolitan prefecture^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1868^[38], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building^[39] and San Mateo^[17], a city of California^[40], in United States^[41]. Parent organizations include Sony Group^[42], a holding company^[43], in Japan^[44], founded in 1946^[45], headquartered in Minato^[46] and Sony Corporation of America^[47], a business^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1960^[50], headquartered in 550 Madison Avenue^[51]. Subsidiaries include Bungie^[19], a video game developer^[52], in United States^[53], founded in 1991^[54], headquartered in Bellevue^[55]; PlayStation Mobile, Inc.^[20], a video game developer^[56], in United States^[57]; PlayStation Productions^[21], a company^[58], founded in 2019^[59], headquartered in California^[60]; PlayStation Studios^[22], a video game developer^[61], founded in 2005^[62], headquartered in San Mateo^[63]; Q60603602^[23], a video game publisher^[64], in United Kingdom^[65]; and PlayStation PC LLC^[24], a video game publisher^[66].

Industry

Industries include interactive entertainment^[67] and video game industry^[68].

Ownership

Products include video game console^[69] and video game accessory^[70].

Why It Matters

Sony Interactive Entertainment ranks in the top 6% of video_game_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,173 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[71] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[72]